The place of professional ethics from the perspective of Abbasid era Muhtasibs (Case study: food industry)

Ghasempoor, Sedigheh; Khakrand, Shokrolah; Dehghan, Masome

doi:10.22034/mte.2021.12202.1553

The place of professional ethics from the perspective of Abbasid era Muhtasibs (Case study: food industry)

Document Type : The scientific research paper

Authors

¹ PhD Student in Islamic History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shiraz University, Shiraz Iran,

² Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

10.22034/mte.2021.12202.1553

Abstract

Professional ethics, by stating the moral duties and responsibilities of every profession, has a strategic role in the success and reduction of the hindering obstacles of an organization. In Islamic governments, the importance of professional ethics had led to the creation of new organizations. Hasbeh Institution has been one of the most prominent official organizations of governments to monitor the ethics and behavior of profession owners based on Sharia and customary laws. In the Abbasid era, this institution had a more coherent structure and broader tasks. Monitoring the ethical duties of those who have professions related to the field of nutrition is one of the most basic responsibilities of the trustees of this institution. The food industry has had many foundations and ethical components that can be extracted during the most important Hasbeh Writings of this era. This research tries to answer the question using a quantitative method, based on the most important censuses of the Abbasid era, what ethical components were considered in the food sector? The results of the research show that trustworthiness, responsibility and good morals are the most important ethical components of the owners of this trade.

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