Opportunities and Pitfalls of Corporate Social Responsibility

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Opportunities and Pitfalls of Corporate Social Responsibility: An Introduction

   • Shame Mugova

   Pages 1-13

3. CSR Implementation Challenges: Analysing the Role and Behaviour of Stakeholders

   • Steven Kayambazinthu Msosa

   Pages 15-34

4. Exploring the Theoretical Basis for Stakeholder Protection in Corporate Governance

   • Anthony O. Nwafor, Mandhlaenkosi Sibanda

   Pages 35-47

5. The Socio-economic Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Zimbabwe Mining Industry

   • John Davison Gondwe Nhavira

   Pages 49-71

6. Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility in the Diamond Supply Chain

   • Nicola Cucari, Ewa Wankowicz, Mario Calabrese

   Pages 73-99

7. Theory and Practice of Corporate Social Responsibility in a Developing Country Context

   • Kameswari Peddada, Nawal Abdalla Adam

   Pages 101-114

8. Labour Management Issues in Marange Diamond Mines

   • Blessing Kanyumba, Shame Mugova

   Pages 115-122

9. ‘The World Against Us’: The Vulnerable Group, Marange Diamond Mines and the Corporate Social Responsibility Question

   • O. O. Thompson, R. R. Aduradola, U. S. Odozor, O. G. F. Nwaorgu, A. S. Afolabi, A. O. Ade-Ibijola

   Pages 123-138

10. Corporate Social Responsibilities: A Comparative Study of the DRC, Zimbabwe and South Africa

    • Byelongo Elisee Isheloke, Shame Mugova

    Pages 139-150

11. Environmental Impact and CSR Responsibilities

    • Steven Kayambazinthu Msosa, Jeevarathnam P. Govender

    Pages 151-168

12. Corporate Social Responsibility in Times of Economic Crises

    • Lucy Tambudzai Chamba, Shame Mugova

    Pages 169-181

13. Is a Sustainable Development Affordable in Developing Countries? The Marange Diamond Fields Case

    • Angela Giovinco

    Pages 183-195

14. A Conceptual and Ethical Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa’s Development Crisis: The Marange Experience

    • U. S. Odozor, R. R. Aduradola, O. O. Thompson, E. O. Akintona

    Pages 197-214

15. Constraints and Opportunities in the Mitigation of Adverse Environmental Impacts in Mineral Resources Harnessing—Some Marange Diamond Perspectives

    • Lawrence Matenga, Takudzwa Lenard Mathende, Tatenda Goodman Nhapi

    Pages 215-240

16. Opportunities and Pitfalls of CSR: A Summary

    • Shame Mugova, Paul R. Sachs

    Pages 241-246

17. Back Matter

    Pages 247-253

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This book addresses key aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and explores them from a variety of perspectives in a case study on the Marange diamond mines in Zimbabwe. The business case of the Marange mines is presented to demonstrate the challenge of practicing social responsibility while considering and balancing the needs of a developing nation, environmental protection, community involvement and international business. Lessons learned from the case study will help business leaders and strategists in developing countries and multinational corporations to better understand and employ CSR principles so as to enhance sustainability and social impact. Further, the book provides a unique combination of academic, industrial and local approaches.

• CSR challenges
• sustainability
• stakeholder influence
• business and environment
• business and communities
• mining industry and CSR
• corruption
• case study
• resources and CSR
• corporate social responsibility

• Durban University of Technology , Durban, South Africa

  Shame Mugova

• Merakey, Philadelphia, USA

  Paul R. Sachs

Shame Mugova is a financial analyst, currently a Finance Lecturer at Management College of Southern Africa in Durban, South Africa and a research fellow at Durban University of Technology. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Durban University of Technology (South Africa). He received a Master’s Degree (MBA) from Solusi University (Zimbabwe) and a Bachelor of Commerce Honours Degree in Finance from National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe) in 2012 and 2007, respectively. His research interests are  corporate social responsibility, corporate governance and trade credit. He has 8 years of work experience in Zimbabwe’s tax, medical, private voluntary organisation, engineering, clothing and textile industry sectors. His work experience is in the field of finance and accounting and has worked for 3 years as an independent business consultant for Small-to-Medium Enterprises.

Paul R. Sachs is Executive Director of Merakey—Philadelphia, a division of Merakey which is a multistate non-profit organisation in the USA serving people with mental health, addictions and intellectual disability challenges. He received a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, and an MBA from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. He is a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania, USA, and resides in the Philadelphia, PA, USA, area.  He has been a mentor for Fellows from the Mandela Washington Fellowship and received a reverse exchange grant to provide mental health training with a Fellow in Ethiopia in 2016.

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