Multinationals, CSR and Partnerships in Central African Conflict Countries

Kolk, Ans; Lenfant, François

doi:10.1002/csr.1277

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“…Thus, political CSR governance regimes are more about regulation for business than regulation of business. The extent and scope of violent mining conflicts all over the world is an indication of the failure of communicative processes and consequently there is a need to understand the gaps in governance and CSR that led to these conflicts, how these conflicts can be resolved and how future conflicts can be prevented (Kolk and Lenfant, 2013).…”

Section: Power and Legitimacy In Csr Governancementioning

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Transnational power and translocal governance: The politics of corporate responsibility

2017

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link: POLITICS OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AbstractIn this paper we provide a critical analysis of the politics of corporate social responsibility (CSR). We argue that CSR is a strategy that enables multinational corporations (MNCs) to exercise power in the global political economy. Using the global extractive industries as a context we focus on conflicts between communities, the state and MNCs that arise due to the negative social and environmental impacts of mining and extraction. In particular we analyze the role of political CSR and multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) in managing conflicts and argue that these initiatives cannot take into account the needs of vulnerable stakeholders. We argue that power asymmetries between key actors in the political economy can diminish the welfare of communities impacted by extraction. We identify a number of governance challenges that arise as a result of these power asymmetries and develop a translocal governance framework from the perspective of vulnerable stakeholders that can enable a more progressive approach to societal governance of MNCs.

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Section: Power and Legitimacy In Csr Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Transnational power and translocal governance: The politics of corporate responsibility

2017

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“…There has been growing interest for CSR of MNEs as 'good corporate citizens' (Kolk and Van Tulder, 2006;Fortanier and Kolk, 2007) particularly in the context of emerging economies (Vives, 2006) as well as developing countries (Luken and Stares, 2005), though the African continent remains much less represented than other regions (Kolk & Lenfant, 2013).…”

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Corporate social responsibility in Mauritius: an analysis of annual reports of multinational hotel groups

Bissoon

2018

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The purpose of this paper is to ascertain the level of CSR reporting of the top multinational hotel groups in Mauritius. Content analysis method is used to identify the social responsibility patterns found in their annual reports. This study thus investigates the level and the reasons for CSR disclosure of multinational groups in the hospitality sector in Mauritius through a review of their annual reports. The aim is to explore the possibility of using the legitimacy theory as a plausible explanation for CSR reporting practices by multinational hotel groups in the context of a developing country. Mauritius proves to be an interesting case study as the hotel industry is one of the main engines of growth and the country is also actively trying to attract foreign investors in terms of FDI and multinational enterprises (MNEs). Furthermore, the country has also made it mandatory for profit making entities to devote 2% of their book profits to CSR activities since 2009. The annual reports of 6 hotel groups have been analysed using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) indicators. The study shows that CSR reporting is prevalent among all the hotel groups in the sample but there is no primary area of CSR focus in the sector. The emphasis placed on CSR also varies significantly. Furthermore, the majority of the CSR information tend to relate to particular categories showing that the hotel groups take a narrow view of CSR and tend to prioritise particular areas at the expense of others. The findings also suggest that the disclosures tend to have a public-relations bias, with 'good news' type of disclosures being mostly dominant while 'bad news' disclosures tend to be minimal. The findings thus provide some support for legitimacy theory in explaining CSR disclosures.

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“…With the world now facing unprecedented economic, social and environmental challenges (Macagno, 2013), multinational enterprises (MNEs) are becoming increasingly active in promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes (Kolk and Lenfant, 2013). Such engagement in CSR appears to be a response from MNEs to their ever increased exposure to public scrutiny, which in turn sees these corporations investing resources in an endeavour to act in a more socially acceptable manner (Arvidsson, 2010).…”

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Corporate social responsibility through sport: a longitudinal study of the FTSE100 companies

Bason

Anagnostopoulos

2015

Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal

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Purpose -Under growing public scrutiny of their behaviour, the vast majority of multinational enterprises have been undertaking significant investments through corporate social responsibility in order to close legitimacy gaps. The purpose of this paper is to provide a descriptive account of the nature and scope of MNEs' CSR programmes that have sport at their core. More specifically, the present study addresses the following questions: (1) How do FTSE-100 firms utilise sport as part of their CSR agendas? (2) How do different industries have different approaches to CSR through sport? and (3) Can the types of CSR through sport be classified?Design/methodology/approach -Centred on legitimacy theory and exploratory in nature, the study employed a content analysis method, and examined three types of document from each of the FTSE100 firms, namely, annual reports, annual reviews and CSR reports over the ten-year period from 2003 to 2012. In total, 1,473 documents were content analysed, thereby offering a sound representation of CSR disclosure of the FTSE100. 2 of reliable conclusions problematic. Particularly, the lack of an explicit focus on longitudinality is a typical limitation, meaning that no conclusions can be made regarding the trend. The study outlined in this paper offers the most comprehensive longitudinal study of CSR through sport to date, and thus contributes to the increasing volume of literature that examines the application of CSR in relation to the sport sector.

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Multinationals, CSR and Partnerships in Central African Conflict Countries

Cited by 91 publications

References 42 publications

Transnational power and translocal governance: The politics of corporate responsibility

Transnational power and translocal governance: The politics of corporate responsibility

Corporate social responsibility in Mauritius: an analysis of annual reports of multinational hotel groups

Corporate social responsibility through sport: a longitudinal study of the FTSE100 companies

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