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Investigation Into Corporate Social Responsibility Strategies For Oil And Gas Companies In Nigeria
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1.2Research Purpose
The main purpose of the research is to explore
the corporate social responsibility activities of oil and gas firms in
Nigeria in general, and Chevron in the Niger Delta region in
particular. Oil and gas firms have a responsibility to contribute to
the local communities because of the impacts that the activities of the
oil and gas firms have on the local communities and environment. Oil
and gas firms also generate significant value from their operations. The
research provides an evaluation of the extent of corporate social
responsibility activities executed by the oil and gas firms with an
objective to form a view on how oil and gas firms in Nigeria should
pursue corporate social responsibility activities.
1.3Research Question and Objectives
The
research question for this study is the following: What are the
challenges experienced by Chevron in implementing corporate social
responsibility strategies in Niger Delta? There are several research
objectives in the study. These are the following:
To identify
different CSR activities in the Niger Delta region from the oil and gas
firms. The study aims to determine the key CSR activities that are being
executed by the oil and gas firms in the region.
To analyse the
impacts of corporate social responsibility in the Niger Delta region.
The research seeks to provide an understanding of the impacts of current
CSR activities on the social and economic development of the region.
To
provide recommendations to Chevron on the corporate social
responsibility actions to take following the findings from the research.
The research aims to have defined recommendations for Chevron as to the
types of CSR activities that would benefit Chevron and the local
communities in the region.
There are different problems and issues
explored in this research. One issue is the extent of contribution
provided by oil and gas firms to local communities and countries through
corporate social responsibility activities. This is explored in the
study to gain an understanding of the contribution of oil and gas firms
in general and Chevron, as the case study firm, in particular on the
social and economic development of local communities in the Niger Delta
region. Another issue is the impact of these corporate social
responsibility initiatives of the oil and gas firms. Given the
significant value extracted by the oil and gas firms from the use of the
oil and gas resources of the local communities and countries such as
Nigeria, this issue needs to be explored to determine if the oil and gas
firms are contributing a proportionate size of benefits to the local
communities which are considerably impacted by the activities of the oil
and gas firms.
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