Laws are the regulations established, and

usually written, by a governing power.

Ethics are the morals of a culture, and often times, they inform the laws that are made.

Ethics and Law

Differences

Ethics Ethics do not have any

associated punishments when broken.

Ethics comes from people’s awareness of what is right and wrong.

Ethics are moral codes which every person must conform to.

Ethics comes from within a person’s moral values.

Law  Laws carry with them a

punishment for violations.

 Laws are enforced by governments to its people.

Laws are codifications of ethics meant to regulate society.

 Laws are made with ethics as a guiding principle.

The Muslims started the study of Ethics along

with the study of the Quran.

Ethics in Islam is nothing but the body of injunction laid down in the Quran for the practical conduct of life and fully exemplified in the practice of the Holy Prophet throughout his life.

Islam and Ethics

You are the best nation that has been raised up

for mankind; You enjoin right conduct, forbid evil and believe in Allah. (3:110)

عن وتنهون بالمعروف تأمرون اس للن أخرجت أمة خير كنتمبالله وتؤمنون المنكر

The Quran reminded man of a number of basic moral and ethical

values

The Quran addresses the Prophet. “Thou has been

created with an excellent character”

عظيم خلق لعلى وانه

The Prophet highlighted one of his main objective is to perfecting good morals

“I have been sent for the purpose of perfecting good morals”.

Cont. Ethics from Islamic Perspective

Islam asks its believers to observe certain

norms and moral codes in;dealings with relatives with neighbours and friends; in their business transactions; in the market;in their social affairs. in all spheres of private and public life.

Norms and Moral Codes in Islam

Values and Cultures

Values are beliefs of a person in which they

have an emotional investment.(either for or against something)

Values

The totality of socially transmitted

behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, and all other products of human

work and thought – These patterns, traits, and products

considered as the expression of a particular community, period, class, or

population

Cultures

Culture is the complex and elaborate system

of meaning and behavior that defines the way of life for a group or society.”

Cont. Cultures

Islam and Contemporary Ethical

Dilemmas

Situation that often involves an apparent

mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another.

Moral imperatives originate inside a person's mind that compels a person to act.

Ethical Dilemma

Islamic civilization, since the time of Prophet

Muhammad (s) until now, is firmly founded on the concept of ‘rule of law.’

For that reason, the law is published and known, and citizens and courts are expected to uphold it.

Muslim citizens must adhere to Islamic law - Shariah. If a Muslim citizen commits a religious violation, he is judged according to Islamic law. A non-Muslim citizen is judged in religious issues by the laws of his own faith.

Islam is a  complete package – a complete

message and way of life. Islam looks to the benefit of the society, it covers

the three essential needs of human life: physical, intellectual and spiritual.

These three aspects of the faith are known individually as:

Islam – Divine law  Imān - Belief  Iħsān - Ethics and moral character

Objectives of Shariah: Establishment of justice; Educating the individual; Upholding morality, in public and private; Preventing hardship, on individuals and

society; Preventing oppression.

The Shariah covers all aspects of human life.

Classical Shariah manuals are often divided into four parts: …personal acts of worship;… commercial dealings;…marriage and divorce, and penal laws.

Ethics of Islam deal with those things that are prohibited in Islam and prohibition of which is beneficial to all mankind. 

Issues faced by current generation : Employee theft, Drugs and alcohol Misuse of proprietary information Abuse of company expenses Conflicts of interest Discrimination in hiring and promotion

Such things that shake the pillars of one’s existence.

Organizational Factors:

Products Trading(Halal & Haram )

Mounting and implementing code of ethics in such an organization is undoubtedly flawed in the traditional sense.

The reasons for Qur’ānic legislation on all matters were: To improve the position of women and orphans To eliminate blood feuds prohibition of gambling Forbid wine-drinking Forbid Interest

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