SSESSMENT OF MANAGEMENT ATTITUDES ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN GHANA: A CASE OF SOME SELECTED COMPANIES IN THE TEMA METROPOLIS
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 11
Abstract
This explorative study examines how managers and executive directors regard the ethical and social responsibility reputations of some selected companies and how this in turn influences their attitudes and behaviours towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) practises. Sixty (60) respondents were surveyed to evaluate how ethical and socially responsible they believed their companies to be, and their attitudes and ethics that shapes these practises. The results of this survey indicates that many managers and executive directors have clear understanding on the reputation and benefit corporate social responsibility brings to their respective companies. This company ethics overrides their personal ethics and intended behaviour towards CSR. The findings support the view in other research studies that the most important factor that influences a managers’ attitude towards CSR is the companies ethical values. That notwithstanding, this outcome deviates from government institutional guidelines for CSR practises in Ghana. The nature of CSR practises amongst the companies have been dominated by environmental dimensions with less emphasis on human resource development, and product safety within the past five years. It is recommended that firms establish measurable objectives and, where appropriate, targets for improved corporate social responsibility, including periodically reviewing the continuing relevance of these objectives. These are so general that it would be hard to show that any firm was not abiding by them.
Authors and Affiliations
Kofi Adu - Boahen| Lecturer/ PhD Candidate Dept of Geography Education University of Education, Winneba Ghana Mobile: +233 243778237, Antwi Kwabena Barima| Senior Lecturer Dept of Geography and Regional Planning University of Cape Coast Ghana Mobile: +233 246143986, Inkoom Justice Nana| University of Bonn, Germany ZEF C: Department of Ecology and Natural Resources Management, Mensah Abeashie Emmanuel| Lecturer Dept of Geography and Regional Planning University of Cape Coast Ghana Mobile: +233 268168064, Kissah-Korsah Kwaku| Lecturer Dept of Population and Health University of Cape Coast Ghana Mobile: +233 244534468, Julliet Adebi Ceasar| Institute of Development Studies. University of Cape Coast, Ghana
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