Business and Society: An Introduction
This chapter introduces the book by contextualizing it to the African context. It presents a brief discussion on corporate social responsibility in nine countries, namely Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe in order to provide a comparative perspective. The gen...
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| description | This chapter introduces the book by contextualizing it to the African context. It presents a brief discussion on corporate social responsibility in nine countries, namely Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe in order to provide a comparative perspective. The general picture emerging from the review of literature on corporate social responsibility in Africa is that it is not widely practised, mainly because of weak legislation. The chapter then focuses on Botswana, providing the rationale for Botswana being the focus. While it is widely acclaimed as Africa’s economic “miracle”, it has, at the same time, high levels of poverty, inequality and unemployment and high rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence. This makes this the examination of the role of business in society in Botswana imperative. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-52372022-11-24T15:11:57Z Business and Society: An Introduction France Maphosa Langtone Maunganidze France Maphosa Langtone Maunganidze University of Botswana Midlands State University University of Botswana Midlands State University Inequality Legislation Neo-liberalism Free enterprise Deregulation Business ethics Corporate social responsibility Philanthropy Corporate citizenship This chapter introduces the book by contextualizing it to the African context. It presents a brief discussion on corporate social responsibility in nine countries, namely Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe in order to provide a comparative perspective. The general picture emerging from the review of literature on corporate social responsibility in Africa is that it is not widely practised, mainly because of weak legislation. The chapter then focuses on Botswana, providing the rationale for Botswana being the focus. While it is widely acclaimed as Africa’s economic “miracle”, it has, at the same time, high levels of poverty, inequality and unemployment and high rates of HIV/AIDS prevalence. This makes this the examination of the role of business in society in Botswana imperative. 1 30 2022-11-24T15:11:56Z 2022-11-24T15:11:56Z 2021-07-30 book part https://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/5237 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67766-4_1 en Corporate Citizenship 978-3-030-67766-4 open Palgrave Macmillan, Cham |
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| topic | Inequality Legislation Neo-liberalism Free enterprise Deregulation Business ethics Corporate social responsibility Philanthropy Corporate citizenship |
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