ABSTRACT
This study aims to construct a new concept of USR based on local community values of Malangkucecwara (MK) and the spirit greeting “Salam Satu Jiwa” (SSP). This research is interdisciplinary research using a qualitative approach with a case study research design. The research object is Islamic University in Malang, a city in Indonesia. Empirical data are collected through interviewing 21 Muslims classified as: structural heads, lecturer, staff, alumni, and students. The empirical data were analyzed and constructed using a conceptual framework based on the values of MK and SSJ as tools for the construction. The result of this study is University Spiritual Responsibility (USpR), a new concept of university responsibility which includes profits, people, and the planet which is interpreted physically, intellectually, psychologically, morally, historically, and spiritually, meaning as a form of human relationship among human-human, human-universe, and human-God. The spirituality of MK and SSJ integrated all responsibility of the university to profit, people, and the planet which actually have responsibility as God's creatures who have a duty to spread the mercy. Essentially, the USpR have a responsibility given by God to humans to give mercy to all human beings and the universe by maintaining good relations with fellow human beings, the planet, and God. God is the center of human responsibility. The main contribution of USpR is to return the meaning of USR back to the sacred duty of human by providing benefits to the university (profit), society (people), and the Earth (planet) which center God as the final responsibility. This concept is expected to change the mindset and behavior of humans by remembering that every action and steps taken in any working should be centered on God as the goal.
