Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective

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dc.contributor.advisorThabane, Tebelloen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMathibela, Kgwiti Princeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T14:22:00Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T14:22:00Z
dc.date.issued2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation presents a legal and regulatory framework of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the effect it has on social transformation in South Africa. It is premised on Dodds' theory of stakeholder protection which is articulated with greater clarity by Jeff Smith. He states that directors are agents of all stakeholders. In other words, they have the responsibility to ensure that every stakeholder's rights and interests are protected and fulfilled. This, he further explains, should be carried out by means of a balancing exercise between each stakeholder interest in every transaction. The dissertation demonstrates how the private sector can 'effectively' utilise principles of CRS to contribute towards and expedite social transformation. The significance of social transformation rests on it being a constitutional imperative as employed to redress the legacy of Apartheid. Lastly, the dissertation discusses CSR and how it affects social transformation in India and the United Kingdom (UK) with the aim of gleaning comparative insights. The dissertation then makes recommendations that the South African CSR legislation should embody objectives of our broader national interests similar to the Indian approach. In addition, it argues for a fully defined set of directors' duties which promotes compliance with CSR goals similar to the UK approach.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMathibela, K. P. (2018). <i>Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27990en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMathibela, Kgwiti Prince. <i>"Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27990en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMathibela, K. 2018. Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mathibela, Kgwiti Prince AB - This dissertation presents a legal and regulatory framework of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the effect it has on social transformation in South Africa. It is premised on Dodds' theory of stakeholder protection which is articulated with greater clarity by Jeff Smith. He states that directors are agents of all stakeholders. In other words, they have the responsibility to ensure that every stakeholder's rights and interests are protected and fulfilled. This, he further explains, should be carried out by means of a balancing exercise between each stakeholder interest in every transaction. The dissertation demonstrates how the private sector can 'effectively' utilise principles of CRS to contribute towards and expedite social transformation. The significance of social transformation rests on it being a constitutional imperative as employed to redress the legacy of Apartheid. Lastly, the dissertation discusses CSR and how it affects social transformation in India and the United Kingdom (UK) with the aim of gleaning comparative insights. The dissertation then makes recommendations that the South African CSR legislation should embody objectives of our broader national interests similar to the Indian approach. In addition, it argues for a fully defined set of directors' duties which promotes compliance with CSR goals similar to the UK approach. DA - 2018 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2018 T1 - Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective TI - Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27990 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/27990
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMathibela KP. Corporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspective. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Department of Commercial Law, 2018 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27990en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCommercial Lawen_ZA
dc.subject.otherCorporate social responsibilityen_ZA
dc.subject.othersocial transformationen_ZA
dc.subject.othercorporate governance (CG)en_ZA
dc.subject.otherprofit maximisationen_ZA
dc.subject.othershareholder valueen_ZA
dc.subject.otherstakeholder protectionen_ZA
dc.titleCorporate social responsibility legal analysis and social transformation: the South African experience in a comparative perspectiveen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameLLMen_ZA
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