Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Markets: Institutions, Actors and Sustainable Development

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as a tool for public and private institutions to promote sustainable development in developing and emerging markets. This work brings together contributors from a variety of fields and international perspectives to assess and improve the effectiveness of CSR by addressing the following questions: what are the linkages between CSR and sustainable development? What does CSR mean for developing or emerging economies and in what ways does this deviate from orthodoxies and universalist approaches? What institutional factors and actors influence the effectiveness of CSR in developing and emerging economies? How can developing and emerging economies promote a flexible, diverse and reconstructed form of CSR that leads to inclusive and sustainable development? This book should be read by anyone interested in understanding what normative factors, theoretical models, policy strategies, and corporate practices best facilitate effective CSR and sustainable development.

Onyeka K. Osuji is a Reader in Law at the University of Essex. As a qualified barrister and solicitor in Nigeria and England, he has advised individuals, corporations, and national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations. Dr Osuji has published extensively in books and reputable international journals addressing issues ranging from corporate social responsibility and governance to globalization and consumer protection. He is also member of the College of Advisors of the ESRC-funded Sustainable Finance, the Law and Stakeholders Network.

Franklin N. Ngwu is Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Finance and Risk Management at Pan-Atlantic University Lagos Business School. He has worked with Barclays Bank, consulted for local and international organizations, and lectured at multiple institutions including Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Salford and University of Manchester. He has multi-disciplinary teaching and research interests and has published books, many book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr Ngwu's membership of professional bodies includes the Society of Corporate Governance Nigeria, British Academy of Management, Institute of Operational Risk and Expert Network, World Economic Forum.

Dima Jamali holds the Kamal Shair Chair in Responsible Leadership in the Olayan School of Business at American University of Beirut. She has published four books and over sixty-five international publications, focusing on various aspects of CSR in developing countries and in the Middle East region specifically. She was the winner of multiple awards including the 2016 National Council for Scientific Research Excellence Award, and was selected for the 2013 Eisenhower Fellows Program and 2007 British Academy of Management Fellowship for South Asia and the Middle East.