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CSR in the Arab World: A mission impossible?
News | 25 Feb 2013
CSR is on the rise in the Arab World, but the initiators find it difficult to root the concept beyond the ranks of state-owned enterprises and crony capitalists. - When CSR projects are initiated in Arab countries, they do not enter an empty void. Many businessmen have pre-existing conceptions of social responsibility, originated in Islam, says CMI-researcher Kjetil Selvik.
Gold over love: Making sense of corporate community development projects
News | 27 Feb 2012
Corporate community development projects typically do not fail due to incompetence. They fail because promoting development is not their underlying objective. Making money is.
Samfunnsansvar uten effekt i utviklingsland
News | 22 Jan 2009
Norske bedrifters tiltak i utviklingsland innen området samfunnsansvar er lite relevante i forhold til hovedproblemene landene står overfor. Som utviklingstiltak er tiltakene lite effektive. I dag er det stort sett frivillig for bedrifter om de vil være etiske eller ikke. "Vi trenger en offentlig politikk som gjør det kostbart å drive uetisk," sier Ivar Kolstad, seniorforsker på CMI som har ledet en studie av norske bedrifters CSR aktiviteter i utviklingsland.
Angola, Kina, Nepal og Brasil
Business and Social Responsibility in the Arab World: The Zakat vs. CSR models in Syria and Dubai
Journal Article | Jan 2013
The article explores the promotion and reception of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Arab world, taking Syria and Dubai as "most different" ...
global compact, globalization, symbolic capital, Islamic welfare, corporate social responsibility, Middle East, Syria, Dubai, Middle East
Multinational corporations and host country institutions: A case study of CSR activities in Angola
Journal Article | Mar 2010
While institutions are important for economic development, particularly in resource rich countries, the interaction between multinational corporations ...
Angola
Gender, regulation, and corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector: The case of Equinor’s social investments in Tanzania
Journal Article | Jan 2021
Multinational corporations have been criticised for their rhetorical support to - as opposed to substantive engagement with - gender equality in their ...
Tanzania, CSR, Extractive industries, Gender
CSR and Reputation Building in Syria: Contextualizing the 'Business Case'
Book Chapter | Apr 2013
The business case for CSR refers to the idea that companies should adopt socially responsible practices out of self-interest. This article critically ...
Syria
Hvordan gjøre gode ting bedre? Norske bedrifters CSR aktiviteter i utviklingsland
CMI Report | May 2008
Norske bedrifter opererer i en rekke utviklingsland, hvor problemer med fattigdom, dårlig styresett og brudd på menneskerettigheter ofte er ...
CSR Angola China Nepal Brazil Norwegian companies, Angola, China, Nepal, Brazil
Why firms should not always maximize profits
Journal Article | Nov 2007
Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view that corporations ...
Business ethics, CSR, profit maximization, special duties
Why Firms should not always Maximize Profits
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2006
Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view that corporations ...
Profit maximization, Business ethics, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Jel codes: D63, M14
Selskapers sosiale ansvarlighet. En teoretisk analyse og empirisk undersøkelse av bedrifter i Malaysia
CMI Report | Jan 2004
Myndigheter, internasjonale organisasjoner og frivillige organisasjoner ser på selskapers sosiale ansvarlighet (SSA) som et effektivt virkemiddel ...
Bedrifter, Sosial ansvarlighet, Malaysia, Asia: Malaysia
Assigned corporate social responsibility in a rentier state: The case of Angola
Book Chapter | Jan 2012
What responsibilities do oil companies in Angola have to improve the situation of the Angolan population? Standard corporate social responsibility (CSR) ...
CSR, Oil, Angola
Norwegian energy companies abroad
Project | Feb 2015 - Dec 2019
Norwegian energy companies abroad. Expanding the anthropological understanding of corporate social responsibility.
When Norwegian energy companies invest ...
Tanzania, Turkey, Norway
Social responsibility of oil companies: Angola
Project | Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
Norwegian oil companies have been involved in Angola since the mid 1990s. CMI has in co-operation with A-IP initiated a new project that will analyse ...
Africa: Angola
Norske bedrifters CSR-relaterte utfordringer
Project | Dec 2007 - May 2008
Dette prosjektet vil se på norske bedrifters CSR virksomhet og utfordringer i fire utvalgte utviklingsland: Kina, Nepal, Angola og Brasil. Prosjektet ...
CSR, China, Nepal, Brazil, Angola
Managing benefit streams from mining in Tanzania: Capacity building for local authorities.
Project | Nov 2006 - Feb 2007
Recent CMI studies of the management of benefit streams from the extractive industries in Tanzania and Mali (CMI reports 2006:4 and 2006:11) reveal that ...
Mining, CSR, Tanzania
Malawian Textbook in Political Science
News | 26 Jun 2007
A study of the institutional context of the 2004 elections in Malawi has produced Malawi's first university textbook in political science.
Malawi
Corporate Social Responsibility in Islamic Economies – the Case of Sudan
Sudan Working Paper | May 2016
Introduction
Since the 1950s, there has been a growing international awareness of the need for business organizations to commit to a social role that ...
economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Islam, ethics, philantropy, Sudan
Comparative Corporate Strategies
Project | Jan 2008 - Dec 2010
A number of studies suggest that the practices of multinational corporations in relation to corporate social responsibility and in other areas, ...
CSR, Angola, China
The institutional context of the 2004 general elections in Malawi
Project | Aug 2003 - Jul 2006
A central concern for democratic accountability is how political institutions are able to guard against executive dominance and electoral malpractice. ...
Democratisation, Parliamentary-executive relations, Political culture, Electoral administration, Political parties, Judiciary, Elections, Electoral systems, Africa: Malawi