Corporate Citizenship in Developing Countries: New Partnership Perspectives

Corporate citizenship is also a number one issue on the donor agenda. In the last decade, numerous international organisations, bilateral donor agencies and NGOs have tried to promote corporate citizenship either directly or indirectly through a wide range of public-private partnership programmes, cleaner technology programmes, investment support programmes, business-to-business programmes, etc. This book focuses on corporate citizenship in developing countries, paying special attention to inter-organisational relationships between companies, development agencies, NGOs, community groups, etc. Based on an analysis of corporate citizenship in a development context and the experiences and lessons learned from the above mentioned initiatives, the book discusses how new partnerships can improve the social and environmental standards in the least developed countries. The anthology is based on contributions from academics and practitioners with expertise in corporate citizenship, corporate social responsibility, private sector development, etc.

Table of Contents:
Part One: Corporate Citizenship in Developing Countries Revisiting Carroll's CSR Pyramid: An African Perspective Business Action on Human Rights - Doing No Harm, Good Works, and Good Business in the Developing World Strengthening Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibilities in SMEs - Strengthening Developing Countries? Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability of Donor-financed Interventions in the South: The Case of Pakistan Corporate Citizenship and Human Rights: Reality and Prospects of the Proposed Constitutional Changes in Kenya Part Two: New Partnership Perspectives From London to Stockholm and Beyond: The Role of Development Cooperation Agencies in CSR Corporate Social Responsibility - a New Tool in Development Aid: Can Bilateral Donors Make Business Work for the Poor? Combining International Consistency with Local Presence: Novozymes, Corporate Responsibility and the United Nations Global Compact Mainstreaming of Standards and Standards for the Mainstream - Experiences of Standard Initiatives in Public-Private Partnerships and Multi-Stakeholder Approaches Corporate Citizenship, Labour Rights and the Democratic Deficit Development Finance Institutions and Corporate Citizenship: Experiences from the Industrialization Fund for Developing Countries