The false developmental promise of corporate social responsibility: evidence from multinational oil companies

By J. Frynas. 2005

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems, Strategy and Management

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Multinational corporations’ economic and human rights impacts on developing countries: a review and research agenda (2014, background): “…to its inadequacy to meet development goals, especially when the goals of human rights and development promoted through CSR are subordinated to the role of CSR as a business and public relations tool (Frynas, 2005; Blowfield and Frynas, 2005; Newell and Frynas, 2007; Prieto-Carron et al., 2006).”
Corporate social responsibility and developing countries (2011, background): “As such, Frynas (2005) and Kemp (2001) have both argued that CSR has inadvertently diverted attention away from addressing the real political, economic and social problems facing the people of developing countries.”
The empty rhetoric of poverty reduction at the base of the pyramid (2012, background): “Language, culture, education and the plurality of values can all affect the process of negotiation and decision making (Blowfield and Frynas, 2005: 507).”
Convergence Versus Divergence of CSR in Developing Countries: An Embedded Multi-Layered Institutional Lens (2011, background): “In the African context, Frynas (2005) notes a grassroots understanding of CSR whereby local firms are expected to actively assist their surrounding communities.”
Globalisation, governance, accountability and the natural resource ‘curse’: Implications for socio-economic growth of oil-rich developing countries (2019, background): “Additionally, MNCs lack corporate social responsibility (CSR) commitments (Frederick, 1992; Frynas, 2005; Barraquier, 2011) including sustainably responsible exploitation of resources to support environmental preservation and sustainable growth and development (Barbier, 2011).”
Corporate responsibility: Reflections on context and consequences (2009, background): “Further progress in the area of CR outcomes requires that research is extended to cover the social and environmental fields beyond companieds, since the overall effects of corporate responsibility actions on society remain at best 4 (16) fuzzy and blurred (Blowfield and Frynas 2005).”
A Study of Management Perceptions of the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Organisational Performance in Emerging Economies: The Case of Dubai (2008, background): “In addition, an extensive body of literature argues that managerial values and attitudes towards CSR in a given institutional context are likely to have a strong influence on the outcomes of such initiatives (Aguilera et al., 2007; Frynas, 2005; Hay and Gray, 1974; Hemingway and Maclagan, 2005; Pede”
SMEs and CSR in Developing Countries (2017, background): “, & Frynas, J. G. (2007). Beyond CSR? Business, poverty, and social justice: An introduction.”