Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa Sustainable De

This book provides a comprehensive overview of corporate social responsibility and its development in Africa. It provides in-depth studies on 11 sub-Saharan countries, demonstrating that corporate social responsibility is forming and going through differe

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Stephen Vertigans Samuel O. Idowu René Schmidpeter Editors

Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa Sustainable Development in its Embryonic Form

CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance

Series editors Samuel O. Idowu, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Rene´ Schmidpeter, Cologne Business School, Germany

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11565

Stephen Vertigans • Samuel O. Idowu • Rene´ Schmidpeter Editors

Corporate Social Responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa Sustainable Development in its Embryonic Form

Editors Stephen Vertigans School of Applied Social Studies Robert Gordon University Aberdeen United Kingdom

Samuel O. Idowu London Metropolitan University London United Kingdom

Rene´ Schmidpeter Cologne Business School Cologne Germany

ISSN 2196-7075 ISSN 2196-7083 (electronic) CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance ISBN 978-3-319-26667-1 ISBN 978-3-319-26668-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26668-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015958737 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Foreword

Sustainable action has nothing to do with being a particularly good person, but rather it is about not being an exceedingly foolish person, says Dr Frank Scha¨tzing (a German author). Dr Scha¨tzing has expressed brilliantly what sustainable actions require of us all. We live in a time, where we cannot allow ourselves to make wrong decisions. Our generation has the power to significantly pull the strings which shapes and affects the lives of future generations. Every day, we are faced with a number of social and ecological problems which confront us and put in doubt the survival of every living object on planet earth. But one thing is clear: we need new innovative app