How do foreing companies understand and practice Corporate Social Responsibility in Mozambique? : a comparative study of three business activities an…

2010

Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) which is a set of standards to which a company subscribes in order to make its impact on society is believed to have potential to contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction in the world by addressing one or more of the four responsibilities described by Carroll in his CSR Pyramid, and later revisited by Visser. The impacts however will depend on which approach a business chooses. Therefore, this study takes the stand that it no longer is a discussion about whether or not a company has a role to play in development and reducing poverty in developing countries, but rather …