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2. Public-Interest Oriented: systems, this study bridges the gap by
Prioritizing collective welfare analyzing their intersections and
over partisan or private interests divergences. Moreover, it provides
(Habermas, 1996, p. 107). practical recommendations for
3. Inclusive: Deliberately implementing ethical codes in diverse
addressing the needs of vulnerable governmental contexts, ensuring that
populations (Young, 2000, p. 23). legislative bodies uphold both religious
and universal ethical principles.
Literature Review
Previous studies have explored various Research Method
aspects of ethical governance, This study employs a qualitative,
particularly focusing on secular and interdisciplinary approach to explore
religious frameworks. Research on the ethical obligations of
ethical codes for public officials parliamentarians, especially through the
highlights the role of transparency, lens of Islamic teachings. It integrates
accountability, and moral integrity in several research methodologies,
governance. Scholars such as Thompson including textual and doctrinal analysis,
(1995), and Heywood (2017) have comparative analysis, case study
contributed significantly to the discourse review, historical contextualization, and
on legislative ethics, emphasizing the an interdisciplinary approach. By
necessity of well-defined ethical combining these methods, the research
guidelines to mitigate corruption and provides a comprehensive view of
enhance public trust. Studies on Islamic ethical governance in legislative
ethics have examined how religious contexts, allowing for a nuanced
doctrines shape governance, particularly understanding of the frameworks that
in predominantly Muslim nations such shape parliamentary conduct.
as Anṣārī (2006) and Osman (2019), but The textual and doctrinal analysis
have often lacked a comparative examines Islamic religious texts, such as
perspective integrating secular ethics. the Quran, and Ḥadīth, to extract
This study distinguishes itself by fundamental moral principles relevant to
offering a comprehensive comparison governance. Comparative analysis
between Islamic and secular ethical juxtaposes these ethical standards with
frameworks, demonstrating how those in secular systems, identifying
Islamic teachings can complement and commonalities and differences that can
enhance existing legislative ethics. inform broader professional ethics.
Unlike previous research that primarily Additionally, case studies in regions
focuses on either Islamic or secular where Islamic ethics play a central role,
