Preventing the Surge of Children in Street Situations: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigeria’s Oil Producing Communities
Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji, PhD | September 23 | 11:45 AM-12:45 PM
Topic: Research, International | Knowledge Level: Advanced
The purpose of this presentation is to critically examine multinational oil companies’ (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of its global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on the surge of children in street situations in the oil-producing communities. A total of 2,400 respondent households were sampled across the communities of the Niger Delta. The results from the use of a combined propensity score matching (PSM) and logit model indicate that GMoU interventions generate significant gains in the household struggle against the surge of children in street situations, and if enhanced, will lift many children out of the street. It implies that if the host communities do not feel that the GMoU interventions will create sustainable child welfare and social service systems, they will keep neglecting household members taking to the streets, which breeds violence and creates a hostile environment for multinational enterprises (MNEs). This research adds to the literature on child abuse and neglect from a CSR perspective and rationale for social projects demands by host communities in developing countries. It concludes that businesses have an obligation to help in solving problems of public and global concerns.
Presentation Objectives:
· Show the mapped out spread of street children along sex and age across the cities of host communities
· Examine the level of interventions of the multinational oil companies (MOC’s) CSR in providing welfare in the cities of host communities
· Analyze the impact of MOC’s CSR on reducing the surge of streets children in the host communities