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Oil Companies and Sustainable Community Development in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: the Issue of Reciprocal Responsibility and its Implications for Corporate Citizenship Theory and Practice

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ABSTRACTMost of the works that have explored the relationship between Corporate Citizenship (CC) initiatives and their contribution to sustainable community development in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria have been insightful. However, the question of reciprocal responsibility has largely been unaddressed. Similarly, disagreement persists with regard to the impact of oil multinational corporations' (MNC) CC initiative on governmental community development efforts and its implication for sustainable community development. Unfortunately, these gaps have allowed for a number of CC orthodoxies to emerge in the region with practical ramifications for community development. The findings presented here suggest that local communities accept and have a clear sense of what constitutes their reciprocal responsibility. In addition, there was limited evidence to suggest that oil MNCs efforts at community development affected governmental community development initiatives in the region. The paper concludes by considering the implications of its findings for CC theory and practice. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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  • Uwafiokun Idemudia, 2014. "Oil Companies and Sustainable Community Development in the Niger Delta, Nigeria: the Issue of Reciprocal Responsibility and its Implications for Corporate Citizenship Theory and Practice," Sustainable Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(3), pages 177-187, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:sustdv:v:22:y:2014:i:3:p:177-187
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    1. Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji & Elda Nduka Okolo‐Obasi, 2017. "Multinational Oil Firms' CSR Initiatives in Nigeria: The Need of Rural Farmers in Host Communities," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(3), pages 308-329, April.
    2. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2021. "Empowerment of Rural Young People in Informal Farm Entrepreneurship: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Oil Producing Communities," Working Papers 21/033, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
    3. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2021. "Empowerment of Rural Young People in Informal Farm Entrepreneurship: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Oil Producing Communities," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 21/033, African Governance and Development Institute..
    4. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2017. "Multinational Oil Firms’ CSR Initiatives in Nigeria: the Need of Rural Farmers in Host Communities," Research Africa Network Working Papers 17/062, Research Africa Network (RAN).
    5. Sharon McLennan & Glenn Banks, 2019. "Reversing the lens: Why corporate social responsibility is not community development," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(1), pages 117-126, January.
    6. Uwafiokun Idemudia & Cynthia Kwakyewah & Judy Muthuri, 2020. "Mining, the environment, and human rights in Ghana: An area of limited statehood perspective," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(7), pages 2919-2926, November.
    7. Monday Obukowho Whiskey & Majority Oji, 2023. "Evaluation of the Level of Variability of Niger Delta Community People’s Awareness and Knowledge of Chevron Regional Development Councils (RDCs) and Shell’s Cluster Development Boards (CDBs) Activ," Studies in Media and Communication, Redfame publishing, vol. 11(1), pages 33-44, March.
    8. Joseph I. Uduji & Elda N. Okolo-Obasi, 2021. "Empowerment of Rural Young People in Informal Farm Entrepreneurship: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Oil Producing Communities," Research Africa Network Working Papers 21/033, Research Africa Network (RAN).
    9. Francis Xavier Dery Tuokuu & Uwafiokun Idemudia & Eugene B. G Bawelle & John Bosco Baguri Sumani, 2020. "Criminalization of “galamsey” and livelihoods in Ghana: Limits and consequences," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 44(1), pages 52-65, February.

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