Corporate Citizenship in Africa : Lessons from the Past; Paths to the Future.

Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Part I: Introduction and overview -- 1. Corporate citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the past -- paths to the future -- 2. Research on corporate citizenship in Africa: A ten-year review (1995-2005) -- Part II: Leadership and governance -- 3. Corporate leadership for economic, social and political change: Lessons from south africa* -- 4. Follow the rising polestar: An examination of the structures governing corporate citizens in south africa -- 5. Corporate governance and accountability in Uganda: A stakeholder perspective -- 6. Evading corporate social responsibility through tax avoidance -- Part III: Community and environment -- 7. The corporate social performance dilemma: Organising for goal duality in low-income african markets -- 8. Grounding African corporate responsibility: Moving the environment up the agenda* -- 9. Voluntary initiatives and the path to corporate citizenship: Struggles at the energy-environment interface in south africa -- Part IV: Health and HIV/Aids -- 10. The ethical governance of health: A case study of worker health in kenyan floriculture -- 11. Corporate citizenship, Aids and Africa: Lessons from bristol-myers squibb company's secure the future™ -- 12. De Beers: Managing hiv/aids in the workplace and beyond -- Part V: Industries and sectors -- 13. Can oil corporations positively transform Angola and Equatorial Guinea? -- 14. Tracking sustainability performance through company reports: A critical review of the south african mining sector -- 15. The gift of CSR: Power and the pursuit of responsibility in the mining industry -- 16. The digital divide and CSR in Africa: The need for corporate law reform -- Part VI: Supply chain and SMEs -- 17. Up-lifting power: Creating sustainable consumer driven supply chains through innovative partnerships in ghana.

18. Women's Goldfinding a market for dagara shea butter -- 19. Elements of SMEs' policy implementationin sub-Saharan Africa: The case of botswana -- Part VII: Globalisation and conclusion -- 20. An overview of corporate globalisation and the non-globalisation of corporate citizenship in Africa -- 21. Treading lightly creating harmony and co-operation in africa -- Abbreviations -- About the contributors -- Index -- Back cover.

Africa embodies many of the most vexing dilemmas that business faces in attempts to be responsible, ethical and sustainable. This collection brings together the critical debates, perspectives, experiences and success stories in the field of corporate citizenship in Africa.

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