Corporate Negligence Could Be A Security Threat, Vice President Ma'ruf Encourages Entrepreneurs To Apply Sharia Concepts

Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin gives a speech at The 5th International Conference on Law and Justice (ICLJ)

JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin reminded that threats to world peace and security today are not only military in nature. Threats can be in the form of corporate negligence on the survival of its workers.

This was conveyed by Ma'ruf in a video during The 5th International Conference on Law and Justice (ICLJ) with the theme 'Sharia, Law and Sustainability in the New Normal' held by Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta, Wednesday, October 13.

"Threats can also be posed by corporations and businesses that do not pay attention to environmental damage and people's lives, especially their workers," said Vice President Ma'ruf Amin as quoted by Antara.

One example of negligence in a corporation is the collapse of the Rana Plaza in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2013 which killed at least 1,132 people.

The Rana Plaza building in Dhaka is a complex of factories, banks, apartments and shops, which the day before the incident had been warned of a crack in the building.

However, some employers ignored the warning and continued to open factories, so that the workers became victims.

"This incident illustrates that the corporation does not pay attention to the safety of its workers and is not responsible for their protection," Ma'ruf.

Therefore, the Vice President encourages entrepreneurs to apply the concept of work according to sharia principles, by truly ensuring the safety of the workers.

"This shows the need for a framework that ensures the safety of workers, in accordance with the spirit of maqashid sharia," he said again.

These sharia principles at least summarize five important things, namely maintaining religion, preserving the soul, preserving reason, maintaining offspring, and maintaining property.