Between Western hegemony and local appropriateness of CSR practices in developing countries – The process of contextualization in the agricultural industry of Uganda.
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Date
2017
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Journal ISSN
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Publisher
AGRI-QUEST
Abstract
In the past years, Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) has been developed
to be considered as a crucial tool that can
significantly enhance development in
southern countries. However, CSR has
shortcomings, that were recently
intensively discussed in research. In this
regard, CSR was often associated with
western hegemony. However, not only the
CSR research is strongly characterized
through a western perspective. Also,
developed CSR practices in emerging
countries are driven by western-hosted
multinational enterprises (MNE) or
standards as for example ISO 26000, that
were developed in a western context.
Previous studies have shown, that such
understanding did not always lead to
indented benefits in emerging countries.
Even though previous research
emphasized the existing tension between
international standards and local
appropriateness, an examination of the
process of contextualization has not been
established yet. Therefore, this work aims
on developing a concept, that leads to
positive impacts by implementing CSR
practices in the developing country
context. For that purpose, an explanatory
study with a trip of in total three weeks to
Uganda has been conducted. Thus, local
voices and perspectives could be
incorporated that can provide a valuable
supplement to the current literature.
Finally, the results show a concept of
contextualization of western based CSR
practices in a developing country context.
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Keywords
Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Western hegemony, Developing countries, Explanatory study
Citation
Feldkamp, N., Wickert, C., Katamba, D., Tindiwensi, C., & Seruma, A. AGRI-QUEST.