Ethical Dimensions of Islamic Finance : Theory and Practice /

This book provides an introductory theoretical foundation of the ethics embedded in Islamic economics and finance, and it shows how this ethical framework could pave the way to economic and social justice. It demonstrates how Islamic finance a risk-sharing and asset-backed finance has embedded unive...

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Main Authors: Iqbal, Zamir
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Mirakhor, Abbas
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66390-6
Summary: This book provides an introductory theoretical foundation of the ethics embedded in Islamic economics and finance, and it shows how this ethical framework could pave the way to economic and social justice. It demonstrates how Islamic finance a risk-sharing and asset-backed finance has embedded universal values, ethical rules, and virtues, and how these qualities may be applied to a supposedly value-neutral social science to influence policy-making. This book argues that ethical and responsible finance, such as Islamic finance, could lead the efforts to achieve sustainable economic developmen
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (XV, 192 pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319663906
CLC: F016