Quality management system promoting Islamic values.

IN today's economy, it has become apparent that it isn't just all about the bottom line anymore, with previously profitable companies falling by the wayside in the throes of an economic crisis. From a management perspective, there are numerous issues that should be looked into and these include universal values, such as honesty and integrity.

That is where the new management system standard MS 1900:2005 "Quality Management Systems-Requirements from an Islamic Perspective" comes into play.

This Malaysian Standard was published by the Department of Standards Malaysia in 2005. The technical committee responsible for the preparation of this standard included representatives from the Institute of Islamic Understanding, the Malaysian Institute of Management, the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit, the Integrity Institute of Malaysia, the National Institute of Public Administration, International Islamic University Malaysia and Sirim QAS International Sdn Bhd.

In 2007, …