social responsibility disclosure by Islamic banks: evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries Abdullah Awadh Bukair and Azhar Abdul Rahman Abstract Corporate social activities have become major subjects because of their effects on the quality life of citizens, in particular, and on the society at large. Therefore, today, there is an increase awareness of social responsibility due to the challenges meeting the financial institutions (particularly, Islamic banking) around the world. This paper
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CHAPTER-ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Background of the Study Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) is the first of its kind in the South East Asia which was established in 1983 with a view to provide banking services based on Islamic principles. The bank, which started its operation with only 3 branches in the first year of its inception, has now 254 branches in 28 years of operation. As a bank, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited receives deposits from its customers from all over the country as well
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clear distinction between conventional and Islamic banking. Conventional banks are charging interest through lending and accepting the deposit for interest. But interest (Riba) is strictly forbidden in Islam as evident in this verse “And because of their charging riba while they were prohibited from it.” (Quran, An-Nisaa 4:161). So Muslims established their own Riba free financial institutions separately to the conventional banking system. The growth of Islamic Financial Institutions became strong at
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International Journal of Islamic Financial Services Vol. 1 No.3 ISLAMIC BANKING IN BANGLADESH: PERFORMANCE, PROBLEMS & PROSPECTS Md. Abdul Awwal Sarker Islamic banks can provide efficient banking services to the nation if they are supported with appropriate banking laws, and regulations. This will help them introducing PLS modes of operations, which are very much conducive to economic development. It would be better if Islamic banks had the opportunity to work as a sole system in an economy
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Management (IOSRJBM) ISSN: 2278-487X Volume 3, Issue 4 (Sep,-Oct. 2012), PP 09-19 www.iosrjournals.org Performance Evaluation of the Banking Industry in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis K. M. Anwarul Islam1 1 (Department of Business Administration, The Millennium University, Bangladesh) ABSTRACT : The main focus of this research is to show comparison about the performance of Banks operating in Bangladesh. For this analysis we have used some most commonly used measures such as general
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INTRODUCTION TO BANK ALFALAH Bank Alfalah Limited was incorporated on June 21st, 1997 as a public limited company, under the Companies Ordinance 1984. Its banking operations commenced from November 1st, 1997. The bank is engaged in Islamic banking, commercial banking and related services as defined in the Banking companies ordinance, 1962. The Bank is currently operating through 115 branches in 36 cities, with the registered office at B.A.Building, I.I.Chundrigar, Karachi. Management of Bank Alfalah
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PRIVATE AND ISLAMIC COMMERCIAL BANKS OF BANGLADESH Ezaz Ahmed Department of Management and Business BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Ziaur Rahman IITM, Dhaka, Bangladesh and Rubina I. Ahmed Department of Business Administration East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh ABSTRACT Bangladesh has a unique Banking system with multiple types of Banking with Nationalized Commercial Banks (NCBs), Private Commercial Banks (PCBs), Foreign Commercial Banks (FCBs), Islamic Commercial Banks (ICBs)
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Training and development 8 2.2.2 Performance evaluation 10 2.2.3 Employee motivation 11 2.3 COMMITMENT OF EMPLOYEE TO BANK ISLAM 12 2.3.1 Know the organization’s goals. 13 2.3.2 Practicing Islamic Work Ethics towards organization. 13 2.3.3 Flexible Working Practices 13 2.3.4 Build employee-organizational relationship 14 2.3.5 Involve in decision making. 14 2.3.6 Seek growth and development. 14 2.3.7 Continuously support program organized by Bank Islam 15 2.3.8 Be professional
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well as the goals for which it is governed. Corporate governance mechanisms and controls are designed to reduce the inefficiencies that arise from moral hazard and adverse selection. Corporate governance is also viewed as a process of monitoring performance by applying appropriate counter-measures and dealing with concepts such as transparency, integrity and accountability. Corporate governance requires corporations to exercise immense accountability to shareholders and the public, and also monitors
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documents were not available sufficiently because of confidentiality. In many case, up to date information is not available. The lack of knowledge about the sources of secondary data is also a limitation of this study. 4. Information was taken by bank from Dhaka city in one Branch only; it does not represent the rest of the country. 5. Some of the options are not adequately categorized. Where the information about the compensation of the employees as their demographic information has to be
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