scholarly journals Empowering Women Through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Feminist Foucauldian Critique

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 603-631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Women Managers ◽  
Ethic Of Care ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
The Self ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Programme Outcomes

ABSTRACT:Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been hailed as a new means to address gender inequality, particularly by facilitating women’s empowerment. Women are frequently and forcefully positioned as saviours of economies or communities and proponents of sustainability. Using vignettes drawn from a CSR women’s empowerment programme in Ghana, this conceptual article explores unexpected programme outcomes enacted by women managers and farmers. It is argued that a feminist Foucauldian reading of power as relational and productive can help explain this since those involved are engaged in ongoing processes of resistance and self-making. This raises questions about the assumptions made about women and what is it that such CSR programmes aim to empower them ‘from’ or ‘to.’ Empowerment, when viewed as an ethic of care for the self, is better understood as a self-directed process, rather than a corporate-led strategy. This has implications for how we can imagine the achievement of gender equality through CSR.

scholarly journals UPAYA PENGHAPUSAN KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA MELALUI PROGRAM CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 259
Author(s):  
Ema Triana Mutmainah ◽  
Anisa Anisa2 ◽  
Santoso Tri Raharjo ◽  
Sahadi Humaedi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Corporate Social

ABSTRAK Salah satu tujuan dari corporate social responsibility (CSR) adalah untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan seluruh lapisan masyarakat khususnya yang berada di sekitar perusahaan, tak terkecuali para kaum perempuan. Masih banyak masyarakat yang memandang wajar perempuan sebagai kaum yang marginal, yang dapat dikuasai, dieksploitasi dan diperbudak oleh kaum laki-laki. Salah satu bentuk kekerasan terhadap perempuan yang banyak terjadi adalah kekerasan dalam lingkup rumah tangga. Setiap tahun masalah tersebut terus mengalami peningkatan. Isu ini telah menjadi perhatian dari berbagai lembaga nasional maupun internasional. Kekerasan terhadap perempuan dalam lingkup rumah tangga menimbulkan ketidakadilan, kesengsaraan atau penderitaan secara fisik, seksual, psikologis kepada korban. Hal tersebut menyebabkan kecenderungan korban untuk menarik diri dari lingkungan sosialnya, yang kemudian membuat korban sulit untuk memenuhi kebutuhan pribadinya atau menjalankan kembali keberfungsian sosialnya. Menyadari adanya masalah tersebut, untuk itu beberapa perusahaan telah ikut berperan aktif dalam upaya mengatasi masalah kekerasan terhadap perempuan dalam lingkup rumah tangga dengan melakukan kegiatan pemberdayaan perempuan, melalui program Coorporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Program tersebut berupaya menciptakan wadah sekaligus dukungan bagi para kaum perempuan agar lebih berdaya dan kuat sehingga dapat mengubah stereotipe masyarakat terhadap mereka. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif berdasarkan hasil pengumpulan data melalui studi literatur yang bertujuan untuk menggambarkan dan meringkas berbagai kondisi, situasi, atau fenomena realistis yang menggambarkan sejauh mana pengaruh dari program CSR tersebut terhadap pemberdayaan perempuan ABSTRACT One of the goals of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is to improve the welfare of all walks of life, especially those around the company, including women. There are still many societies that see women as marginal, who can be controlled, exploited and enslaved by men. One form of violence against women that is common is violence in the household sphere. every year the problem continues to increase. This issue has come to the attention of various national and international institutions. Violence against women in the home sphere causes injustice, physical or sexual misery or suffering to victims. This causes the victim's tendency to withdraw from her social environment, which then makes it difficult for victims to fulfill their personal needs or re - establish their social functioning. Aware of this problem, for this reason several companies have played an active role in efforts to overcome the problem of violence against women in the household sphere by carrying out women's empowerment activities, through the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. The program seeks to create a platform as well as support for women to be more empowered and strong so that they can change the stereotypes of society towards them. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method based on the results of data collection th rough literature studies that aim to describe and summarize various conditions, situations, or realistic phenomena that illustrate the extent of the influence of the CSR program on women's empowerment.

Corporate social responsibility for women's empowerment: a study on Nigerian banks

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Mogaji ◽  
Robert Ebo Hinson ◽  
Arinze Christian Nwoba ◽  
Nguyen Phong Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Corporate Social

PurposeDrawing on stakeholder theory, the purpose of this paper examines how Nigerian banks employ their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to empower women to participate in economic and commercial activities.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology of this paper is regarding a thematic analysis of Nigerian banks' annual CSR and sustainability reports.FindingsA theoretical framework was developed which illustrates the investment foundation (Sustainable Development Goals, Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) and Nigerian Sustainable Banking Principles) that supports the different levels of engagement (healthcare, financial, social and career empowerment) aimed at different groups of women (women at large, women in business and women in career) in the society.Research limitations/implicationsThe study findings are confined to the banks in Nigeria, focussing on how they empower women to participate in economic and commercial activities.Practical implicationsIt is paramount that Nigerian banks consistently report their CSR initiatives. When designing these initiatives, it is equally important to incorporate WEPs, as they are specifically focussed on women.Social implicationsDue to their low-level institutional and financial development, it is important that Nigerian banks design their CSR initiatives to improve women empowerment. While initiatives should be targeted at women's well-being and physical health, it is important to steer women towards financial and social independence through loans, grants and mentorship.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, no other research study has examined how banks in an emerging market use their CSR activities to empower women to participate in financial activities.

Does having women managers lead to increased gender equality practices in corporate social responsibility?

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izaskun Larrieta-Rubín de Celis ◽  
Eva Velasco-Balmaseda ◽  
Sara Fernández de Bobadilla ◽  
María del Mar Alonso-Almeida ◽  
Gurutze Intxaurburu-Clemente
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women Managers ◽  
Corporate Social

A new day for Hulk Hogan: Celebrity selves and racial diversity in contemporary professional wrestling

2021 ◽  
pp. 136754942110288
Author(s):  
Wilson Koh
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Racial Politics ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Streaming Video ◽  
The Self ◽  
Professional Wrestling ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Corporate Social

This paper considers contemporary World Wrestling Entertainment’s new racial politics in the light of Hulk Hogan’s 2015 erasure from the Federation after a leaked racist sex tape rant, and the African-American wrestlers The New Day’s rise to fame during the same period. This paper locates WWE’s actions as responses in line with a domestic media marketplace where the rhetoric of racial diversity is fetishised. In doing so, this paper combines literature on corporate social responsibility, race, and the performativity of the self in contemporary celebrity culture. This paper reads World Wrestling Entertainment’s actions as strategies through which the Federation’s corporate social responsibility is spectacularly performed, allowing it to grow and survive in the streaming video era.

scholarly journals Corporate Fight against the COVID-19 Risks Based on Technologies of Industry 4.0 as a New Direction of Social Responsibility

Risks ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Agnessa O. Inshakova ◽  
Anastasia A. Sozinova ◽  
Tatiana N. Litvinova
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
The Self ◽  
Management Implications ◽  
Household Expenditures ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Isolation Index ◽  
Corporate Social

The purpose of the article: to find new (most effective) directions for the corporate COVID-19 risks management and developing management implications for leading this fight amid the pandemic and crisis for sustainable development. The methods of correlation and regression analysis are used. It is proved that the most perspective method of the corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks is a flexible transformation of business according to the new conditions based on the Industry 4.0 technologies. This paper further develops and supplements the concept of corporate social responsibility, including a new direction—corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks in it. The authors develop management implications on improving the corporate fight against the COVID-19 risks as a new direction of corporate social responsibility amid the pandemic. The advantages of using the Industry 4.0 technologies for the corporate fight against the viral threat include reduction of the share of the population with household expenditures for healthcare above 25% of total expenditures or incomes, reduction of the number of new cases per 1 million people, and an increase of the self-isolation index, the share of responsible employers amid COVID-19 risks.

The engagement continuum model using corporate social responsibility as an intervention for sustained employee engagement

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 182-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Anttonitte Valentin ◽  
Celestino C Valentin ◽  
Fredrick Muyia Nafukho
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Continuum Model ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Motivating Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore implications of motivational potential that are highly correlated to the self-determination theory (SDT) (intrinsic motivating factors), in relation to corporate social responsibility (CSR). This paper specifies key antecedents of engagement within the theoretical framework of the self-determination theory as it relates to employee engagement and CSR. Design/methodology/approach – The methods used for the purpose of this paper include a review of the relevant literature utilizing the descriptors of employee engagement, SDT and CSR. Alternative descriptors were not queried. The authors then selected articles that were found to be most cited, reviewed such articles and began to analyze the literature, synthesize and formulate connections. Findings – Based on research findings, a conceptual model was formulated and posited for research and practice. It is demonstrated in the paper that employee engagement has a wide range of benefits for all involved and focuses on key antecedents of engagement created through CSR initiatives and intrinsic motivating factors as pointed out from SDT, which may serve to provide a comprehensive representation of the likely influences of intrinsic motivating drivers on employee engagement. Research limitations/implications – The main limitations of this paper is that it is conceptual in nature and, hence, the need for a study designed to empirically test the conceptual model developed in this research. Originality/value – The result and contribution to the field of human resource development is the development of the engagement continuum model from which employee engagement emerges through the dynamic interplay of CSR as an intervention, creating positive results using the theoretical framework of SDT and resulting in a perceived sustained state of employee engagement.

scholarly journals Riding on the "Crescendo" of Political Personas: Engendering a Female Political Icon

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Lovie Edwin Seru ◽  
Joel Mokuedi Magogwe
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Political System ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Political Activities

This study was based on the observation that the construction and presentation of the self is a prominent feature of the life of every politician. That construction of the self is even more pronounced in male politicians, who clandestinely perceive politics as a male preserve. Because of the prevailing social order’s agitation for the sharing of power between men and women, men resort to concealing their true and embodied beliefs about gender equality and women’s empowerment by feigning support when speaking in public political spaces. Using the idea of persona, a concept that explains the presentation of the self and “masks” that people wear to construct themselves, this study explored the male dominated political system of Botswana to identify the “deceitful” and “inauthentic” acts of male politicians. The study also used persona to explore gendered political space in Botswana to identify the “true selves” hidden behind male politicians’ public selves as they engaged in political activities. The personas in this study have been uncovered through Margaret Nasha’s involvement in politics as an important agent and “driver” of the agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment. The choice to use Margaret Nasha’s political life story as a conduit to identity and explain political persona “masks” that male politicians wore was informed by the multifaceted roles she played to survive political muddles. Using document analysis and semi-structured interviewing methods, this study has unearthed that Margaret Nasha’s involvement in politics exposed her male political colleagues’ hidden selves and the influence of patriarchy in continued gender inequality in Botswana politics.

Spirituality as a Firm Basis for Corporate Social Responsibility

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Pruzan
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
The Self ◽  
Economic Rationality ◽  
The Third ◽  
Reporting Systems ◽  
Theoretical Reasoning ◽  
Firm Basis ◽  
Corporate Social

This article focuses primarily on how to operationalize corporate social responsibility—how to integrate it into the corporation's vocabulary, policies, stakeholder communications, and reporting systems. It argues that in order for an organization and its members to be able to experience an obligation to live up to their social responsibility, an organization must address the following three fundamental questions. The first question asks what responsibility is. The second asks whether organizations can be responsible or not. Finally, the third asks why should organizations be responsible. This article briefly addresses these inquiries. In particular, based on theoretical reasoning and empirical research in the form of interviews with leaders from six continents and fifteen countries, it is argued that true responsibility, both by leaders and their organizations, is grounded in a perspective on leadership—spiritual-based leadership—that transcends the (self-imposed) limitations of economic rationality.

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