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Examining the Community Perceptions on the Corporate Social Responsibilities of the Mining Companies in Kahama District, Tanzania

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• Volume 5,Issue 4,July 2018

Year:

2018

Type of Publication:

Article

Keywords:

Community, Corporate Social Responsibility, Motive, Pyramid, Tanzania

Authors:

• Ikasu, Esther Joseph

Journal:

IJIRES

Volume:

5

Number:

4

Pages:

454-461

Month:

July

ISSN:

2349-5219

BibTex:

@article{1338, author = "Esther Joseph Ikasu", abstract = "The study examined community perceptions regarding motives driving mining companies to engage in corporate social responsibilities using the Carroll’s Pyramid framework. Economic success was found to be the most important motive. On the other hand, the desire to comply with the laws was found to have the least link with engagement in corporate social responsibility. Therefore, corporate social responsibility is interpreted as a strategic investment that seek to strengthen social capital for achieving economic goals", issn = "23495219", journal = "IJIRES", keywords = "Community, Corporate Social Responsibility, Motive, Pyramid, Tanzania", month = "July", note = "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/", number = "4", pages = "454-461", title = "{E}xamining the {C}ommunity {P}erceptions on the {C}orporate {S}ocial {R}esponsibilities of the {M}ining {C}ompanies in {K}ahama {D}istrict, {T}anzania", volume = "5", year = "2018", }

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

Abstract:

The study examined community perceptions regarding motives driving mining companies to engage in corporate social responsibilities using the Carroll’s Pyramid framework. Economic success was found to be the most important motive. On the other hand, the desire to comply with the laws was found to have the least link with engagement in corporate social responsibility. Therefore, corporate social responsibility is interpreted as a strategic investment that seek to strengthen social capital for achieving economic goals

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