Corporate Social Responsibiltiy and its Implementation in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects
Keywords:
corporate social responsibility (CSR), implementation, problems, prospects
Abstract
Businesses generally are created or established to maximize profit through effective and efficient management of human and material resources in line with their predetermined vision mission policy and goal s In the course of maximising profits companies annex natural resources-foreign and local as a result impacting positively and negatively in the environment where it exists In other to remedy the problems brought about by the operations of these companies to the people and environment where they operate the management of these businesses through rendering of some social services in turn pay back to the community hence the concept corporate social responsibility CSR It is in line with the above statement that this paper aims at studying the commitment of foreign as well as local businesses in achievement of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria The research adopted the qualitative research as it reviews the literature relating to the problems of implementing CSR in Nigeria After critical x-ray of related write-ups on the topic under study we found out that some factors such as inability of Nigeria Government to enforce CSR into Law corruption and selfishness lack of interest in implementing CSR political and social insecurity poses as a serious obstacle to companies to implement CSR effectively and efficiently in Nigeria Finally the study recommended among other things that the Government of Nigeria should put into law which is providing a legal framework for companies on Corporate Social Responsibility This will make CSR to be taken seriously and seen as obligatory as against non-obligatory
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