Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: A case of selected Botswana firms
The study on which this article is based sought to examine the motives and patterns of corporate social investment practices using the experiences of eight Botswana Stock Exchange listed firms. It followed an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design utilizing a triangulation of documentary and ar...
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| description | The study on which this article is based sought to examine the motives and patterns of corporate social investment practices using the experiences of eight Botswana Stock Exchange listed firms. It followed an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design utilizing a triangulation of documentary and archival records, and cross-sectional survey techniques. The study found out that although the motives for the practices were varied they were largely reactive and fragmented, and mostly driven by economic rather than business ethics imperatives. The article supports extant literature indicating the existence of growing publics' disillusionment with the apparent dissonance between corporates' historical institutional rhetoric and practice. Although the firms publicly portrayed themselves as good corporate citizens addressing wider societal challenges, in practice they engaged in the traditional ‘giving back to community’ donations. The article concludes that overall the practices served as ‘soft technologies’ for the (re)-figuration of corporate identities. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-51442022-08-17T07:46:58Z Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: A case of selected Botswana firms Maunganidze, Langtone Corporate citizenship Corporate reputation Corporate self-reporting Social investment Social responsibility The study on which this article is based sought to examine the motives and patterns of corporate social investment practices using the experiences of eight Botswana Stock Exchange listed firms. It followed an exploratory sequential mixed-methods design utilizing a triangulation of documentary and archival records, and cross-sectional survey techniques. The study found out that although the motives for the practices were varied they were largely reactive and fragmented, and mostly driven by economic rather than business ethics imperatives. The article supports extant literature indicating the existence of growing publics' disillusionment with the apparent dissonance between corporates' historical institutional rhetoric and practice. Although the firms publicly portrayed themselves as good corporate citizens addressing wider societal challenges, in practice they engaged in the traditional ‘giving back to community’ donations. The article concludes that overall the practices served as ‘soft technologies’ for the (re)-figuration of corporate identities. 2022-08-17T07:46:58Z 2022-08-17T07:46:58Z 2022-07-18 Article 0959-6526 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132957 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5144 en Journal of Cleaner Production;Vol. 368, No. 132957 open Elsevier |
| spellingShingle | Corporate citizenship Corporate reputation Corporate self-reporting Social investment Social responsibility Maunganidze, Langtone Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: A case of selected Botswana firms |
| title | Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: A case of selected Botswana firms |
| title_full | Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: A case of selected Botswana firms |
| title_fullStr | Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: A case of selected Botswana firms |
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| title_short | Corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: A case of selected Botswana firms |
| title_sort | corporate social investment practices as ‘soft technology’: a case of selected botswana firms |
| topic | Corporate citizenship Corporate reputation Corporate self-reporting Social investment Social responsibility |
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