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Corporate Citizenship in Africa

  • 1.  Corporate Citizenship in Africa

    Posted 07-11-2006 04:19
    Dear Colleagues,

    We are pleased to announce the publication on July 11th, 2006 of:

    CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP IN AFRICA
    LESSONS FROM THE PAST, PATHS TO THE FUTURE

    Edited by Wayne Visser, Malcolm McIntosh and Charlotte Middleton

    July 2006 | 285pp | 234 x 156 mm
    Hardback: ISBN 1 874719 55 1 | GBP40.00 USD75.00
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    To place an order for this title at a discount of 10%, or to view the
    chapter ‘Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons From the Past, Paths
    to the Future‘ by
    Wayne Visser, Universities of Nottingham and London, UK, Malcolm
    McIntosh, Universities of Bath, UK, and Stellenbosch, South Africa, and
    Charlotte Middleton, National Business Initiative, South Africa
    please visit the Greenleaf website at:

    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/africa.htm

    You can also request a review copy or inspection copy from this site -
    see the home page:
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com
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    CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP is enmeshed in the debate about Africa’s future.
    Africa is the continent where the social needs are greatest and where
    the benefits of globalisation have been least felt. What makes
    corporate citizenship in Africa not only fascinating, but also of
    critical importance, is that the continent embodies many of the most
    vexing dilemmas that business faces in attempts to be responsible,
    ethical and sustainable.

    This unique collection for the first time brings together in one
    publication the critical debates, perspectives, experiences and success
    stories in the emerging field of corporate citizenship in Africa.

    The book addresses a number of key questions: What research has been
    conducted on corporate citizenship in Africa over the past ten years?
    How are the concepts and challenges of corporate citizenship in Africa
    different, compared to other regions of the world? Which industry
    sectors are leading in the implementation of corporate citizenship in
    Africa? What are some of the dilemmas facing companies that are
    striving to be good corporate citizens in Africa? What are some of the
    best-practice case studies of companies’ corporate citizenship
    programmes in Africa? What can Africa learn from the rest of the world
    about corporate citizenship, and what can it teach others?

    The book acts as a bridge in many ways: between academic theory and
    business practice; between notions of corporate citizenship originating
    in developed countries and emerging concepts incubated in a
    developing-country context; between the experiences of multinationals
    and the perspectives of small and medium-sized enterprises; between
    different countries and regions within Africa and around the globe.
    This publication marks a change in the tide — a groundswell towards a
    more vigorous debate and robust research agenda on corporate
    citizenship in Africa. It will be essential reading for all those
    involved in the rapidly growing corporate responsibility movement.


    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

    1 Corporate citizenship in Africa: lessons from the past, paths to the
    future
    Wayne Visser, Universities of Nottingham and London, UK, Malcolm
    McIntosh, Universities of Bath, UK, and Stellenbosch, South Africa, and
    Charlotte Middleton, National Business Initiative, South Africa

    2 Research on corporate citizenship in Africa: a ten-year review
    (1995–2005)
    Wayne Visser, Universities of Nottingham and London, UK, International
    Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, UK

    PART II: LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

    3 Corporate leadership for economic, social and political change:
    lessons from South Africa
    Susan A. Lynham, Texas A&M University, USA
    Robert G. Taylor, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
    Larry M. Dooley, Texas A&M University, USA
    Vassi Naidoo, Deloitte

    4 Follow the rising polestar: an examination of the structures
    governing corporate citizens in South Africa
    Angela R. Hansen and Victoria Ryan

    5 Corporate governance and accountability in Uganda: a stakeholder
    perspective
    Simeon Wanyama, Bruce M. Burton and Christine V. Helliar, University of
    Dundee, UK

    6 Evading corporate social responsibility through tax avoidance
    Telita Snyckers, South African Revenue Service

    PART III: COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT

    7 The corporate social performance dilemma: organising for goal duality
    in low-income African markets
    Niklas Egels-Zandén, School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg
    University, Sweden
    Markus Kallifatides, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden

    8 Grounding African corporate responsibility: moving the environment up
    the agenda
    Karen T.A. Hayes, Fauna & Flora International, UK

    9 Voluntary initiatives and the path to corporate citizenship:
    struggles at the energy–environment interface in South Africa
    Geoff Stiles, assisted by Pierre Chantraine, Marbek Resource
    Consultants (Pty) Ltd, South Africa

    PART IV: HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS

    10 The ethical governance of health: a case study of worker health in
    Kenyan floriculture
    Julia Kilbourne and John Porter, London School of Hygiene & Tropical
    Medicine, UK

    11 Corporate citizenship, Aids and Africa: lessons from Bristol-Myers
    Squibb Company’s Secure the Future™
    Kari A. Hartwig, Alana Rosenberg and Michael Merson, School of Public
    Health, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Aids, USA

    12 De Beers: managing HIV/Aids in the workplace and beyond
    Tracey Peterson, De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited
    Julie Shaw, Consultant

    PART V: INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS

    13 Can oil corporations positively transform Angola and Equatorial
    Guinea?
    Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, Brazilian School of Public and Business
    Administration
    Saleem H. Ali, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources,
    USA

    14 Tracking sustainability performance through company reports: a
    critical review of the South African mining sector
    Markus Reichardt and Cathy L. Reichardt, University of the
    Witwatersrand, South Africa

    15 The gift of CSR: power and the pursuit of responsibility in the
    mining industry
    Dinah Rajak, University of Sussex, UK

    16 The digital divide and CSR in Africa: the need for corporate law
    reform
    Judy N. Muthuri, International Centre for Corporate Social
    Responsibility, UK
    Kiarie Mwaura, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

    PART VI: SUPPLY CHAIN AND SMEs

    17 Up-lifting power: creating sustainable consumer-driven supply chains
    through innovative partnerships in Ghana
    Suzanne ’t Hooft, former Ahold Trainee

    18 Women’s Gold: finding a market for Dagara shea butter
    Corina Beczner, Bob Gower and Palma Vizzoni, Presidio School of
    Management, USA

    19 Elements of SMEs’ policy implementation in sub-Saharan Africa: the
    case of Botswana
    Mengsteab Tesfayohannes, University of Waterloo, Canada

    PART VII: GLOBALISATION AND CONCLUSION

    20 An overview of corporate globalisation and the non-globalisation of
    corporate citizenship in Africa
    Rogers Tabe Egbe Orock, University of Buea, Cameroon

    21 Treading lightly: creating harmony and co-operation in Africa
    Malcolm McIntosh, Universities of Bath, UK, and Stellenbosch, South
    Africa

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    To place an order for this title at a discount of 10%, or to view the
    chapter ‘Corporate citizenship in Africa: lessons from the past, paths
    to the future‘ by
    Wayne Visser, Universities of Nottingham and London, UK, Malcolm
    McIntosh, Universities of Bath, UK, and Stellenbosch, South Africa, and
    Charlotte Middleton, National Business Initiative, South Africa
    please visit the Greenleaf website at:

    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/africa.htm

    You can also request a review copy or inspection copy from this site -
    see the home page:
    http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com
    *********************************
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