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Abstract



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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION



1.1 Background of Study



1.2 Statement of the Problem



1.3 Purpose of the Study



1.4 Research Questions / Hypothesis



1.5 Significance of study



1.6 Limitation of study



1.7 Scope of study



1.8 Definition of special terms



CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE



2.1 Theoretical Framework



2.2 Historical Background



2.3 Current Literature on theories postulated



CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY



3.1. Research Design



3.2. Sources of Data



3.2.1. Primary Sources of Data



3.2.2. Secondary Sources of Data



3.3 Population of study



3.4 Sample Design and Determination of Sample Size



3.5 Methods of Data Collection



3.5.1 Questionnaire Design, Distribution and Collection of Responds



3.5.2 Secondary Method of Data Collection



3.6 Methods of Data Presentation and Analysis



CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS



4.1. Data Presentation



4.1.2. Presentation According to Key Research Question



4.2 Analysis Based on Research Hypothesis



CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION



5.0. Summary of Findings



5.1. Conclusion



5.2. Recommendation.



References



Bibliography



Appendix

Introduction

1.1 Background to the Study



Corporate Social Responsibility an essentially American phenomenon has over the years become a major concern in Western Europe and in other countries of the world following the western model of development.



According to Drucker, (2001;231).The genesis of the debate on the concept of corporate social responsibility has been traced to the wave of crisis in social values that engulfed America in the post World War II period and most especially in the sixties. The Chief Executive of General Motors who observed the changing trend could not help observing:



“I am concerned about a society that has demonstrably lost confidence in its institutions – in the government, in the press, in the church, in the military, as well as in business”.



Business to America has had a most unique history. Its development growth and impact on social life in America since the civil war II is almost common knowledge. What may not be common knowledge, however, is the fact that business which has hitherto shaped and controlled the lives of millions of Americans some two hundred years ago is today being threatened by a wave of protests from various publics it uses to serve. The crisis of confidence in the social role of business as made explicit in debates on corporate social responsibility points to the fact that America sees big business as a big powerful machine gone out of control. And efforts to control and at least re-orientate its directions form the core of the argument of all who urge business to change with the times. In other words, to deemphasize its so much vaunted profit maximization dogma and pay attention to the human lives and environment which it is subtly, ruthlessly and almost surely grinding out of existence. As one of the protagonists has viewed the concept of corporate social responsibility it is a crude blend of long-run profit-making and altruism, a doctrine which fuses social values with profit maximization goals.



In the early years of the American Republic and especially in the post civil war reconstruction era, business in America played an almost indispensable role as a powerful social tool for harnessing resources and ensuring material progress. Ducker (1986:66). But as the years rolled on and business began to concentrate and centralize capital, its role in the economy became expansive and pervasive. At the height of prosperity, the captains of industry were heralded as heroes of the society.



The later years of the post World War II era harbored a different story. The boom period following the end of World War II soon gave way to a periodic wave of depressions and crisis that was to rock every foundations of society on which business existed. The frustrating economic situation characterized by inflation, unemployment, failing profit, declining investment, pollution of the external environment etc., pushed Americans to re-examine almost every old values and the assumptions behind them.