Challenges of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in domestic settings: An exploration of mining regulation vis-à-vis CSR in Ghana

While some attempts have been made by countries such as Indonesia to make corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandatory, the whole idea everywhere else is benched on the voluntariness and discretion of corporations to pick and choose what would constitute their social responsibility initiatives. But the argument is that for countries with weaker regulation, corporations may not do much in terms of real CSR activities that transcend mere …