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Corporate Citizenship in Africa: Lessons from the Past; Paths to the Future Edited by Wayne Visser, Malcolm McIntosh & Charlotte Middleton (Greenleaf, 2006)

~ CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH ON CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP IN AFRICA ~ A Ten Year Review (1995-2005) By Wayne Visser Abstract This paper provides a brief analysis of corporate citizenship research focused on Africa over the past 10 years. The paper reviews journal articles published in the key corporate citizenship journals over the period 1995 to 2005, and reaches several conclusions: 1) the volume of published research is still extremely low; 2) most papers focus on business ethics; and 3) most papers focus on South Africa. Hence, there is great scope for expanding the amount of research on corporate citizenship in Africa, as well as improving the diversity of its content and its geographic coverage. Introduction Corporate citizenship in Africa is a critical area of scholarly enquiry, driven by the legacy of colonialism and apartheid, the human needs of the continent in the face of widespread poverty, and the trend towards improved social responsibility by multinationals in a globalising economy. Despite this growing importance, however, very little research has been done on corporate citizenship in Africa. In his introduction to the Business Ethics: A European Review special issue on Africa, Rossouw (2000) claims that “the first signs of academic life in business ethics on the African continent can be traced back to the 1980s” (225), but concedes that it remains fragmented and limited.

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One of the reasons that this academic discourse is both interesting and important is that corporate citizenship in Africa has its own unique features, distinctive from other regions