scholarly journals Through the Lens of Ubuntu: The Value of Partnerships and Corporate Social Responsibility towards Community Development in the City of uMhlathuze, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (1-3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mfundo Mandla Masuku
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Expert Knowledge ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Local Municipalities ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT The paper explores partnerships among the multinational corporations (MNCs), local municipalities and host communities in a bid to establish what informs corporate social responsibility (CSR). MNCs are essential in improving the wellbeing and living standards of host communities. The philanthropic activities have to be ethical, legitimate and guided by the spirit of giving back, informed by the philosophy of ubuntu (humanity). The qualitative approach was adopted to gather in-depth understanding of the existence and nature of partnership among MNCs, local municipalities and host communities. The participants were purposefully selected based on their expert knowledge and engagement in community development initiatives. The findings indicate that CSR operations are characterised by an absence of formal partnership between MNCs and host communities. A pragmatic policy framework needs to be developed to guide the philanthropic activities aimed at enhancing the socio-economic development of host communities.

PERAN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) DALAM MENINGKATKAN PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA GEMAWANG KECAMATAN JAMBU

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anafil Indriya ◽  
Maya Aresteria ◽  
Stacia Reviany Mege
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Participation Level ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
A Company

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is the responsibility of a company to commit to running a business ethically, morally, and contributing to economic development and improving people's lives. Gemawang Village, Jambu Regency, Ambawara, is one of the locations for CSR recipients. This location is the object of this research. This study aims to analyze the role of CSR in enhancing community development, as well as to find out the obstacles faced by companies in increasing community development through CSR. This research method uses qualitative methods, where there are several key informants as sources of information. The indicators used in this study are the level of effectiveness, level of suitability, level of participation, level of empowerment, and level of sustainability. Based on the results of research in Gemawang Village, Jambu District, it can be concluded that CSR assistance provided by the company can improve community development and living standards. Keywords: CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility, Level of Effectiveness, Level of Empowerement

The Role of Multinational Corporations in Community Development Initiatives in Cameroon

2014 ◽  
pp. 87-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kingsly Awang Ollong
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Business Entities ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
General Wellbeing

Inadequate provision of infrastructural and social facilities by governments for citizens' use calls for intervention of corporate organizations and individuals to contribute/provide for other people via social obligation. By virtue of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), many communities and individuals have been developed to dependable levels. Through it, the general wellbeing of individuals, groups and communities, growth and development are encouraged and promoted while stimulating innovative business. Government multiple taxes, business unfriendly policies, unions' agitations, and scamming by some ill-intentioned citizens are impediments to efficient CSR by multinational companies in Cameroon. Though the rate of participation by business entities in being socially responsible is not encouraging, this chapter singles out a few MNCs that have distinguished themselves by sharing their enormous profits with the communities in which they operate. This chapter uses case studies of three Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs), that is, MTN, Guinness Cameroun SA, and British American Tobacco to ascertain that corporate social responsibility by MNCs has helped to ameliorate living conditions of local communities.

scholarly journals Community as stakeholder of the corporate social responsibility programme in Malaysia: outcomes in community development

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maimunah Ismail ◽  
Siti Noormi Alias ◽  
Roziah Mohd Rasdi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Dominant Type ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Community Data ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – This study aims to explore the outcome of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme in community development from the perspective of its participants in Malaysia. It is argued that information regarding community development CSR, the providers of CSR and the outcomes of CSR on community development in Malaysia has been scant. Hence, this study examines specifically the profiles of participants of CSR programmes in community development, the profiles of selected CSR-participating corporations, the orientation of CSR responsibilities undertaken by corporations as perceived by the participants and the types of community development contribution from CSR-participating corporations. Outcomes were determined through the results of the last two objectives. Design/methodology/approach – Building on the stakeholder theory and the work of Visser’s CSR pyramid, this article explores the outcomes of CSR resulting from the participation of individuals in the community. Data were gathered from 336 respondents who were participants of CSR programmes sampled from 58 local and multinational corporations in Malaysia. Findings – The results showed that about half of the respondents were in the younger age group with a mean age of 24.40 years. The majority of the CSR-participating corporations had implemented CSR programmes from the first decade of the millennium and had their core businesses in diverse sectors. Legal responsibility was ranked the most important orientation and ethical responsibility the least important orientation. Education-related activities formed the dominant type of CSR contribution. Research limitations/implications – The study addresses a gap in the literature on Malaysian community CSR, particularly from the perspective of the community, which is one of the important stakeholders. Originality/value – This research contributes to the scarce literature on CSR in Malaysia by analysing the way business organisations in the country contribute to community development through CSR. The findings of this study should be useful to community development practitioners, CSR providers and researchers.

scholarly journals Multinational Corporations (MNCs) and Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR): Opportunities for Sustainable Community Developments in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. p22
Author(s):  
Adewole Adeyeye ◽  
Ginah O. Ginah ◽  
Daniel O. Adekeye
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Fast Tracking ◽  
Sustainable Community ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Corporate Social

As the quest for multi-stakeholders’ approach to the development of communities and societies across Africa becomes intensified in view of reduced government pro-active development efforts due to dwindling resources and high competing demands from other sectors, the paper examines available opportunities for community development through CSR programs of multinational corporations. It observes that corporate social responsibility programs of multinational corporations have not made meaningful development impacts despite the fact that corporate social responsibility platforms are veritable means of fast-tracking development at community level across Africa. It concludes by identifying strategies for enhancing corporate social responsibility impacts and possible areas of interventions for community development across Africa through multinational corporations’ corporate social responsibility platforms.

Incidence of Stakeholders in the corporate social responsibility of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises of Santa Marta

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (62) ◽  
pp. 3-19
Author(s):  
Guillen León ◽  
Sergio Afcha
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The City

This article analyses the perception and application of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in a sample of 499 micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the city of Santa Marta (Colombia) following the theory of Stakeholders. Specifically, the interdependence technique of exploratory factor analysis was used to determine the most influential Stakeholders in the execution of CSR practices. It was found that Stakeholders related to the value chain, the environment and corporate management favour social responsibility actions in local MSMEs. In contrast, community and government have less influence on the development of social responsibility practices in MSMEs. Additionally, it was found that the size of the business acts as an important moderator of the development of the CSR. Given that there is a distinctive influence of Stakeholders in the development of responsible practices in the MSMEs of Santa Marta, it is suggested that comprehensive training programs on social responsibility be promoted in smaller companies.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN KONSEP COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DALAM KERANGKA PELAKSANAAN CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Charolinda Charolinda
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
Corporate Citizenship ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Local People ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Corporate Social

AbstrakCorporate social responsibility, in United States of America, has known as "corporate citizenship ". The most principle about their same meanings are designated to corporation's effort to conduct social and environtmenal care integrally in to Iheir business by voluntary methods. The practice of community development in Indonesia that have been conducted both State Owned Enterprise (SOE) and private companies need to be more intensified. This program cannot be exercised by charity ways, but needs phases 10 its persistence. Then it will result better situation on both corporation and local people. In legal aspect in Indonesia the program has not controlled in particularly regulation but spread in many regulations. In the author's sight those needs more government effords to secure that this agenda will continue by the aimed considerations.

Corporate social responsibility of mining industries

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 367-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deepankar Sharma ◽  
Priya Bhatnagar
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the community development approaches of large-scale mining companies, with particular reference to how they may engender community dependency. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins with a review of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the mining industry, corporate community initiatives and the problem of mining dependency at a national, regional and local levels. Findings – It outlines some of the reasons why less-developed countries (LDCs) experience under-development and detrimental effects as a result of their linkages with industrialized countries. LDCs are not able to take advantage of advanced technology and management skills due to being relatively poor in capital and skills, and foreign technologies compete unfairly with and destroy local production techniques, creating a pool of unemployable “marginalized” people. Holder’s of investments in LDCs demand annual returns for continued support – profits are taken out of the country or guaranteed by tax concessions. Unwillingness of foreign firms to train local people to take over management positions. Originality/value – This paper explores how the need to address sustainability issues has affected communities, and whether community development initiatives have been effective in contributing to more sustainable communities.

scholarly journals Board and corporate social responsibility disclosure of multinational corporations

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanh Thi Song Pham ◽  
Hien Thi Tran
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Csr Reporting ◽  
The One ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effects of board model and board independence on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure of multinational corporations (MNCs). Design/methodology/approach The authors developed an empirical model in which CSR disclosure is the dependent variable and board model (two-tier vs one-tier), board independence (a proportion of independent directors on a board) and the interaction variable of board model and board independence together with several variables conventionally used as control variables are independent variables. The authors collated the panel dataset of 244 Fortune World’s Most Admired (FWMA) corporations from 2005 to 2011 of which 117 MNCs use the one-tier board model, and 127 MNCs use the two-tier board model from 20 countries. They used the random-effect regression method to estimate the empirical models with the data they collated and also ran regressions on the alternative models for robustness check. Findings The authors found a significantly positive effect of a board model on CSR disclosure by MNCs. Two-tier MNCs tend to reveal more CSR information than one-tier MNCs. The results also confirm the significant moderating impact of board model on the effect of board independence on CSR disclosure. The effect of board independence on CSR disclosure in the two-tier board MNCs tends to be higher than that in the one-tier board MNCs. The results do not support the effect of board independence on CSR disclosure in general for all types of firms (one-tier and two-tier board). The impact of board independence on CSR disclosure is only significant in two-tier board MNCs and insignificant in one-tier board MNCs. Practical implications The authors advise the MNCs who wish to improve CSR reporting and transparency to consider the usage of two-tier board model and use a higher number of outside directors on board. They note that once a firm uses one-tier model, number of IDs on a board does not matter to the level of CSR disclosure. They advise regulators to enforce an application of two-tier board model to improve CSR reporting and transparency in MNCs. The authors also recommend regulators to continue mandating publicly traded companies to include more external members on their boards, especially for the two-tier board MNCs. Originality/value This paper is the first that investigates the role of board model on CSR disclosure of MNCs.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP PENGUNGKAPAN TANGGUNG JAWAB SOSIAL PERUSAHAAN PADA PERUSAHAAN PERBANKAN DI KOTA MEDAN

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Warsani P Sari ◽  
Linda Lores ◽  
Zainal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Financial Leverage ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Simultaneous Test ◽  
Normality Test ◽  
Auto Correlation ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The City

<p>This study aims to determine whether the characteristics of the company (company size, profitability, profile, board size and financial leverage), affect the disclosure of corporate social responsibility of the banking company in the city of Medan. Data analysis methods used in the study is a statistical analysis (multiple linear regression) using software (SPSS for Windows V15). To know the results of regression estimation is completely free of symptoms heteroskedastisitas, multikolionieritas and auto correlation, the authors do normality test, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity test and test auto correlation test. To test the hypothesis, the authors used the coefficient of determination (R2), multiple regression analysis, partial test (t-test) and a simultaneous test (F-test). The results showed only the size of companies that have a significant influence on the disclosure of corporate social responsibility, while the level of profitability, corporate profile, board size, the level of financial leverage do not have a significant effect on the disclosure of corporate social responsibility.</p>

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