Does it really take the state?

Börzel, Tanja A.; Hönke, Jana; Thauer, Christian R.

doi:10.1515/bap-2012-0023

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“…For instance, Muthuri (2007) notes that Magadi Soda Company via its Corporate-Community Involvement (CCI) projects remains the dominant social welfare provider in the region, and the community has benefited from the company's benevolence through donation and philanthropy. Similarly, Borzel et al (2012) point to significant investments by the automotive and mining industry in the fight against HIV/AIDS in South Africa. However, critics have responded by arguing that in most cases such corporate social investments often have minimal to no effect in terms of improving the lives of its intended beneficiaries because of issues of poorly executed projects, misplaced priorities, and lack of project sustainability.…”

Section: Corporate Social Responsibility In the African Context: Is Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility and Development in Africa: Issues and Possibilities

Idemudia

2014

Geography Compass

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The literature on the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and development in Africa is only just emerging, and it is characterized by a wide range of diverse perspectives. While the analysis of the CSR‐development nexus in Africa has been particularly insightful, there is often the lack of sufficiently grounded systematically accumulated empirical evidence. However, central to the CSR‐development nexus debate in Africa is the disagreement over the reimagining of the role of business from being the cause to becoming a part of the solution to the problem of underdevelopment in the region. This paper critically examines the CSR‐development nexus literature in Africa and lays bare the controversies that have so far emerged. The article engages with the drivers of CSR, its dynamics and nature within Africa. It then examines the debate of whether or not contextual factors matters for CSR and its relationship with development. Crucially, it identifies differences between proponents of CSR is good for development and those that share opposing views at the conceptual, practical, and discourse levels. The paper concludes by considering the emerging issues and its implications for future research agenda.

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Section: Corporate Social Responsibility In the African Context: Is Cmentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility and Development in Africa: Issues and Possibilities

Idemudia

2014

Geography Compass

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“…First, the paper has documented that 183 CSR in Afghanistan it is important to consider the severely least-developed national context in analysing CSR, and frames Afghanistan as promoting a "governance without state" approach in an "Area of Limited Statehood" (Risse, 2011). This literature emphasises the increasing role of non-state actors in governance with or without the state (Börzel et al, 2012;Börzel and Risse, 2010), and provides an alternative conceptualization to the well-known National Business System approach and the biased "weak" or "fragile" framings of national contexts in the CSR debate.…”

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“…9-11). Such a governance approach brings to prominence a broad range of actors which have traditionally been accorded less attention in mainstream writings on CSR, including, for example national and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) and donors (Börzel and Risse, 2010), and not least MNCs (Börzel et al, 2012). Governance is thereby exercised in complex relations between non-state actors operating individually and/or in collaboration with other non-state actors and/or the state.…”

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CSR in Afghanistan: a global CSR agenda in areas of limited statehood

Azizi

Jamali

2016

South Asian Journal of Global Business Research

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to explain the emergence of CSR in Afghanistan as a novel context in the South-Asian CSR debate. Design/methodology/approach -The findings of the paper are based on case studies of four corporations in the Afghan mobile telecommunications industry. Multiple sources of qualitative data are coded according to the analytical framework of the paper to generate the findings. Findings -The findings highlight that the Afghan national setting can be conceptualised as an "area of limited statehood" indicating the weak national institutional setting, which enables space for manoeuvring for non-state actors to play a pivotal role in business-society relations. The paper highlights that the CSR practices are driven by the multi-level organisational field that through a unique blend of global coercive, mimetic and normative pressures lead to convergence around explicit CSR themes.Research limitations/implications -The findings are based on CSR practices that are explicitly stated and do not include informal and/or implicit business-society practices in such contexts. Originality/value -This paper combines the literature on areas of limited statehood and the neo-institutional theory to explain the emergence of CSR the Afghan mobile telecommunications industry. The paper advocates for a shift from a national setting focus to a multi-level institutional field lens in providing contextualised explanation of the emergence of CSR in developing countries.

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“…In this context, the literature has identified fiscal stress, economic efficiency, and ideological attitudes (e.g., Liberal-Conservative vs. Social Democratic) as possible reasons why governments decide to pursue privatization (see, e.g., Bel & Fageda, 2009). The literature on weak or failed statehood additionally argues that some governments simply lack the fundamental capacity to provide common goods (see, e.g., Börzel & Risse, 2010;Börzel et al, 2012;Krasner & Risse, 2014;Risse, 2013). Turning to states with a state capacity that is principally well developed, there may nevertheless be areas where capacity is inadequate and thus necessitates delegation to private actors, such as in the area of elderly care (see Bode, 2006).…”

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Co-governing common goods: Interaction patterns of private and public actors

2016

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This article addresses co-governance which can be defined as a dynamic interaction between public and private actors to secure the provision of common goods. Which types of relationship between public and private actors exist? Do the forms of cogovernance change over time? When is the relationship between public and private actors cooperative, when is it competitive, and when do we witness conflictual relationships? These research questions lie at the heart of this introductory article, which seeks to shed further light on the origins and impacts of the various co-governance patterns. By reviewing the body of research on this topic, we show that different relationships between public and private actors exist, and that the forms of co-governance can also change over time. While the dominant form of co-governance is cooperation, one can also observe instances of competition or even conflict between public and private actors. Most importantly, we find that both public and private actors are ready to reclaim competences in areas where they perceive the other actor to have gained too much influence. As we discuss in this article, the degree of cooperation and competition mostly depends on the existing regulatory arrangements, the congruence of goals of the different actor groups, and the institutionalization of industrial relations. These insights help us to better understand the role co-governance can play in addressing complex public problems.

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Does it really take the state?

Cited by 32 publications

References 51 publications

Corporate Social Responsibility and Development in Africa: Issues and Possibilities

Corporate Social Responsibility and Development in Africa: Issues and Possibilities

CSR in Afghanistan: a global CSR agenda in areas of limited statehood

Co-governing common goods: Interaction patterns of private and public actors

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