Corporate Social Responsibility in Challenging Times in Developing Countries

Mugova, Shame; Mudenda, Moono; Sachs, Paul R.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52839-7_11

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Still, many businesses entail making voluntary donations to society, for example, by giving money, in-kind, and time to social activities (Del Mar Miras Rodríguez, 2013). Mugova et al (2017) argue that corporate givings not only create favorable stakeholders attitudes and better supportive behaviors (e.g., employment, purchasing, investment opportunities), but also, over the long run, strengthen stakeholders-company identifications, uphold a corporate image, and shape stakeholders' socially responsible and advocacy behaviors (Mugova et al, 2017).…”

Section: Overall Csr and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

2021

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The global health, economic, and social impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are growing day by day. Over the past few months, first China, and now the whole world has been grappling with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in businesses, employees, customers, communities, and each other. The people worldwide are strongly committed to working together and supporting each other in every way possible during this critical period filled with fear and uncertainty. Grounded on stakeholder theory and corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature, the study attempts to explore business responses to the COVID-19 pandemic to support its vital stakeholders such as employees, customers, communities, and society as a whole through CSR initiatives. The study based on the contemporary phenomenon considered multi-items as data sources such as press releases, newsletters, and letters to shareholders, which were retrieved from the top 25 (the sample) corporations of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens-2019 (the population) in the United States’ respective websites on the internet. The outcomes of this research report that sampled companies show respect to their employees and focus on stewardship relations between corporations and customers and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. It will have a significant theoretical application and practical implication on business duty to society and future research on CSR as a strong arm to deal with a critical disaster like the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Section: Overall Csr and Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

2021

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“…In other studies [ 43 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 ], socially related activities are grouped into external and internal operations. External activities are included but not limited to the following: efforts involving physical activity; building sports infrastructure in underserved areas; fighting racism and other forms of social injustice, ways to fight poverty and extend working opportunities, cooperating with nonprofit organizations supporting health issues or causes that enhance education, such as attending university or trade school.…”

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“…According to Yoon and Chung [ 42 ], (1) external and (2) internal activities need to be differentiated from the social aspect. External social responsibility accelerates the positive effects of organizational activities and operations on society, the economy, and the natural environment [ 43 ]. These activities target constituencies and communities supporting teams and leagues or other communities in need.…”

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confidence: 99%

How Successful Are the Teams of the European Football Elite off the Field?—CSR Activities of the Premier League and the Primera División

Ráthonyi-Ódor

Bába

Müller

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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In the past two decades the sports sector has turned its attention to understanding the idea of sustainability, particularly to the practical steps related to this. The purpose of this study is to investigate the nature of CSR (corporate social responsibility) activities carried out by teams playing in the Premier League and the Primera División in the 2018/2019 season, and how these CSR actions serve environmental protection and society, manifesting the concept of sustainable development. We applied comparative analysis based on secondary databases. We examined the available reports regarding all the 40 teams, focusing on information about their CSR aspirations and related academic research results, and we worked out specific criteria to evaluate environmentally and socially related CSR activities. Arsenal and Real Madrid were chosen to show good practices that can serve as examples for the other members of the sports sector. At Premier League clubs, the practical application of the CSR activities has been intensively developed. Clubs share detailed statistical information about their actions, while some of the clubs even publish their future plans. The quantity and detail of the information found with Primera División clubs is rather varied. Some clubs introduce their CSR activities in full detail; however, in the case of most clubs, the accessible information is rather superficial and lacks any exact descriptions. The findings clearly show that the sports world is consciously shifting towards the realization of sustainable development, which requires a comprehensive reconnection of sporting society and an increase in awareness in order to achieve the efficient and successful integration of CSR activities into sport.

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“…According to a 2012 estimate by ZIMSTAT (2012), more than 67% of the population of Zimbabwe, then estimated at 14.7 million people, was residing in rural areas, where they depended on farming as a source of livelihood. Today, Zimbabwe's population is estimated at over 16 million (Trading Economics, n.d.), and it can be presumed that the majority still lives in rural areas given, among other things, the closure of many urban-based companies in the period 2012 and 2017 (as reported by Mugova (2017), Nkomo (2016), Samukange & Mutomba (2014), and Vusani (2015)).…”

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confidence: 98%

Mobile Phone Use by Zimbabwean Smallholder Farmers: A Baseline Study

Musungwini¹

2018

Afr. j. inf. commun. (Online)

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This article provides findings from a baseline study on mobile phone use by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. The study investigated use of mobile phones by 58 farming households in a village in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province. Via a survey questionnaire and a focus group discussion, the study found that 100% of the surveyed households identified "asymmetry of information" as a challenge they face in their agricultural activities, and 90% cited "absence of market information" as a challenge. Yet at the same time, the study found low levels of household mobile phone usage, with only 50% of households were found to be using mobile telephony in support of a farming activity. The article concludes with a recommendation for how to close this apparent gap between the smallholder farmers' felt need for increased agricultural information and, at the same time, their lack of use of mobile telephony to access such information.

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Corporate Social Responsibility in Challenging Times in Developing Countries

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Corporate Social Responsibility: Business Responses to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

How Successful Are the Teams of the European Football Elite off the Field?—CSR Activities of the Premier League and the Primera División

Mobile Phone Use by Zimbabwean Smallholder Farmers: A Baseline Study

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