Incorporating Stakeholder Engagement, Financial Implications and Values in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Proposed Model from an African Context


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  • Aminu Ahmadu Hamidu Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • Md. Harashid Haron
  • Azlan Amran

Abstract

Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa is mainly characterised by the features of socio-economic environment like; poverty, underdevelopment, poor infrastructures, weak governmental functionaries. This makes all the drivers or motivating reasons to be an avenue for addressing issues relating to socio-economic development of communities. The motivating factors for CSR from an African context present a set of reasons to engage in CSR with a view to fulfil obligations to society. Stakeholder engagement insures all stakeholder expectations are in conformity with what managers are ready to offer in terms of CSR initiatives and policies. Studying the financial implications of CSR afford the organisation a basis for making long term plans on CSR because it is only on a long term basis that CSR becomes more profitable and lesser in demerits. Influence of religion/Cultural values is a major aspect having impact on all decision making of managers and CSR is also included. The model proposed at the end of this paper is expected to be more elaborate and applicable towards attaining proper implementation of CSR by introducing necessary steps such as; stakeholder engagement, financial implications and beliefs/cultural values. This paper at the end will answer to this need of having a foundational base to Visser's pyramid model of African CSR before attempting to prioritise between the four dimensions of CSR.Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholder engagement, CSR in Africa, CSR pyramidJEL Classification: M14 

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Aminu Ahmadu Hamidu, Universiti Sains Malaysia

Aminu Ahmadu Hamidu (MBA) a doctoral student at School of Mgt USM Malaysia Dr. Harasid Md. Haron is a Senior Lecturer School of Mgt USM Malaysia Dr. Azlan Amran is a Professor and Dean Graduate School of Business USM Malaysia

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2017-06-29

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Hamidu, A. A., Haron, M. H., & Amran, A. (2017). Incorporating Stakeholder Engagement, Financial Implications and Values in Corporate Social Responsibility: A Proposed Model from an African Context. International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 7(3), 247–253. Retrieved from https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/2867

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