Corporate Social Responsibility and Development in South Africa: Socio-economic Contexts and Contemporary Issues

Mueller-Hirth, Natascha

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-26668-8_3

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“…In South Africa, the private sector has been forced to implement socioeconomically responsible strategies (Mueller-Hirth, 2016). This was implemented through the adoption of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) legislation and later Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) legislation embraced by the post-apartheid government to provide historically disadvantaged groups with socioeconomic opportunities such as employment.…”

Section: Labour Process Of Unemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in South Africa

Chigbu

Nekhwevha

2020

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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This study argues that the automobile sector’s body shop is fully automated, the paint shop is 80% automated, there is about 20% technology utilization in the car assembly line, and the supply for logistics is making a lot more use of machines as well. These percentages are an indicator of how workers have lost the contest with technology in the industry. Many workers are being deskilled and the remaining workers are being reshuffled to assembly lines likely to be automated with time. There should be interventions to ready the workers to adapt to society and the economy, or there will be massive unemployment.

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Section: Labour Process Of Unemploymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in South Africa

Chigbu

Nekhwevha

2020

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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“…In South Africa, CSR developments have to be placed in the context of large inequalities, gaps in welfare provision and the country's apartheid history. Within this context, philanthropic involvement, with emphasis on education and health projects, has been a major part of the CSR activities of South African companies (Hamann, 2009;Baskin, 2006;Fig, 2007;Mueller-Hirth, 2016). CSR in South Africa has, however, progressed over time in the direction of a broader agenda that, apart from philanthropic involvement in the community, also includes the actual business practices of companies (Hamann, 2009).…”

Section: Welfare Configurations and Corporate Social Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…B-BBEE covers, for instance, human resource development, employment equity, supply chains and preferential procurement. This initiative indirectly compels business to engage with forms of CSR that can advance transformation of the economy in favour of previously disadvantaged groups (Ramlall, 2012;Mueller-Hirth, 2016). It is then a complement to national welfare configurations.…”

Section: Welfare Configurations and Corporate Social Responsibilitymentioning

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Content in the context of welfare configurations: a comparative institutional analysis of self-reporting on corporate social responsibility

Rambaree

2019

SRJ

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine corporate social responsibility (CSR) content in the context of four differing national institutional arrangements for welfare. An analysis is presented on how self-reported CSR differs in content across two western welfare states (the UK and Sweden) and two emerging economies in southern Africa (South Africa and Mauritius). Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on a qualitative content analysis of the CSR self-reporting of 40 companies. This involved 10 of the largest companies incorporated in four countries, namely, Sweden, the UK, South Africa and Mauritius. The content is categorised into community involvement, socially responsible production and socially responsible employee relations. For each category, an analysis is provided of the reported issues (the question of what), the geographic focus of reported issues (the question of where) and ways of working with these issues (the question of how), as well as the extent of reporting and level of reporting (the question of how much). Findings The study shows that companies place focus on aspects, issues and localities in ways that differ between countries and can be understood in relation to current institutional arrangements for welfare. The content of self-reported CSR can be both complementing and mirroring the welfare arrangements. Differences in self-reported CSR agendas are particularly evident between the two western welfare states on the one hand and the two emerging economies on the other, as these represent two distinct contexts in terms of welfare arrangements. Originality/value This paper contributes to research on the institutional embeddedness of CSR in three ways: first, by going beyond measures of country differences in terms of extent of CSR to consider differences in CSR content; second, by focusing on the social aspects of CSR and placing these differences in relation to welfare configurations; and third, by contributing with empirical findings on how CSR content differs across national settings and across the established/emerging economy divide.

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“…Any South African company's performance is rated on a number of BEE scorecards, with companies collecting points for CSR activities. Unlike in other countries and despite its non-voluntary character, CSR in South Africa has a strong emphasis on community development and poverty alleviation (Mueller-Hirth, 2016).…”

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“Walking the tightrope”: the funding of South African NGOs and the governance of community development

Mueller-Hirth¹

2019

Funding, Power and Community Development

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This chapter examines the role of intermediary NGOs in community development in post-apartheid South Africa, specifically exploring how these organisations have been shaped by changing funding modalities. It first summarises the socio-historical developments that have enabled NGOs to become significant actors in community development. It then examines partnerships as a specific neoliberal mode of funding that has shaped the role of NGOs in community development. It is argued that partnerships provide a context within which shared values, practices, and techniques appropriate to particular, often neoliberal, forms of community development can be developed in NGOs. Partnerships link intermediary NGOs with corporations, the state, and communities, and enable claims of legitimacy, build consensus through homogenisation, and necessitate particular auditing techniques and capabilities.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Development in South Africa: Socio-economic Contexts and Contemporary Issues

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in South Africa

The extent of job automation in the automobile sector in South Africa

Content in the context of welfare configurations: a comparative institutional analysis of self-reporting on corporate social responsibility

“Walking the tightrope”: the funding of South African NGOs and the governance of community development

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