Corporate social responsibility as a drive to community development and poverty reduction: A stakeholder approach to development in Zimbabwe

Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa

 
 
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Title Corporate social responsibility as a drive to community development and poverty reduction: A stakeholder approach to development in Zimbabwe
 
Creator Muruviwa, Addmore T. Nekhwevha, Fhulu H. Akpan, Wilson
 
Subject sociology community development; mining; community; corporate social responsibility; stakeholder theory; multinational
Description Background: The emergence of a ‘Southern’ discourse of corporate social responsibility (CSR) highlight the crucial issues of poverty reduction, infrastructure development and the broader questions of social provisioning and community development. Aim: This study builds on existing knowledge to reveal how CSR has become a drive or aid in the community development discourse and poverty reduction mechanisms. This was done through the analysis of major CSR projects by Zimplats mining company. Setting: The study was carried out in Mhondoro-Ngezi, Zimbabwe, which is in a rural setting. Method: The study employed a triangulated design, with data collected using a mini-survey, focus groups and in-depth interviews. Results: The key findings are that the fundamental roles of CSR have been to link it to addressing under-development and poverty reduction issues in developing countries. Conclusion: Through distributional CSR activities, the mining company was able to address the health, educational, employment and water needs of the local people.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2018-06-07
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Mixed method approach (Qualitative and Quantitative)
Format text/html application/epub+zip application/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/td.v14i1.440
 
Source The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa; Vol 14, No 1 (2018); 9 pages 2415-2005 1817-4434
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Southern Africa — —
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