Trust as One of the Fundamental of Innovation and Human Governance to Enhance Productivity and Economic Growth

Abstract

The words trust “Amanah” and Governance are not new terms to all of us, it’s often in modern society’s dialogues and always been mentioned in media and everywhere. But how much do we understand these words are another issue. Deeply understand the words “Amanah” and Governance is crucial. Once we understand these two magic words, it may help us to apply and adopt the human governance and innovation concepts effectively in our daily tasks that we were assigned for. The purpose of this study is twofold: to understand the exact meaning of “Amanah”, and to provide suitable model that brings trust “Amanah” and Governance into one. In attempting to this debate the emphasis is more on the literature that focuses on the meaning of trust “Amanah” and Governance. The word “Amanah” in this paper means to be in the state of peace, safety and security. On the other hand trust is defines as man’s rights and responsibilities in relation to all other humans, environment, society and the rest of God’s creation. This paper will briefly focus on trust and human’s responsibilities towards corporate governance and innovation in order to enhance the economic growth and quality of life of human being as well as the nation.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s2p318