Integrating Sipakatau, Sipakalebbi, and Sipakainge with Islamic Business Ethics: A Model of Ethical Entrepreneurship among Micro and Small Enterprises
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Bugis Local Wisdom, Sipakatau, Sipakalebbi, Sipakainge, Islamic Business Ethics, Indigenous Entrepreneurship, Micro and Small EnterprisesAbstract
Local wisdom and religious ethics can provide culturally grounded foundations for responsible entrepreneurship. This study examines how the Bugis philosophies of sipakatau, sipakalebbi, and sipakainge are understood and internalized alongside Islamic business ethics by micro and small pesticide entrepreneurs in Bone Regency, Indonesia. Using a qualitative ethnographic design, data were collected through field observations, guided in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs and customers, and documentary analysis. Participants were selected purposively, and data collection continued until informational saturation was reached. The data were analyzed through reduction, thematic organization, interpretation, and verification using multiple-source triangulation. The findings reveal uneven internalization of the three Bugis values. Sipakatau was the most strongly practised through equal customer treatment, responsible product recommendations, patience, and concern for customer welfare. Sipakalebbi was reflected in polite communication, humility, and relationship maintenance, although competitive pressure sometimes weakened its application. Sipakainge was widely recognized but applied selectively because direct correction was perceived as potentially damaging to social and commercial relationships. Bugis cultural values and Islamic business ethics were experienced as mutually reinforcing rather than separate systems. Their integration connected human dignity, mutual respect, and moral correction with divine accountability, justice, responsibility, benevolence, falah, and maslahah. The study proposes a value–practice–goal model of culturally embedded ethical entrepreneurship
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