Business ethics and investors` behavior in Islam

Abstract EN

Principals and fundamentals of Islamic finance are different from those of conventional finance.

Islamic finance is based on moral and religious dimensions.

Most researchers focus on Islamic finance principles, their importance and role to reduce poverty, to eliminate crisis etc.

but they did no highlight the need to incorporate the Islamic business ethics and behavior into the economic and financial theory.

The objective of our paper is to fill in this gap.

The study aimed to assessing business ethics and behavior in Islam.

Our research concludes that Islamic behavior for investors and traders includes: Ethics, Continuous learning, trust and reliance on God and avoiding laziness, optimism, self-confidence, and finally patience and self-control.