Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing and Emerging Markets

Onyeka K. Osuji is a Reader in Law at the University of Essex. As a qualified barrister and solicitor in Nigeria and England, he has advised individuals, corporations, and national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations. Dr Osuji has published extensively in books and reputable international journals addressing issues ranging from corporate social responsibility and governance to globalization and consumer protection. He is also member of the College of Advisors of the ESRC-funded Sustainable Finance, the Law and Stakeholders Network. Franklin N. Ngwu is Senior Lecturer in Strategy, Finance and Risk Management at Pan-Atlantic University Lagos Business School. He has worked with Barclays Bank, consulted for local and international organizations, and lectured at multiple institutions including Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Salford and University of Manchester. He has multi-disciplinary teaching and research interests and has published books, many book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr Ngwu's membership of professional bodies includes the Society of Corporate Governance Nigeria, British Academy of Management, Institute of Operational Risk and Expert Network, World Economic Forum. Dima Jamali holds the Kamal Shair Chair in Responsible Leadership in the Olayan School of Business at American University of Beirut. She has published four books and over sixty-five international publications, focusing on various aspects of CSR in developing countries and in the Middle East region specifically. She was the winner of multiple awards including the 2016 National Council for Scientific Research Excellence Award, and was selected for the 2013 Eisenhower Fellows Program and 2007 British Academy of Management Fellowship for South Asia and the Middle East.

1. Introduction: CSR in developing and emerging markets – institutions, actors and sustainable development Onyeka K. Osuji, Franklin N. Ngwu and Dima Jamali; 2. Institutional theory and corporate social responsibility in developing countries: a comparative institutional perspective Viviana Pilato; 3. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and a capabilities approach to development: CSR laws as an allocative device? Adaeze Okoye; 4. Domestic adjudicative institutions, developing countries and sustainable development: linkages and limitations Onyeka K. Osuji and Paul U. Abba; 5. The informal economy: corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development Ogechi Adeola, Oserere Eigbe and Omotayo Muritala; 6. Human resource management and political CSR in global supply chains: causes and consequences of host communities' enduring struggles Hedda Ofoole Knoll and Frederick Ahen; 7. Navigating the CSR discourse from a developing country's perspective: a shift to human capital development? Deborah B. Motilewa, Aziegbe-Esho Ebes and Franklin N. Ngwu; 8. Firm ownership and corporate social responsibility in China: from a multiple stakeholder perspective Ting Ren, Yan Feng, Youzhi Xiao, Hongyan Yang and Wenli Liu; 9. The dynamics of CSR, mandatory CSR laws, and corporate social performance in India Mallika Tamvada; 10. Nigeria's informal economy, social responsibility and sustainable development Uchenna Uzo and Olamide Shittu; 11. The environment in shipping incidents: salvage contracts and the public interest Durand Cupido; 12. Filling institutional voids in Thailand: the case of Nestle and the seafood coalition David Wesley, Luis Alfonso Dau and Elizabeth M. Moore; 13. Gender composition of the upper echelons and firm sustainability performance: an examination of Istanbul stock exchange companies F. Pinar Acar and A. Godze Gozum; 14. Islamic finance, sustainable development and developing countries: linkages and potential Mohammed K. Alshaleel; 15. Developing countries' business schools and socially conscious business leaders Nubi Achebo; 16. Corporate participation in climate change mitigation in developing countries: 'green capitalism' as a tool for sustainable development Kikelomo Kila; 17. Ethics issues in outsourcing to emerging markets: theoretical perspectives and practices Rose Hiquet and Won-Yong Oh; 18. Promoting sustainability in business and management education Ijeoma Nwagwu, Chris Ogbechie and Franklin N. Ngwu; 19. Sustainable finance, the law and stakeholders: towards responsible social movements Radek Stech; 20. Sustainable consumption, consumer protection and sustainable development: unbundling institutional septet for developing economies Onyeka K. Osuji and Ugochi C. Amajuoyi; 21. Corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in developing and emerging markets: looking forward Franklin N. Ngwu, Onyeka K. Osuji and Dima Jamali.