MANDATING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: EMERGING TRENDS IN NIGERIA

This paper discusses the emerging trend in the regulation of issues pertaining to corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Nigeria. The trend is examined in the context of problems raised by the operation of multinational corporations (MNCs). The paper discusses conceptual issues relating to the regulation of externalities caused by MNCs’ operations. It thereafter elaborates upon recent legislative attempts in Nigeria that may have impact on CSR practices of corporations including MNCs. The paper notes that the emerging trend in Nigeria underscores the importance of the law in shaping CSR practices by corporate actors.

[1]  Gralf-Peter Calliess.  Reflexive Transnational Law: The Privatisation of Civil Law and the Civilisation of Private Law , 2010 .

[2]  B. Stephens.  The Amorality of Profit: Transnational Corporations and Human Rights , 2009 .

[3]  Francis G. Snyder.  Economic Globalization and the Law in the Twenty‐First Century , 2008 .

[4]  H. Broadman.  China and India Go to Africa : New Deals in the Developing World , 2008 .

[5]  Matthew E. Chen.  Chinese National Oil Companies and Human Rights , 2007 .

[6]  Ian Taylor,et al.  China's relations with Nigeria , 2007 .

[7]  B. Gill,et al.  The Tenuous Hold of China Inc. in Africa , 2007 .

[8]  Olufemi O. Amao.  Multinationals and Corporate Social Responsibility: Limitations and Opportunities in International Law. By Jennifer A. Zerk. , 2007 .

[9]  Elewechi N. M. Okike.  Corporate Governance in Nigeria: The Status Quo , 2007 .

[10]  P. Muchlinski.  Multinational Enterprises & the Law , 2007 .

[11]  T. Campbell,et al.  THE NEW CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY , 2007 .

[12]  I. Taylor,et al.  China's oil diplomacy in Africa , 2006 .

[13]  David Kinley,et al.  From Talk to Walk: The Emergence of Human Rights Responsibilities for Corporations at International Law , 2006 .

[14]  C. Alden,et al.  A profile of the operations of Chinese multinationals in Africa , 2006 .

[15]  O. Arowolo.  In the shadows of the EFCC: is the ICPC still relevant? , 2006 .

[16]  K. Buhmann.  Corporate social responsibility: what role for law? Some aspects of law and CSR , 2006 .

[17]  Kenneth Omeje.  High Stakes and Stakeholders: Oil Conflict and Security in Nigeria , 2006 .

[18]  Jennifer A. Zerk.  Multinationals and corporate social responsibility , 2006 .

[19]  N. S. Okogbule.  An appraisal of the legal and institutional framework for combating corruption in Nigeria , 2006 .

[20]  Tom McInerney.  Putting Regulation before Responsibility: Towards Binding Norms of Corporate Social Responsibility , 2006 .

[21]  Jedrzej George Frynas,et al.  The false developmental promise of corporate social responsibility: evidence from multinational oil companies , 2005 .

[22]  J. Dine.  Companies, international trade and human rights , 2005 .

[23]  M. Meredith.  The state of Africa : a history of fifty years of independence , 2005 .

[24]  S. Deakin,et al.  Reflexive law, corporate social responsibility and the evolution of labour standards: the case of working time , 2004 .

[25]  I. Bantekas.  Corporate social responsibility in international law , 2004 .

[26]  B. Morgan.  The Economization of Politics: Meta-Regulation as a Form of Nonjudicial Legality , 2003 .

[27]  Andreanna M. Truelove.  Oil, Diamonds, and Sunlight: Fostering Human Rights through Transparency in Revenues from Natural Resources , 2003 .

[28]  Lawrence E. Mitchell,et al.  If I Only Had a Heart: Or, How Can We Identify a Corporate Morality , 2002 .

[29]  Graff-Peter Calliess.  Reflexive Transnational Law , 2002 .

[30]  L. Moir.  What do we mean by corporate social responsibility , 2001 .

[31]  P. Muchlinski.  Human Rights and Multinationals: Is there a Problem? , 2001 .

[32]  R. Fowler.  International Environmental Standards for Transnational Corporations (1995) , 1995 .

[33]  J. Parkinson.  Corporate power and responsibility , 1993 .

[34]  Joseph L. Weiner.  The Berle-Dodd Dialogue on the Concept of the Corporation , 1964 .