Promoting Behavior Based Safety with Islamic Principles

Occupational safety and health is concerned with all aspects of physical, mental and social health and safety of employees. Being a labor-related issue, in every country there are number of legislations that ensure the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work. Therefore, it becomes legal responsibility of the employer to provide a safe workplace for employees. However, without employee’s participation the state legislations and employer’s efforts can do little to make workplace safe and healthy. Employee’s behavior is considered to be the key element to ensure safety at the workplace. Human behavior includes the way an individual acts based on various factors such as genetics, social norm, core faith and attitude. Thus, religion plays vital role in reinforcing safe work behaviors. Islam has strong effect on the lifestyle and behavior of its adherents. In this conceptual paper principles and guidelines offered by Islam related to safety and health are highlighted. The effort has been made to look into the basic sources of Islam to find out principles and guidelines related to safety, health and environment. Behavior based safety in Islamic perspective is concerned with the creation of work environment based on the principles of brotherhood, mutuality, cooperation, mercy, kindness and benevolence. It is observed that Islamic approach to occupational safety and health is not limited to compliance with the organizational safety procedures, but also it is a religious obligation and Divine Calling

Connected to Give: Faith Communities

This is the third report in the "Connected to Give" series, and compares the relationship between the charitable giving behavior of American's from a variety of backgrounds, including their key demographics; an examination their motivations for giving; and the types of organizations to which they contribute

COVID-19 infection-induced type one Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetic Ketoacidosis

A 63 year old female patient presented with one week history of reduced appetite, weakness, nausea, polyuria and occasional vomiting on a back ground of recurrent urinary tract infection and hypothyroidism. She appeared lethargic and dehydrated. The arterial blood gas showed a picture of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) which was treated according to the protocol. Viral polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for COVID-19 was positive. The diagnosis of new onset type one diabetes made on the basis of specific antibodies test. Computerized Tomography (CT) of abdomen excluded pancreatic cancer as a cause of new onset diabetes. Hence, the patient was labelled as type one diabetes mellitus induced by COVID-19 virus. She was treated accordingly and sent home on insulin. Follow-up appointment was arranged in the diabetes center of the hospital

Charitable Bequest Giving in the USA

The estate tax plays an important and controversial role in many aspects of our society. This paper focuses on one of the more important and more controversial aspects of the estate tax. Namely, we examine the relationships between changes in the estate tax rate and estate tax exemption levels and aggregate charitable bequest giving using time series data. During life, donors give for many reasons, which may or may not be affected by the tax deductibility (only about one-fourth of US households itemize their taxes, so for three-fourths, the price of giving a dollar is a dollar). Likewise, the decision to give at death is motivated by many factors, including the tax implications for some, but it must be recalled that less than two percent of Americans pay any estate tax, and less than half of them pay anything that would be considered a meaningful tax (Rooney and Tempel, 2001). That said, for very large estates, the exemption levels and the estate tax rates can be a considerable factor in estate planning

Global Dynamics of Gender and Philanthropy in Membership Associations: A Study of Charitable Giving by Lions Clubs International Members

This study investigates how women influence charitable giving in a large, international voluntary service organization—Lions Clubs International (LCI). Data were collected from a survey of Lions clubs members in 14 countries to assess the impact of both micro- and macro-level factors on charitable giving. Probit and Tobit models are used to determine the probability of giving as well as the amount of money donated to the Lions Clubs International Foundation. Results indicate that belonging to a club where at least half of the members are female and where we see an increase in the percent growth in female membership in the respondent’s country are associated with both a greater likelihood of donating as well as giving more to this international service club. Findings from our study have direct implications for voluntary service organizations, particularly with regard to issues of organizational culture, as more service organizations recruit female members