Proceedings of 34th International Business Research Conference
4 - 5 April 2016, Imperial College, London, UK, ISBN: 978-1-925488-02-9
Islamic Business Ethics and Practices of Islamic Banks:
Perceptions of Islamic Bank Employees in Gulf Cooperation
Countries and Malaysia
Mohd Edil Abd Sukor, Muhammad Adli Musa, Mohd Nazari Ismail and
Muhd Ramadhan Fitri Elias
We examine the perception of employees on various issues related to Islamic business
ethics and the practices of the Islamic banks they are working at. Based on
questionnaires distributed to bank executives working at selected Islamic banks in the
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (UAE, Oman and Bahrain) and Malaysia, it
appears that Islamic business ethics is of more significance to the former rather than the
latter. The findings also suggest that in general, there is a positive correlation between
attitudes and behaviours of employees and the ethical practices of Islamic banks. In
addition, Islamic banks were perceived to be ethical as their operations.
Key Words: business ethics, Islamic business ethics, Islamic banking, ethical behavior,
ethical practices
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Mohd Edil Abd Sukor is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Finance and Banking, Faculty of Business
and Accountancy, University of Malaya.
Muhammad Adli Musa is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Quran and Sunnah Studies,
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia.
Mohd Nazari Ismail is a Professor at the Department of Business Strategy and Policy, Faculty of Business
and Accountancy, University of Malaya.
Muhd Ramadhan Fitri Elias is the Executive Vice President and Head of Shari’ah at Maybank Islamic.