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Corporate citizenship in the Nigerian petroleum industry: a beneficiary perspective

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Based on ethnographic data from Nigeria's oil-rich and gas-rich Niger Delta region, and relevant secondary data, this article presents a case for a beneficiary-centred approach to analysing and reporting on corporate citizenship, and for a shift from the dominant top-down approach. It addresses one key question: What do the experiences of people who share their socio-ecological and cultural neighbourhoods with petroleum operators say about some specific practices of corporate citizenship? The article does not present an anti-theory of corporate citizenship or of the broader sustainable development debate. Rather, it relates a counter-narrative informed by the new scramble for natural resources in Africa and the experiences and stories of respondents in communities targeted by corporate citizenship initiatives. The paper offers a modest empirical basis for re-examining how corporate citizenship affects local communities and how it can be made a powerful mechanism for empowering them.

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  • Wilson Akpan, 2008. "Corporate citizenship in the Nigerian petroleum industry: a beneficiary perspective," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(5), pages 497-511.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:25:y:2008:i:5:p:497-511
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350802447602
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    1. Georgiana Grigore & Mike Molesworth & Andreea Vonțea & Abdullah Hasan Basnawi & Ogeday Celep & Sylvian Patrick Jesudoss, 2021. "Drama and Discounting in the Relational Dynamics of Corporate Social Responsibility," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 174(1), pages 65-88, November.
    2. Uwafiokun Idemudia, 2011. "Corporate social responsibility and developing countries," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 11(1), pages 1-18, January.

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