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Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town

The following study highlights the debates around Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and explores to what extent the engagement of companies is contributing to development. This study focuses on one major company and its developmental activities in the Western Cape. The research is based on a mai...

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Main Author: Andolfi, Marco
Other Authors: Grossman, Jonathan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Social Development 2014
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description The following study highlights the debates around Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and explores to what extent the engagement of companies is contributing to development. This study focuses on one major company and its developmental activities in the Western Cape. The research is based on a main concern with the role of CSR in impoverished communities and whether CSR is contributing to development. Using a case study approach, semi-structured interviews as well as document analysis and observation have been conducted in order to achieve the research objectives.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10036 Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town Andolfi, Marco Grossman, Jonathan Development Studies The following study highlights the debates around Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and explores to what extent the engagement of companies is contributing to development. This study focuses on one major company and its developmental activities in the Western Cape. The research is based on a main concern with the role of CSR in impoverished communities and whether CSR is contributing to development. Using a case study approach, semi-structured interviews as well as document analysis and observation have been conducted in order to achieve the research objectives. 2014-12-26T06:12:38Z 2014-12-26T06:12:38Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10036 eng application/pdf Department of Social Development Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town
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title Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town
title_full Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town
title_fullStr Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town
title_full_unstemmed Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town
title_short Corporate Social Responsibility a contribution to development? : a study examining a major company's CSR initiative in Cape Town
title_sort corporate social responsibility a contribution to development a study examining a major company s csr initiative in cape town
topic Development Studies
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10036
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