Working in the Islamic Economy: Sharia–ization and the Malaysian Workplace

Abstract

This article demonstrates how the source for developing products in Malaysia's economy, has also emerged in some Malaysian businesses as a form of culture, reconfiguring identities and social relations. It takes the form of what I call corporate sharia, a set of ideas consciously and deliberately shaped by executives who seek to build corporations based on the rules for commerce and management contained within the Qur'an and Hadith. Corporate leaders also fashion what I call sharia — human resources rules to ensure that employees exhibit the ethical values and moral principles set by their superiors. As such, the Islamic workplace becomes shariai-zed, where the piety and subjectivities of personnel are shaped, monitored, and enforced, not left to individual, personal choice.

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