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Corporate Citizenship

Business and Society in Botswana

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Editors:
  1. France Maphosa

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

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  2. Langtone Maunganidze

    1. Faculty of Social Sciences, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe

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  • Presents a comparative perspective of corporate social responsibility in ten African countries, representing a less-studied aspect of the region.
  • Explores the result of Botswana's economic growth on social issues such as poverty and gender inequality.
  • Provides a multi-disciplinary approach to the relationship between business and society.

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Business and Society: An Introduction

    • France Maphosa, Langtone Maunganidze
    Pages 1-30

  3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Strategic Business Planning in Botswana

    • France Maphosa
    Pages 31-75

  4. Corporate Citizenship and Workplace Democracy in Botswana: Rhetoric or Reality?

    • Langtone Maunganidze
    Pages 77-115

  5. Crime Prevention in Botswana: A Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective

    • Mecca Kgomotso Gaborone
    Pages 117-158

  6. Corporate Social Responsibility Through Ergonomics: Reflections from the Botswana Mining Sector

    • Oanthata Jester Sealetsa
    Pages 159-189

  7. Corporate Social Investment Through Sustainable Cultural Heritage Resources Management: The Case of a Mining Company in Botswana

    • Olivia Nthoi-Molefe
    Pages 191-225

  8. Corporate Social Responsibility in a Diamond-Mining Company in Botswana

    • Nonofo Mokwakwa
    Pages 227-254

  9. Conclusion: Rethinking Business–Society Relations in Botswana

    • Langtone Maunganidze, France Maphosa
    Pages 255-266

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 267-275
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About this book

This book discusses corporate citizenship, corporate responsibility and business ethics across Africa generally, and Botswana specifically. It begins by contextualizing Botswana within the broader context of Africa, using nine other countries – Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – to provide a comparative perspective, examining the common factor: that weak legalization makes it challenging for corporate social responsibility to be actualized.From this background, the book then discusses Botswana as a key study. Botswana has been described as ‘Africa’s economic miracle’ due to its growing economy since independence This puts it in a unique position for the implementation and study of corporate social responsibility. The interdisciplinary team of authors employ various research methods to examine the complex relationship between business, society, corporations and social justice issues.

This book will be valuable reading for any academic working on corporate social responsibility in Africa, and will present an interesting insight to an often neglected area of study.


France Maphosa is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Botswana. His research interests include migration and transnationalism, the sociology of entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, urban and rural livelihoods, labour studies and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Langtone Maunganidze is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. His research interests include industrial sociology, business and society, rural livelihoods and sustainable development, and entrepreneurship.


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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

    France Maphosa

  • Faculty of Social Sciences, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe

    Langtone Maunganidze

About the editors

France Maphosa is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Botswana. His research interests include migration and transnationalism, the sociology of entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, urban and rural livelihoods, labour studies and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Langtone Maunganidze is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. His research interests include industrial sociology, business and society, rural livelihoods and sustainable development, and entrepreneurship.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Corporate Citizenship

  • Book Subtitle: Business and Society in Botswana

  • Editors: France Maphosa, Langtone Maunganidze

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67766-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67765-7Published: 30 July 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-67768-8Published: 30 July 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-67766-4Published: 29 July 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 275

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Corporate Environmental Management, Entrepreneurship, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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