74 10 3107 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility in Africa Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource Corporate social responsibility is increasingly becoming the ideal and approved mode of sustaining good relations between corporate bodies and their surrounding communities. The building of a strong relationship is essential for the simple reason that a corporation’s ability to operate effectively is partly dependent upon the community’s understanding of the corporations’ business activities, their acceptance and the provision of a conducive environment for the corporation to operate (Du and Vieria 2012). However, there seems to be a disconnect between the perceptions of communities’ desire from such social interventions and what has been provided in many documented instances. Eventually, situations have occurred where the desired effects of the initiatives by corporate bodies are almost non-existent in beneficiary communities. This can be attributed to the apparent lack of well-established relationships and trust between corporations and communities. Additionally, according to Kemp (2010), it is conceptualised as a three-dimensional practice that involves: working for the company to understand local community perspectives; bridging community and company perspectives to generate dialogue and mutual understanding; and, facilitating necessary organisational change to improve social performance. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Published Online: Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.1080/02500167.2019.1698629 Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/a8c45ab2aaf6d0f08cc266227abffe5a.pdf ae254330d6594ecb07a25b0d099574c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa Robert Ebo Hinson Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource Corporate social responsibility is increasingly becoming the ideal and approved mode of sustaining good relations between corporate bodies and their surrounding communities. The building of a strong relationship is essential for the simple reason that a corporation’s ability to operate effectively is partly dependent upon the community’s understanding of the corporations’ business activities, their acceptance and the provision of a conducive environment for the corporation to operate (Du and Vieria 2012). However, there seems to be a disconnect between the perceptions of communities’ desire from such social interventions and what has been provided in many documented instances. Eventually, situations have occurred where the desired effects of the initiatives by corporate bodies are almost non-existent in beneficiary communities. This can be attributed to the apparent lack of well-established relationships and trust between corporations and communities. Additionally, according to Kemp (2010), it is conceptualised as a three-dimensional practice that involves: working for the company to understand local community perspectives; bridging community and company perspectives to generate dialogue and mutual understanding; and, facilitating necessary organisational change to improve social performance. In this direction, this special issue sought conceptual and empirical research on the extractive industry that employs theories and frameworks which aid our understanding of how relations are being brokered at the community level. This special issue comprises three papers that address corporate social responsibility issues within different contexts and industries including the tobacco industry, extractive industry, and the telecommunication industry. This special issue contributes to the growing body of knowledge on socially responsible behaviour and the links to community relations. Wunpini Mohammed, Anli Xiao and Erica Hilton in their paper assess how telecommunication companies in Ghana manage corporate social responsibility and delved into the need for these companies to rethink, reassess and restructure their corporate social responsibility to focus more marginalised communities in Ghana. Their Hinson, Tsiboe-Darko, and Boateng 2 findings show that telecommunication companies in Ghana adopt democratic and collectivist principles to implement their corporate social responsibility initiatives. Furthermore, the results show that the telecommunication companies mostly align their corporate social responsibility initiatives with the social socio-economic needs of the communities they operate in. However, most of the initiatives the companies undertake are philanthropic in nature which may have little long-term impacts on marginalised communities. Tatenda Nhapi examines the roles of the state and non-state duty bearers in ensuring that the tobacco industry in Zimbabwe implements corporate social responsibility implementation and improves natural resources management outcomes. The paper explores the experiences of tobacco farming and its impacts such as the degradation of natural resources in the tobacco farming communities. It points out the lack of proactive corporate social responsibility programs by the tobacco companies to address the degradation of natural resources in the tobacco farming communities. The paper highlights the need for communities of practice approach to corporate social responsibility implementation and natural resources management. The paper also argues for the need for tobacco companies to redesign their corporate social responsibility programs to focus on the tobacco farming community in order to transform the communities. Furthermore, it calls for the tobacco companies to involve various stakeholders including social workers, business enterprises, grassroots communities, and the farmers in the implementation of corporate social responsibility initiatives. Douglas Adeola and Ogechi Adeola study corporate social responsibility in the extractive sector with a specific focus on Chevron Nigeria. The paper argues that businesses that seek to act responsibly must ensure that they do not cause harm to the communities they operate in. Such companies must show restraint in their quest for profit and must ensure peaceful co-existence among all stakeholders including the immediate communities and environment. The immediate communities must benefit from the operations of the business. Furthermore, it argues that responsible businesses, especially those in the extractive industry, must be structured, fair, transparent, sensitive to the needs of the immediate communities, and ensure shared value. We want to thank the authors, the reviewers and the editor in chief contributing to this issue and making it a success. We hope that the issue will stimulate further research interest in this area. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Published online Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02500167.2019.1698629 Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/9b2a387ce06196482c4ae2a6430d0bd0.pdf 3a6747a0a4757b9c41f64a1c8fca2c69 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility reporting of banks operating in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource This study seeks to track corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting of local and foreign banks in Ghana from 2010-2014 financial year ends. Employing a qualitative approach, data used were only annual reports sourced from selected banks’ websites. We found that all selected banks reported more external than internal disclosures. Concerning internal disclosures, only one foreign bank reported product and customer initiatives whiles one local and four foreign banks reported human resource initiatives. External disclosures reported uneven community involvement and environmental focus among the selected banks. Health, education, and sports development dominate CSR initiatives and disclosure in Ghana’s banking industry. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://ajobe.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/146 Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility, Firm Reputation and Reputational Risk:A Case of the Banking Sector in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kofi George Amoako, Effie Kwansema Ansah, Rebecca Baah-Ofori, Gladys Narki Kumi Som Description An account of the resource Leveraging on tools for enhancing financial performance, increasing market shares, and other areas of competitiveness have turned out to be very significant in the present competitive world of business. Particularly, within the current milieu of swelling international competitiveness and business best practices, Carroll (2015) stresses that global dimensions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have in no way supplanted domestic business concerns. Several studies indicate that CSR programs could be utilized as a tool to enhance financial performance and consequently, enhance an organization’s corporate reputation as well as buffer its reputational risks. CSR has evolved from economic, social, and environmental dimensions. The idea of CSR has progressively generated interest within 178corporate institutions, governments and other stakeholders, and has led to broader discussions on its definition between … Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Apple Academic Press, Inc-Taylor & Francis Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:rzmi0EmCOGEC Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/242b8738a122fe419c721eb042fce07b.pdf 3a09d4a38dddaa5912a3d3159958f4b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Graduate School Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights, and the Law Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Stéphanie Bijlmakers Description An account of the resource E-book Subject The topic of the resource Online Communication Management Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/5b860d485f3c909af25695cbf3960ec8.pdf f7a48589d57bda284dadc1f462bf6ddf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Graduate School Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Relations and Community Engagement Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marianne D. Sison and Zeny Sarabia-Panol Description An account of the resource E-book Subject The topic of the resource Online Communication Management Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/704b9fd87075fff5bb1de34cc5e0bb00.pdf 19cd594145d33aa93649a89bf1b8646b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Graduate School Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Ethical Public Relations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Donnalyn Pompper Description An account of the resource E-book Subject The topic of the resource Online Communication Management Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Emerald Publishing Limited Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018 https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/563e673c00021af3a55d7238af54ff93.pdf 5d57d8fc9b5e822c1b411cc7f8c8e1a0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility: Perspectives of foreign and local oil marketing companies in Ghana Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Amoako, Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Nana Owusu-Frimpong, Christopher Kebreti Description An account of the resource CSR activities in Ghana are undoubtedly receiving spectacular approval, either through companies’ voluntary acts to improve social conditions of the communities in which they operate or purely as a corporate strategy to enhance reputation and potentially increase profitability in the organisation. It is in light of this that the researchers selected both foreign and locally based oil marketing companies in Ghana to examine their expressive social actions in the communities they operate in. The researchers found that as part of their CSR activities, the oil marketing companies focus on meeting educational needs, healthcare-related projects, safety issues, environmental interests, and community-related outreach programs such as providing potable water and donating towards community festivities. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Routledge Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:HKviVsUxM5wC Language A language of the resource English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corporate social responsibility: Strategy for boosting brand perception and competitive advantage Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Kofi Amoako, Kwasi Dartey-Baah Description An account of the resource This chapter examines the extent to which corporate social responsibility (CSR) could generate and boost better brand perceptions and improve competitive advantage within some selected banks in Ghana. The concept of CSR, brand perception, and competitive advantage are discussed in relation to findings from a study that was conducted at the national headquarters of GCB Bank and Barclays Bank Limited in Accra. The results showed a good understanding of the concept of CSR from both customers and employees of both banks. There was a significant and positive connection between effective implementation of CSR initiatives, brand perception, and competitive advantage. CSR was discovered as a tool for business success in the banking sector in Ghana. This chapter explains the benefits of CSR activities to the development of impalpable organizational assets, and as a result, generating better results for … Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IGI Global Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2020 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hXmr_bYAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=hXmr_bYAAAAJ:urP0JZOBBUsC Language A language of the resource English https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/cc81b49cd695eca8cda6f2a621c39d46.pdf a0e27a1c1b8cb9097ca187c7c99c8247 https://www.repository.gctu.edu.gh/files/original/646d0a2e283aaef6dafcfe73e2ab6794.zip d0341c63b2f2093f40f5c394d4877e7b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Faculty of IT Business Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Corrigendum to “Dark tourism, abjection and blood: A festival context” [Tourism Management Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robert Ebo Hinson Description An account of the resource Dark tourism and its implications have been gaining significant prominence in both the literature and in practice in recent years. Moving conceptualizations of dark tourism forward, we utilize the interpretative phenomenological frame to investigate the interrelationships between tourism and current conditions of society. We do this by qualitatively studying tourists' experiences while in the process of attending dark tourism oriented music festivals that prominently feature direct confrontation with abjection. Our findings indicate that these abjection-oriented festivals allow tourists to encounter blood, animal corpses and other death elements in a ritual-like context within the confines of a transitory space. Ultimately, our research reveals how dark tourism festivals featuring abjection can allow some tourists to feel closer to actual death. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261517718301560 Language A language of the resource English