CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN CHIADZWA, IN ZIMBABWE: INSIGHTS FROM CORPORATE ORGANISATIONS’ CONTRIBUTIONS
Keywords:
Corporate social responsibility, Chiadzwa community. Private Organisations. Community Perceptions. Zimbabwe.
Abstract
Abstract
This study examines the insights on corporate social responsibility contributions made by corporate organisations towards the development of Chiadzwa community in Zimbabwe. Despite CSR initiatives aimed at addressing social and environmental challenges, the community remains reliant on humanitarian aid and subsistence farming. The study's key findings reveal that community leaders in Chiadzwa perceive CSR contributions as ineffective and inadequate, driven by corporate self-interest rather than genuine community development, highlighting concerns over sustainability, community engagement, environmental degradation, and marginalization. The study's findings indicate that private organisations' CSR initiatives in Chiadzwa have been inadequate and unsustainable, failing to address pressing community needs.
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Bergquist, A. (2017). Business and Sustainability: New Business History Perspectives. SSRN. 10.2139/ssrn.3055587
Chiang, H., Lin, Y., & Chen, W. (2021). Does family business affect the relationship between corporate social responsibility and brand value? A study in different industry Taiwan. Elsevier BV. 10.1016/j.apmrv.2021.04.002
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Gukurume, S., & Tombindo, F. (2021). Post-displacement livelihoods in mining communities: The politics of precarity and everyday uncertainty in Marange, Zimbabwe. The Extractive Industries and Society, 8(4), 100992. 10.1016/j.exis.2021.100992
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Ji, Y. G., Tao, W., & Rim, H. (2021). Theoretical Insights of CSR Research in Communication from 1980 to 2018: A Bibliometric Network Analysis. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 10.1007/s10551-021-04748-w
Johansson, S., Karlsson, A., & Hagberg, C. (2015). The relationship between CSR and financial performance -A quantitative study examining Swedish publicly traded companies
José Da, F., Júnior, S., Amilton, P., & Filho, M. L.The signaling of earnings management through corporate social responsibility in Brazil A sinalização do gerenciamento de resultados por meio da responsabilidade social corporativa no Brasil La señalización de la gestión de resultados a través de la responsabilidad social empresarial en Brasil10.5007/2175-8069.2022.e79001
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Karlsson, N. P. E. (2019b). Business models and business cases for financial sustainability: Insights on corporate sustainability in the Swedish farm-based biogas industry. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 18, 115–129. 10.1016/j.spc.2019.01.005
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Li, Z., Wang, B., & Zhou, D. (2022). Financial experts of top management teams and corporate social responsibility: evidence from China. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 10.1007/s11156-022-01077-5
Liang?chih, H., Tzeng?tian, H., & Chien?bin, H. (2022). Companies to promote CSR impact on employees: High?performance work systems as a moderator. Wiley. 10.1111/beer.12468
Narayanan, S. (2022). Does Generation Z value and reward corporate social responsibility practices?. Informa UK Limited. 10.1080/0267257x.2022.2070654
Nardi, L., & Paris, H. (2022). The Corporate Social Responsibility Price Premium as an Enabler of Substantive CSR. Academy of Management. 10.5465/amr.2019.0425
Nwobu, O. A., Iyoha, F., & Owolabi, A. (2018). Managerial perceptions of corporate sustainability reporting determinants in Nigeria. Journal of Business &Amp; Retail Management Research, 12(2)10.24052/JBRMR/V12IS02/MPOCSRDIN
Prno, J., Pickard, M., & Kaiyogana, J. (2021). Effective Community Engagement during the Environmental Assessment of a Mining Project in the Canadian Arctic. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 10.1007/s00267-021-01426-5
Saunders, M. N. K., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2019). "Research Methods for Business Students" Chapter 4: Understanding research philosophy and approaches to theory development
Saunders, M., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2019a). Research methods for business students (8th ed ed.). Pearson.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P., & Thornhill, A. (2019b). Research methods for business students (8th ed ed.). Pearson.
Schroeder, D., Chatfield, K., Singh, M., Chennells, R., & Herissone-Kelly, P. (2019). The San Code of Research Ethics. Equitable Research Partnerships . Springer International Publishing AG.
Singh, S., & Singla, M. (2022a). Research Methodology. Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance (pp. 47–78). Springer. 10.1007/978-981-19-2460-6_3
Singh, S., & Singla, M. (2022b). Research Methodology. Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Firm Performance (pp. 47–78). Springer. 10.1007/978-981-19-2460-6_3
Tao, W., & Ji, Y. G. (2020). Firm-Determined or Consumer-Determined Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? Examining the Effects of Choice-of-Cause in Cause-Related Marketing. SAGE Publications. 10.1177/2329488420918397
Temitayo, A., Onifade, Oviebo, G. O., & Elufisan, O. O.Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance of Selected Food and Beverage Firms in Lagos State, Nigeria10.24818/RMCI.2022.5.668
Tezer, A., & Tofighi, M. (2021). CSR spillover effect: the influence of a brand’s corporate social responsibility activity on competing brands. Informa UK Limited. 10.1080/0267257x.2020.1865430
Theron, M. E., Cant, M. C., & Wiid, J. A. (2023). CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN RETAIL SECTOR: ARE EMPLOYEES AWARE OF WHAT THEIR EMPLOYERS ARE DOING?. University of Tuzla. 10.51558/2303-680x.2023.21.1.41
Tonelli, M. J., & Zambaldi, F. (2017). RESEARCH THEORY, PRACTICE, AND PARADIGMS. Revista De Administração De Empresas, 57(5), 424–425. 10.1590/s0034-759020170501
Vieira, E. T., Grantham, S., & Sampson, S. D. (2021). Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Reporting From a Management Control System Perspective. University of Primorska Press. 10.26493/1854-6935.19.127-144
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