Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of Shari’ah compliant sustainable investing in the light of the credit crisis and catastrophic climate change. Design/methodology/approach – The paper discusses that the climate change, natural resource shortages, fuel crisis and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that may influence a consumer to pay a premium for a product or service communicating ethical information. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was administered to 77 subjects and a conceptual model of five specific...

Two competing hypotheses, value enhancing and value discounting, state that implementing socially responsible corporate policies can have positive or negative effects on firm value. This paper tests how a specific type of social responsibility–corporate equality–affects firm value. Corporate...