The state of corporate social responsibility research in Ghana: A synthesis of literature

Damoah, Obi Berko Obeng; Peprah, Augustine Awuah; Cobla, Georgina Maku

doi:10.1002/bsd2.63

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“…Contributions to developing a community are seen here as the primary way to improve the communities in which businesses operate (Visser, 2008). Hence, our study also supports the view that CSER practices in developing countries are much related to local ideologies more than being related to formal legal and accounting regulations as the case in developed contexts (e.g., Amaeshi et al , 2006; Crinis, 2019; Damoah et al , 2019; Aboud and Diab, 2019).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Institutional complexity and CSR practices: evidence from a developing country

Diab

Metwally²

2020

JAEE

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PurposeThe study aims to investigate the appearance of corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) practices in a context where economic, communal and political institutions are highly central and competing with each other.Design/methodology/approachTheoretically, the study draws upon the institutional logics perspective and the theoretical concepts of logics centrality and compatibility to understand how higher-order institutions interact with mundane CSER practices observed at the case company's micro level. Empirical data were solicited in an Egyptian village community, where fishing, agriculture and especially salt production constitute the main economic activities underlying its livelihood. A combination of interviews, informal conversations, observations and documents solicits the required data.FindingsThereby, this study presents an inclusive view of CSER as practiced in developing countries, which is based not only on rational economic perspectives – as is the case in developed and stabilised contexts – but also on social, familial and political aspects that are central to the present complex institutional environment.Originality/valueThe reported findings in this study highlight the role of non-economic (societal) logics in understating CSER in African developing nations.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Institutional complexity and CSR practices: evidence from a developing country

Diab

Metwally²

2020

JAEE

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“…The negative effect of CEO duality on CSR disclosure is in line with Giannarakis () and Sundarasen, Je‐Yen, and Rajangam (), who support the view that the effectiveness of the monitoring role of board directors is constrained by the managerial power of CEO duality by resulting in a lower transparency towards stakeholders reducing CSR reporting. This study can help us understand why a set of norms that are relatively effective in developed markets may not work in emerging markets (Damoah, Peprah, & Cobla, ; Kikwiye, ). Thus, it seems that alternative systems of corporate governance that reflect the institutional realities of these emerging markets will be needed.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate social responsibility reporting and corporate governance mechanisms: An international outlook from emerging countries

Gallego‐Álvarez

Pucheta‐Martínez

2019

Bus Strat Dev

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Within corporate governance, the board of directors plays a major role in improving corporate transparency by increasing the disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) information. In this paper, we analyse the effect of board composition, particularly board independence, board gender diversity, CEO duality, and the presence of a CSR board committee on CSR reporting. Evidence of this effect is still scarce when it concerns the effect of corporate governance mechanisms and CSR disclosure in firms pertaining to emerging market economies, and for this reason, our study focuses on this type of country. Our sample comprises 934 international firm‐year observations from the following 10 countries with emerging markets: Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, India, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, and Thailand for the period 2004–2015. This classification of countries with emerging markets is based on the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Index. Drawing on agency and stakeholder approaches, we posit four hypotheses: board independence and CSR board committees positively affect CSR disclosure, whereas board gender diversity and CEO duality have a negative effect. The results obtained reveal that in emerging market economies, the presence of women on boards of directors is quite limited and, therefore, their participation in decision‐making is minimal. Furthermore, CEO duality discourages the disclosure of CSR information, which may be justified for the family orientation of most firms in these countries, where the CEO is usually also the chairperson of the board.

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“…The adoption of pro-environmental behavior as part of CSR activities of corporations is vital in changing the CSR narrative in Ghana to favor climate change manage-ment strategies as discovered in other jurisdictions (Raza et al, 2021). Even though synthesis of literature of CSR in Ghana from 2006 to 2018 (Damoah, Peprah, & Cobla, 2019;Amo-Mensah & Tench, 2015;Damoah et al, 2019;Ansu-Mensah et al, 2021) revealed that the philanthropic and ethical dimension of CSR are given more attention by corporations than no environmental dimension. Meanwhile, studies in Ghana have discovered negative environmental practices by corporations (Amo-Mensah & Tench, 2015;Damoah et al, 2019;Ansu-Mensah et al 2021;etc.…”

Section: Statement Of Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Even though synthesis of literature of CSR in Ghana from 2006 to 2018 (Damoah, Peprah, & Cobla, 2019;Amo-Mensah & Tench, 2015;Damoah et al, 2019;Ansu-Mensah et al, 2021) revealed that the philanthropic and ethical dimension of CSR are given more attention by corporations than no environmental dimension. Meanwhile, studies in Ghana have discovered negative environmental practices by corporations (Amo-Mensah & Tench, 2015;Damoah et al, 2019;Ansu-Mensah et al 2021;etc. ), there is little evidence on CSR perception and pro-environmental behaviors of corporate entities in Ghana.…”

Section: Statement Of Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility and Pro-Environmental Behaviors of Mining Companies: A Case of Newmont Mining Company

Gyasi¹,

Jonah²,

Dery³

2023

JSS

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Climate change is a material risk companies are facing in their quest to achieve sustainable practices. As one of the anthropogenic causals of climate change, companies are revising their policies and practices to include and minimize climate change effects. The purpose of this research was to investigate how Newmont Mining Company covers environmental sustainability in their policy and pro-environmental behaviors in their practices. The researcher selected two sustainability secondary data of the company and conducted a content analysis of the documents. Guided by environmentally-specific transformational leadership model, the researcher discovered that Newmont mining company has included environmental sustainability policies in their core values and business strategy. Also, it was discovered that Newmont leadership is active in addressing sustainable environmental behaviors through strategies such as recycling, reduction, reclaiming of sites, closure of sites and reuse. Finally, it was discovered that Newmont is compliant to international standards on climate change. It is recommended that mining companies should make efforts to revise their policies to be environmentally sensitive and ensure that the pro-environmental behaviors are used to achieve the environmental sustainability compliant.

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The state of corporate social responsibility research in Ghana: A synthesis of literature

Cited by 8 publications

References 131 publications

Institutional complexity and CSR practices: evidence from a developing country

Institutional complexity and CSR practices: evidence from a developing country

Corporate social responsibility reporting and corporate governance mechanisms: An international outlook from emerging countries

Corporate Social Responsibility and Pro-Environmental Behaviors of Mining Companies: A Case of Newmont Mining Company

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