Islamic ethical responsibilities for business and sustainable development

Abstract

Islamic doctrine provides the worldview, which influences the whole human personality, behaviour, life-style, tastes and preferences and attitudes towards human beings, resources and environment etc. Therefore sustainabledevelopment may be viewed as part of the interwoven framework of Islamic business ethics. This paper discusses the concept of sustainable development in the context of the determination on economic viability, social equality, and environmental development. Efforts are also made to build-up the concept of sustainable development from the Islamic perspective. Apart from these, this paper addresses the problem of whether sustainable development should be viewed as Islamic ethical responsibility for business? To what extent should business be involved in the sustainable development activities? Attributes of the various levels of behaviour of organisation are also examined in the paper.