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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, Oil, Angola
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 ...
economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Islam, ethics, philantropy, Sudan
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Angolan Oil Industry
CMI Working Paper | Jan 2005
What are the responsibility of oil companies in resource rich countries? Do they
take these responsibilities? Based on a utilitarian perspective ...
Oil, Corporate social responsibility, Ethics, Angola, Jel Codes: M14, L71, D63
Social responsibility and strategies for internationalisation: The Angolan Case
Project | Jan 2003 - Dec 2004
A recent polling excercise among Norwegian consumers found that only 21% stated profit as the main objective of business activities. Corresponding ...
Africa: Angola
Digital Revolutions: New Information Technology Tools in 21st Century Politics
Event | 2 Nov 2015
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.
Nepal, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya
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 ...
global compact, globalization, symbolic capital, Islamic welfare, corporate social responsibility, Middle East, Syria, Dubai, Middle East
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.
Business ethics for multinational corporations in developing countries
Project | Jan - Dec 2005
To what extent should multinational corporations doing business in developing countries contribute to improving social conditions? Where should ...
Business ethics, corporate social responsibility, multinational corporations, Africa: Angola
Kolstad Ivar
Associated Senior Researcher
Economist whose current research focuses on the political economy of development, poverty dynamics, and corporate social responsibility
Game theory, ethics, public economics, international economics, social choice, Angola, Bangladesh, Malawi, Tanzania
Corporate Social Responsibility of Multinational Corporations
CMI Brief | Jan 2007
The question of corporate responsibility in poor and undemocratic countries, has been addressed by a CMI strategic institute programme (SIP) ...
CSR
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 ...
Profit maximization, Business ethics, Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Jel codes: D63, M14
Corruption in Revenue Administration: Challenges and Policy Responses
Report in External Series | Jan 2005
The purpose of this issue paper is to identify and discuss major challenges, appropriate responses, and relevant tools for addressing corruption ...
Corruption, Tax evasion, Tax administration, Customs, International, developing countries
Digital Revolutions: Assessing the Role, Influence, and Potential
Project | Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
Rationale
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and the University of Bergen Department of Comparative Politics have received seed funding from ...
Nepal, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda
Human Rights in Development 2002
News | 30 May 2005
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.
Human rights and positive corporate duties: The importance of corporate state interaction
Journal Article | Jan 2012
While it is commonly accepted that corporations have negative duties to respect human rights, the question of whether rights also imply positive ...
human rights, duties, obligations, responsibility, Ruggie reports, corporate social responsibility (CSR), Angola
Suhrke Astri
Emerita
Political scientist focusing on the social, political and humanitarian consequences of violent conflict, and strategies of response.
Comparative international politics, migration/refugee movements, refugees in asylum, human rights, minorities, ethnic conflict, humanitarian assistance and conflict, conflict management, political risk, Asia: Afghanistan, Nepal
Rethinking access. Key methodological challenges in studying energy companies.
Journal Article | Jan 2018
Understanding the role of large energy corporations in society is a crucial, yet challenging task for the social science of energy. Ethnographic ...
Energy, Corporate social responsibility, Multi-sited ethnography, Access, Positionality, Tanzania, Turkey, Norway, Brazil
Violence against women in the context of urban poverty in Angola
CMI Brief | Oct 2016
Violence against women is widespread in Angola. This brief presents the main findings in a recent study of how violence against women is playing ...
women, violence, poverty, Angola, Luanda
What is Left of State Responsibility? Turning State Obligations into State Responsibilities in the Field of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Book Chapter | Jan 2005
What is Left of State Responsibility? Turning State Obligations into State Responsibilities in the
Human rights