Islam and Socially Responsible Business Conduct: An Empirical Study of Dutch Entrepreneurs

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between theIslamic religion and the level of socially responsible business conduct (SRBC)of Islamic entrepreneurs. The authors find that the common ideas of SRBCcorrespond with the view of business in Islam, although there are also somenotable differences. They also find that Muslim entrepreneurs attach a higherweight to specific elements of SRBC than do non-Muslims. However, they alsofind that Muslims are less involved with applying SRBC in practice thannon-Muslim managers. (Publisher Abstract)

Keywords: Religion, Religious groups, Social responsibilities, Personal values, Managers, Behavior (individual), Work attitudes, Value systems, Community involvement