What responsibilities do oil companies in Angola have to improve the situation of the Angolan population? Standard corporate social responsibility ...

Introduction Since the 1950s, there has been a growing international awareness of the need for business organizations to commit to a social ...

What are the responsibility of oil companies in resource rich countries? Do they take these responsibilities? Based on a utilitarian perspective ...

A recent polling excercise among Norwegian consumers found that only 21% stated profit as the main objective of business activities. Corresponding ...

New digital tools represent a technological revolution, and are at the same time revolutionizing politics. They promise great potential for mobilizing people, ideas, and resources in new and profound ways. Join us in exploring the potentials and pitfalls of these new tools.

The article explores the promotion and reception of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Arab world, taking Syria and Dubai as "most ...

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.

Corporate community development projects typically do not fail due to incompetence. They fail because promoting development is not their underlying objective. Making money is.

To what extent should multinational corporations doing business in developing countries contribute to improving social conditions? Where should ...

Economist whose current research focuses on the political economy of development, poverty dynamics, and corporate social responsibility

The question of corporate responsibility in poor and undemocratic countries, has been addressed by a CMI strategic institute programme (SIP) ...

Though corporate social responsibility (CSR) is on the agenda of most major corporations, corporate executives still largely support the view ...

The purpose of this issue paper is to identify and discuss major challenges, appropriate responses, and relevant tools for addressing corruption ...

Rationale Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the University of Bergen Department of Comparative Politics have received seed funding from ...

Empowerment, participation, accountability and non-discrimination: Operationalising a human rights-based approach to development, is the theme of this year's volume. CMI researcher Hugo Stokke explores the boundaries of state responsibility in his essay "What is left of State Responsibility? Turning State Obligations into State Responsibility in the Field of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

While it is commonly accepted that corporations have negative duties to respect human rights, the question of whether rights also imply positive ...

Political scientist focusing on the social, political and humanitarian consequences of violent conflict, and strategies of response.

Understanding the role of large energy corporations in society is a crucial, yet challenging task for the social science of energy. Ethnographic ...

Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing ...

What is Left of State Responsibility? Turning State Obligations into State Responsibilities in the