Abstract:
Islam is a way of life that includes commerce. Islam promotes business as a source of revenue. Nowadays, dishonesty, discrimination, and inequity exist between buyer and seller. Furthermore, for the sake of profit, misleading, unfair, and unconscious sales practices are used. The concept of goodness in all aspects, including business, is described in the Quran. Thus, this study determined the level of application of Islamic business work ethics among Muslim entrepreneurs in Santiago City, Isabela, Philippines, as well as the perceived influence on operating performance. Furthermore, it presents the entrepreneurial traits of Muslims, as well as their motivations and difficulties experienced when conducting business in Santiago City, Philippines. A quantitative research approach was used to investigate the study's aims and answer the hypothesis. The descriptive-inferential research method was adopted, especially given the stated aims. Through the convenience sampling technique, a researcher-created questionnaire was produced and utilized to collect data from 45 Muslim Women who run a small company in Santiago City, Isabela, Philippines. According to the findings, Muslim women entrepreneurs in Santiago City, Isabela, Philippines, use Islamic commercial work ethics to a large level. Businesses must earn a profit, but they also respect client loyalty, which is why they use Islamic work ethics as guidance in conducting business and dealing with consumers. Furthermore, research revealed that Muslim Women possess characteristics of an entrepreneur, therefore they continue to believe that they are capable of running a business. Increasing their revenue to support their own family motivates them to keep conducting business. Muslim women entrepreneurs in Santiago City, Isabela are having problems attracting loyal consumers since they are still learning the habits and preferences of Iloko customers. Finally, respondents strongly believe that their practice of Islamic business work ethics has a significant impact on their market performance and is thus a contributing component to their business success. When Muslim women entrepreneurs are categorized by age, there is no substantial variation in the degree of application of work ethics.
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