Table 3 CSR in Ghana: Taxonomy of reviewed articles

1

Corporate social responsibility activity reportage on bank websites in Ghana

Hinson et al (2010)

Study focuses on how banks operating in Ghana communicate their CSR programmes and intentions via their corporate websites

CSR communication via website not optimum and firms appear challenged in transferring bricks-and-mortar organisational capabilities to online environments.

2010

International Journal of Bank Marketing, Vol. 28 Iss 7 pp. 498 – 518

Emerald Insight

Qualitative

M/Firm

2

Examining the marketing-corporate social responsibility nexus

Robert Ebo Hinson Prince Kodua,

Study examines CSR practices of firms by focusing on various dimensions of stakeholder interests, norms and values

There is lack of cooperation among departments of the firm towards CSR implementation and firms appear not proactive in examining needs of prospective CSR beneficiaries.

2012

International Journal of Law and Management, Vol. 54 Iss 5 pp. 332 – 344

Emerald

Qualitative

Firm Level

3

Online CSR reportage of award-winning versus non award-winning banks in Ghana

Robert Ebo Hinson

Study aims to report on CSR reportage amongst four leading banks in Ghana. Two of them have won CSR industry awards while the others have not.

Firms generally have weak online reporting of CSR activities largely due to the absence of an online communication strategy

2011

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. 9 Iss 2 pp. 102 – 115

Emerald Insight

Qualitative

M/F

4

Market orientation, innovation and corporate social responsibility practices in Ghana's telecommunication sector

Mahmoud & Hinson (2012)

Study examines how market orientation, innovation, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) jointly impact business performance

Firms’ degree of market orientation and CSR have significant impact on innovation, which then influences business performance and also that market orientation has direct significant effect on CSR

2012

Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 8 Iss 3 pp. 327 – 346

Emerald Insight

Quantitative

M/Firm

5

Conceptualising corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate social investment (CSI): the South African context

Hinson & Ndhlovu (2011)

Study examines how scholars and theorists conceptualised CSR by focusing on neo-classical economists who are sceptical about the place of CSR in business

CSI, with its paraphernalia of the SRI Index and social capital market, promises to present a new and radical way of addressing developmental problems.

2011

Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 7 Iss 3 pp. 332 – 346

Emerald Insight

Conceptual

6

Sustainability reporting among Ghanaian universities

Robert Hinson, Adelaide Gyabea & Masud Ibrahim

Study seeks to explore whether Ghanaian universities report on their sustainability performance, as well as the dimensions of sustainability they report on.

Universities report on their sustainability performance through websites and annual reports, but do not have stand-alone sustainability reports

2015

Communication, 41:1, 22–42,

Taylor & Francis

Qualitative

M/Firm

7

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of foreign and local companies in Ghana.

Kuada, John, and Robert E. Hinson

Study seeks to examine key motives underlying CSR practices of foreign and local firms operating in Ghana and the societal as well as business outcomes of these practices.

CSR decisions of foreign firms are mainly guided by legal prescriptions, those of their local counterparts are guided mostly by discretionary and social considerations. But difference in the degree of importance to discretionary motive is statistically insignificant

2012

Thunderbird International Business Review 54.4: 521–536.

Google Scholar

Quantitative

M/Firm

8

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) perspectives of leading firms in Ghana Dan F. Ofori Robert E. Hinson.

Study intends to ascertain and document the extent of recognition, nature and content of socially responsible actions by firms located in Ghana including both local and foreign firms

Internationally-connected Ghanaian firms seem to have a better grasp of the various dimensions of CSR and how these could be used to business and strategic advantage.

2007

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, Vol. 7 Iss 2 pp. 178 – 193

Emerald

Qualitative

M/firm

9

Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah and Kwasi Dartey-Baah

Study seeks to examine the usage of the CSR concept in Ghana particularly in the mining industry.

In Ghana, CSR has tended to focus on the external environment to the neglect of the internal environment from where employees operate.

2011

International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 17

Google Scholar

Conceptual

10

Turning potential collision into cooperation in Ghana’s oil industry

Amponsah-Tawiah et al (2015)

The paper investigates the relationship between key stakeholders in the oil sector, how stakeholder interactions create the potential for collision and how to turn possible collision into cooperation.

Ghana’s oil industry must identify and engage all stakeholders in planning CSR programmes to foster friendly environment for oil companies.

2015

Society and Business Review, Vol. 10 Iss 2 pp. 118 – 131

Emerald Insight

Qualitative

M/Firm

11

CSR-OHS

Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah Kwasi Dartey-Baah

The paper seeks to trace the path to achieving the millennium development goals (MDG) in developing countries through CSR and organisation health and safety (OHS).

There is linkage between CSR, OHS and the MDG; Ghanaians viewed OHS as a key competing dimension of CSR.

2012

Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. 3 Iss 2 pp. 224 – 234

Emerald Insight

Qualitative

M/Firm

12

Exploring the link between corporate social responsibility and health and safety in the mines Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah Justice Mensah

The paper seeks to explore the integration of issues of health and safety of employees into the broader CSR agenda

CSR is not just about community relations, employee Health and Safety but a perfect synergy amongst all these relations

2015

Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. 6 Iss 1 pp. 65 – 79

Emerald Insight

Qualitative

M/Firm

13

Corporate social responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa: hindering and supporting factors

Richard Benon-be-isan Nyuur Daniel F. Ofori Yaw Debrah

Study aims to examine CSR from a broader perspective and identify the factors that hinder and promote CSR activities in SSA

Brings out nine key factors that promotes CSR when in place but hinders it when not in place in SSA.

2014

African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, Vol. 5 Iss 1 pp. 93 – 113

Emerald Insight

Mixed methods

M/Firm/regional

14

Corporate social responsibility: Is it an alternative to government?

Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah

Study aims to find out if CSR was becoming an alternative government

Finding is that government is relying on the benevolence of firms to pursue her development agenda

2016

Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. 7 Iss 1 pp

Emerald Insight

Conceptual

Level of analysis

15

Corporate Social Responsibility and Canadian Mining Companies in the Developing World: The Role of Organisational Leadership and Learning Hevina S. Dashwood & Bill Buenar Puplampu

The paper seeks tests the applicability of organisational behaviour concepts (leadership and learning) to a case study of a Canadian, mid-tier mining company.

Leadership is open and committed to learning about best practices and engaging with the local communities to learn their concerns and priorities.

2010

Canadian Journal of Development Studies 30:1–2, 175–196

Taylor & Francis

Qualitative

Firm Level

16

Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana’s National Development Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Kwesi Amponsah- Tawiah, and Victoria Agbeibor

Study aims to examine how CSR tie into key government development agenda

CSR initiatives mainly in line with the MDGs and aspects of earlier national development targets, rather than current national development goals

2015

Africa Today, Volume 62, Number 2, pp. 70-93

EBSCOhost

Qualitative

M/Firm

17

Executive and Management Attitudes on Social Responsibility and Ethics in Ghana: Some Initial Exploratory Insights DANIEL OFORI

Examines CSR and ethics in Ghana

Ethical values of both individual managers and their firms are the major factors determining managers’ attitudes toward CSR, and ethical behaviour is good for corporate reputation.

2010

Global Partnership Management Journal, Vol. 1 Issue 1/2, p14

EBSCOhost

Quantitative

M/Firm

18

Corporate Social Responsibility, Myth, Reality or Empty Rhetoric: Perspectives from the Ghana Stock Exchange Dan Ofori

Examines CSR perceptions of firms listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange

Majority of companies on the GSE subscribe more to the contemporary notion of CSR; strategic, moral, and ethical, as well as economic.

2007

The African Finance Journal, 9.2, 53–68

Google Scholar

Quantitative

M/Firm

19

Social responsibility and ethics in Ghana: Stakeholders’ expectations and challenges.

Dan Ofori

Examines ethical issues and CSR among firms in Ghana

Ethical issues are important but not the first consideration for firms in Ghana

2007

Management and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa: Theoretical and applied perspectives 63–97.

Google Scholar

Quantitative

M/Firm

20

Business’ corporate social responsibility: theory, opinion and evidence from Ghana.

Ofori (2006)

Study seek to compare CSR perceptions of companies listed in the Ghana Club 100 database,(an annual ranking of the top performing locally and foreign firms in Ghana)

Internationally connected firms subscribe more to the contemporary notion of CSR; more strategic, more moral and ethical in their approach to CSR than the local companies.

2006

African Journal of Business and Economic Research 1.2 & 3: 11–40.

Google Scholar

Quantitative

M/Firm

21

Organisational Antecedents of a Mining Firm’s Efforts to Reinvent Its CSR: The Case of Golden Star Resources in Ghana

Dashwood and Puplampu (2011)

Paper seeks to demonstrate, that organisational- and firm-level antecedents are a powerful tool for understanding how ethical, socially responsible, and community-relevant behaviours of a mining firm in a developing area come to be constructed

Sustainability and community relevance of CSR efforts are linked to identifiable internal response mechanisms that dispose or enable firms to behave in responsible ways.

2011

Business and Society Review 116.4: 467–507.

Google Scholar

Qualitative

Firm Level

22

The World Guide to CSR: A Country-by-Country Analysis. In: Analysis of Corporate Sustainability & Responsibility (Ghana).

Ofori D. F.

Study seeks to examine how CSR is largely practiced across SSA and the priority areas which are poverty reduction, HIV/AIDS, Skills development and Education

CSR in Sub-Saharan Africa resembles corporate philanthropy more than an embedded practice. However, there are elements of variations from country to country.

2010

University of Ghana Digital Collections

Google Scholar

Quantitative

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23

Managerial role in organisational CSR: empirical lessons from Ghana

James Baba Abugre

Paper seeks to examine the managerial role in CSR practices in developing economies.

Managerial role in the practice of CSR is limited and ineffective in Ghana and difficulties of effective CSR implementation mainly stem from weak leadership due to mismanagement and corruption.

2014

Corporate Governance, Vol. 14 Iss 1 pp. 104 – 119

Emerald Insight

Quantitative

M/Firm

24

Organisations’ commitment to and communication of CSR activities: insights from Ghana

James B. Abugre Richard B. Nyuur

Paper seeks to examine organisations’ commitment and communication of CSR in a developing country’s context

Firms operating in Ghana know about CSR and committed to it, and communicate their CSR to stakeholders using multiple media channels but not a structured reporting standard

2015

Social Responsibility Journal, Vol. 11 Iss 1 pp. 161 – 178

Emerald Insight

Quantitative

M/Firm

25

Exploring the limits of Western Corporate Social Responsibility Theories in Africa Kwasi Dartey-Baah, Kwesi Amponsah-Tawiah

The paper explores the limits of Western CSR Theories in Africa

Western CSR theories are not totally applicable in Africa. due to differences in CSR motives

2011

International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 18;

Google Scholar

Conceptual

???

26

Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: Fact or fiction? A look at Ghanaian banks.

Ofori et al (2014)

Study seeks to examine the impact of CSR on financial performance using empirical evidence from the Ghanaian banking sector.

There is a positive relationship between CSR practices and financial performance, but financial performance of banks in Ghana do not depend significantly on their CSR

2014

Acta Commercii 14.1: 1–11.

Google Scholar

Quantitative

M/Firm

27

Banking efficiency analysis under corporate social responsibilities."

Ohene-Asare, Kwaku, and Mette Asmild

Paper looks at profit maximising and CSR by developing a banking intermediation model

CSR is important and also indicates that banks that are socially responsible may have economic advantages.

2012

International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance 4.2: 146–171.

Google Scholar

Quantitative

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