Weighted corporate social responsibility index for measuring Islamic Banking's social performance: How to develop It?

Shahabuddin, Asm and Alamer, Abdullah Rajeh Ali and Sukor, Mohd Edil Abd and Naseem, Niaz Ahmad Mohd (2018) Weighted corporate social responsibility index for measuring Islamic Banking's social performance: How to develop It? International Journal of Economics and Management, 12 (1). pp. 233-246. ISSN 1823-836X,

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Abstract

It is posited that Islamic Banking is meant to be socially responsible. Relating to this social responsibility, this paper undertakes two objectives. One is to develop an illustration of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) measurement index by allocating differential weights to process-based and outcome-oriented CSR measures. The illustrative index contains nine (9) process-based measurement items, which fall under three (3) dimensions: investment, research and development, and human resources. Outcome-oriented measurement items are eight (8), which represent three (3) dimensions: Shariah Supervisory Board (SSB), social activities and sharing, and environment. The way of deciding different weights for these two categories of measures is explained, and a possible method for validation of assigned weights is proposed. Another objective is to explain why CSR measures relating to core business processes should be given more weight than outcome-oriented CSR measures for Islamic banks. In order to develop this explanation, the paper draws upon Quranic and Hadith texts, maqasid literature and published works on CSR of Islamic banks. The basic argument underlying this explanation is that purity of the process of earning is a precondition for the earning-based beneficial acts to be acceptable as good deeds.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: CSR; Islamic Banking; Outcome-oriented measures; Process-based measures; Weighted-index
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Divisions: Faculty of Business and Economics
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 18 Mar 2019 07:21
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2019 07:21
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/20726

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