Jared A. Pincin, Ph.D.
CSR Strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: Focusing on the Bottom of the Pyramid
With Kimberly Reeve
Abstract:
In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of foreign-owned extractive industries in natural-resource-rich continues to increase. As these multi-national corporations (MNCs) expand, there is increasing pressure from western governments and NGOs for these MNCs to give back to these “resource-cursed” communities through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. This leads to a need to understand the extent to which a MNC in sub-Saharan Africa should pursue a (CSR) strategy. This paper explores the current challenges of CSR in sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of Carroll’s Pyramid of Social Responsibility, which reflects on a corporation’s pursuit of economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic responsibilities. With a focus on CSR initiatives that have the most economic benefit to both the MNC and the country in which it operates, this paper suggests that in sub-Saharan Africa, the most challenging aspects of the pyramid are the legal and ethical contexts, as MNCs are often operating in countries with autocratic regimes and differing perceptions on the rule of law. Based on the challenges of having effective CSR initiatives in sub-Saharan countries, this paper will conclude with a recommendation that the most economically effective form of CSR may, in fact, be requiring more accountability on the part of MNCs and focusing on these companies upholding the legal and ethical contexts of Carroll’s pyramid to retain capital in the resource-cursed countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
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B.A. Economics and Political Science
American UniversityM.S. Economics
Auburn UniversityThesis Title: Ethanol and Its Effect on the US Corn Market: How the Price of E-85 Influences Equilibrium Corn Prices and Equilibrium Quantity
Ph.D. Economics
West Virginia UniversityFields of study: Public Choice and International Development Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Political Economy of Foreign Aid Practices in the Development Assistance Committee Countries
Experience
Associate Professor of Economics
The Kings's College, New York CityCourses Taught: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Economic Policy, and International Development
Visiting Instructor
Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Fulda, GermanyCourse Taught: Business Ethics and Corporate Governance
Teaching Assistant
West Virginia University, Morgantown, West VirginiaCourses Taught: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Comparative Economic Systems
Research Assistant
Bureau of Business and Economic Research, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West VirginiaResearched public school transportation needs.
Contact info
- Name: Jared A. Pincin, Ph.D.
- E-mail: jpincin@tkc.edu
- Phone: 212-659-3603