Is Corporate Aid Targeted to Poor and Deserving Countries? A Case Study of Nestlé’s Aid Allocation

Metzger, Laura; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Mahmoud, Toman Omar

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.09.005

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“…The remaining studies that conducted content analysis of firms' reports placed emphasis on poverty alleviation in general as a reported CSR category (e.g., Bradley & Botchway, 2018;Jabbour, Neto, Freitas, Teixeira, & Silva, 2012;Metzger, Nunnenkamp, & Mahmoud, 2010;Renouard & Lado, 2012). The following indicators were also taken from three studies: CSR effort (Raimi et al, 2015), firms' community development expenditure (Ite, 2005), generation of income for local farmers (Waswa, Netondo, Maina, Naisiko, & Wangamati, 2009).…”

Section: The Measurement Of Corporate Social Contribution To Povertmentioning

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Corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation: An integrated research framework

Medina‐Muñoz

Medina–Muñoz

2019

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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Poverty represents an enormous global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, particularly in developing countries (United Nations Division for Sustainable Development (UNDSD), 2015; World Commission on Environment & Development, 1987). As a consequence, all actors in society, including firms, are expected to show goodwill and accept a level of responsibility in alleviating poverty (Barkemeyer & Figge, 2014;

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Section: The Measurement Of Corporate Social Contribution To Povertmentioning

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Corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation: An integrated research framework

Medina‐Muñoz

Medina–Muñoz

2019

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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“…Once Namdeb gets engaged, its behaviour seems to be similar to that of other donors. Namibian stakeholders are sensitive regarding the quality of the development aid they receive, and critically discuss Namdeb's selection process because it is comparable to that of other multinational enterprises (Metzger et al 2010). Namdeb's legitimacy regarding its external relationships seems to be mildly disputed, but generally confirmed.…”

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The Link Between Responsibility and Legitimacy: The Case of De Beers in Namibia

2011

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This article investigates the link between corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices and the reasons for which legitimacy is ascribed or denied. It fills a gap in the literature on CSR and legitimacy that lacks empirical studies regarding the question whether CSR contributes to organisational legitimacy. The problem is discussed by referring to the case of De Beers's diamond mining partnership with the Government of Namibia. A total of 42 interviews were conducted-41 with stakeholders and one with the focal organisation Namdeb. The 41 stakeholder interviews are analysed with regard to cognitive, pragmatic and moral legitimacy as defined by Suchman (Acad Manage Rev 20(3):571-610, 1995). The main finding is that the majority of statements on organisational legitimacy refer to moral legitimacy and most issues raised in this context challenge the company's legitimacy despite its comprehensive CSR engagement. The study demonstrates that legitimacy gaps can be a result of communication practices that raise unrealistic stakeholder expectations and that the legitimacy gained by CSR engagement in one area cannot substitute legitimacy losses caused by failures in another.

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“…Case study methodologies have been widely employed in business research, and in CSR-related aspects of business operation in particular (Larrinaga-Gonzalez et al 2001;Biggs and Messerschmidt 2005;Fuller and Tian 2006;Belal and Owen 2007;Adams and Frost 2008;Vaaland and Heide 2008;Metzger et al 2009), allowing in-depth analyses of good practice, and build findings into a body of knowledge that can potentially be transferable to other firms. The case study approach allows an investigation to retain the holistic and meaningful characteristics of real-life events (Yin 1984), such as organisational and managerial socially responsible behaviour.…”

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A research design for mapping national CSR terrains

Skouloudis

Evangelinos

2011

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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Most of the evidence on national progress in corporate social responsibility (CSR) relates to North America and Western Europe, making broad cross-national comparisons difficult. This study seeks to contribute to this end by developing a research design for CSR assessment in a national context. Drawing on prior theory and well-established research methods, developed in order to assess the multi-dimensionality of CSR, a research approach is proposed that can be applied to any country, regardless of the extent to which the notion has penetrated the domestic business sector. Such a research design can expand the existing pool of knowledge on national CSR patterns, inform managers on the national dimension of CSR and contribute to further identifying the relationship between cultural specificity and responsible business behaviour.

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Is Corporate Aid Targeted to Poor and Deserving Countries? A Case Study of Nestlé’s Aid Allocation

Cited by 20 publications

References 37 publications

Corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation: An integrated research framework

Corporate social responsibility for poverty alleviation: An integrated research framework

The Link Between Responsibility and Legitimacy: The Case of De Beers in Namibia

A research design for mapping national CSR terrains

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