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Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Developing and Transitional Countries: Botswana and Malawi

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Lindgreen, Adam Swaen, Valérie [UCL] Campbell, Timothy T.

This research empirically investigated the CSR practices of 84 Botswana and Malawi organizations. The findings revealed that the extent and type of CSR practices in these countries did not significantly differ from that proposed by a U.S. model of CSR, nor did they significantly differ between Botswana and Malawi. There were, however, differences between the sampled organizations that clustered into a stakeholder perspective and traditional capitalist model groups. In the latter group, the board of directors, owners, and shareholders were important stakeholders that appeared to be restricting extended stakeholder CSR activities in the Malawi and Botswana organizations. The sampled managers recognized the economic benefits of CSR practices and were not at odds with social objectives.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2010
Language Anglais
Journal information "Journal of Business Ethics" - Vol. 90, p. 429-440 (2010)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer (Dordrecht)
issn 0167-4544
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/LouRIM - Louvain Research Institute in Management and Organizations
Keywords corporate social responsibility ; practices ; stakeholders ; US ; Botswana ; Malawi ; performance outcomes ; survey
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Bibliographic reference Lindgreen, Adam ; Swaen, Valérie ; Campbell, Timothy T.. Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Developing and Transitional Countries: Botswana and Malawi. In: Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 90, p. 429-440 (2010)
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