TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to illuminate issues surrounding executive compensation as it relates to current understandings of Islamic business law.Design/methodology/approach– The emerging bodies of literature in the fields of executive compensation and opinions of stock options under Shari'a law are reviewed.Findings– It appears that the trend in offering employee stock options as part of a Shari'a compliant compensation package is acceptable in most cases, yet because of its close association with the more problematic idea of derivative transactions, the company must be vigilant in obtaining the approval from its Shari'a Standards Board before offering it as part of an overall compensation package.Research limitations/implications– Existing quantitative data in this area are limited. Given the qualitative, exploratory nature of the design, generalizability is not as robust as other designs.Practical implications– The paper makes recommendations about the inclusion of employee stock options as part of a Shari'a compliant executive compensation package.Originality/value– This paper advances the extant literature on the ethics of executive compensation in general as well as adding to the extant literature on Shari'a compliance of executive compensation packages.
VL  - 4
IS  - 3
SN  - 1753-8394
DO  - 10.1108/17538391111166449
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/17538391111166449
AU  - Marty Martin William
AU  - Hunt‐Ahmed Karen
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Executive compensation: the role of Shari'a compliance
T2  - International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 196
EP  - 210
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -