Presents an overview of the situation of foreign female domestic workers and reviews the legislative framework, government policy and private initiatives to protect their rights.

Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.

Discusses the impact of the crisis on the various aviation industry markets and segments on a regional, subregional and interregional basis, including both developed and developing countries.

Reviews the relationships between management and employees in the industry so as to better understand their responses to the crisis that followed the terrorist attacks of September 11.

Despite the increasing attention to ethical investments, the empirical studies on Islamic indices are scarce. Our article aims to contribute to the empirical literature by exploring the efficiency of these indices and their potential for diversification in comparison with the conventional...

Do Islamic equity indices have the same performance as their Conventional (mainstream) counterparts? In order to answer this question, this study attempts to investigate the issue of the performance of these indices using various measures. Unlike the previous works which focused on global...

Our study aims at analyzing Islamic bank efficiency over the period 2001-2008. We found that they were efficient at 92%. The level of efficiency could however vary according to the region where they operate. Asia displays the highest score with 96%. Indeed, country like Malaysia made reforms in...

This paper aims to study the performance of Islamic finance regarding that of conventional finance over the last decade. This question is particularly interesting as within the current financial crisis, conventional finance is being rather ineffectual and risky and that in the same time one can...

The financial crisis has fueled interest in alternatives to traditional asset classes that might be less affected by large market gyrations and, thus, provide for a less volatile development of a portfolio. One attempt at selecting stocks that are less prone to extreme risks, is obeyance of...