Este trabalho teve como objetivo desenvolver uma metodologia para analisar o desenvolvimento de redes de empresas através de sua tipologia e das práticas de produção por ela utilizadas. Para tanto, foi adaptada uma metodologia para revisão bibliográfica, e definiu-se como período de corte de 2008 a 2012. Formou-se então um portfolio bibliográfico sobre as tipologias e as metodologias de desenvolvimento das redes de empresas e práticas de produção. Essa revisão bibliográfica fundamentou a criação da metodologia de análise de desenvolvimento da rede de empresas, onde utilizou métodos AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) para determinar os pesos das características da rede e das práticas de produção da metodologia e o MCDA-C (Metodologia Multicritério de Apoio a Decisão Construtivista), utilizado para determinar os pesos das escalas ordinais das características da rede e das práticas de produção. Os valores extraídos nos dois métodos foram unidos, transformando em um diagrama da metodologia de análise do desenvolvimento da rede. Essa identifica em qual fase de desenvolvimento determinada rede está situada, por meio das práticas de produção utilizadas nas empresas pertencentes à rede e pelas intensidades das características essenciais da rede: cooperação horizontal, cooperação vertical, inovação e competição, identificando as vantagens, as dificuldades e as melhorias que a rede deve fazer para evoluir. Por fim, a metodologia foi aplicada em uma rede de empresas do setor de vestuário, no estado do Paraná, o principal resultado foi que a rede se encontra na fase de desenvolvimento da metodologia, onde detem caracteristicas e práticas de produção com aspectos medianos, sendo necessário melhorar todas as caractériscas analisadas da rede e incentivar a utilização das práticas de produção. / The aim of this work is to propose a model to analyze the development of business networks through the bias typology and production practices. A literature review methodology was adapted to construct a portfolio with typologies and models of development business networks and production practices. It was analized papers between 2008 and 2012. This literature review justified the creation of the analysis model of network development company. The AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and MCDA-C (Methodology Multicriteria Decision Support Constructivist) methods were used, the first one to determine weights of the network characteristics and production practices and the second one to determine weights of ordinal scale of network characteristics and production practices. The values extracted from both methods were assembled, becoming a model diagram analysis of network development.This model identifies in which phase of development given network is located, through the production practices used in companies belonging to the network and the intensities of the essential characteristics of the network: horizontal cooperation, vertical cooperation, innovation and competition, identifying the advantages, difficulties and improvements to the network must do to evolve. Finally, the model was applied to a network of companies in the clothing sector in the state of Paraná.

M.Com. (Financial Management) / Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its effective reporting are becoming increasingly important. Evidence suggests that there is a growing trend towards investment in companies which are social and environmental conscious. The mining sector in South Africa (SA) is characterised by labour disputes, environmental concerns and seemingly negative impact on local communities. Public opinion and the media commonly perceive the sector to be unwilling to improve on its CSR activities and performance. The goal of the study was to determine whether SA mining companies have adequately integrated CSR into their reporting and whether the extent and depth of CSR reporting is sufficient for the companies to be classified as a CSR conscious investment. To achieve this goal a content analysis was conducted on the official reports of the five largest (measured by market capitalisation) South African mining companies. Each company‟s CSR was analysed by determining trends, the extent and the depth of reporting in the CSR categories; community, diversity, employee relations, environment and human rights. The results indicated that there is a positive trend towards the sample of mining companies becoming socially responsible. The results, however, also indicate that there is a large degree of variation between the sampled companies and that the extent and depth of human rights reporting is a general concern which needs to be addressed.

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the rise of the modern corporation in the late 19th century, the debate on the relationship between business and society has flourished, and the negative impact of businesses became evident as the number and scale of large corporations increased. As a result of the globalization of trade and economic activity, regulating and auditing multinational companies have become both more important and more problematic. Along with the new challenges to be met by companies operating in foreign countries, these factors have resulted in a greater demand for corporate social responsibility (CSR). Originating as an Anglo-American management idea, CSR has spread and become a well-established tool for businesses worldwide. In today’s global capitalist system, characterized by open markets, it is widely acknowledged that it is the role of the state to establish the preconditions for the proper functioning of markets by defining legal rules, establishing enforcement bodies, and providing public goods. However, many corporations choose to go beyond the required regulatory levels and voluntarily engage in CSR. Studies of CSR have long been dominated by business and economic scholars, usually with the aim to confirming or denying CSR as a tool for profit-maximization, and until the last decade, social and political scientists have shown little interest in CSR. From a political science view, the relation between the state, markets and corporations is of interest, but few studies have investigated how political institutions influence corporate behavior. This study has therefore researched the institutional determinants of CSR by analyzing the efforts and the role of the Norwegian government in promoting CSR in the shipping industry. The White Paper on CSR was used as guide to the government’s approach to CSR, and was analyzed in light of the specific CSR challenges faced in the shipping industry. For this purpose, a qualitative methodology and case study research design was adopted to provide in-depth information. New institutional theory and comparative political economy provided the theoretical framework for the study, and helped in answering the main research question: What is the role of the Norwegian government, as a political institution, in promoting CSR in the Norwegian shipping industry? as well as the sub-questions. The study identified both strengths and weaknesses in the government’s role as CSR promoter, and argued that the predominantly international focus of the White Paper is suitable for globally oriented industries, like shipping, while reducing its relevance for nationally oriented firms. The study further found that the government as institution provides the industry with CSR incentives, other than financial ones, as it sets the standards for what is perceived as modern and just corporate behavior. In addition, CSR in the shipping industry was found to take an explicit form, and to reflect the national institutional environment. The findings stand in contrast to the way in which the above-mentioned theories expect CSR to take shape in coordinated market economies. In broader sense, the findings affect the perception of the relationship between CSR as a management tool and strategy, and CSR as a political and regulatory tool that may be used actively by authorities. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Sedert die opkoms van die moderne korporasie in die laat 19de eeu, het die debat oor die verhouding tussen besigheid en samelewing floreer terwyl die negatiewe impak van besighede sigbaar geword het soos die aantal en omvang van groot korporasies toegeneem het. As gevolg van die globalisering van handel en ekonomiese aktiwiteit, het die regulerende en multinasionale ouditeringsmaatskappye beide belangrik en meer problematies geword. Tesame met die nuwe uitdagings wat maatskappye in vreemde lande moet ontmoet, het hierdie faktore aanleiding gegee tot ‘n groter vraag na korporatiewe sosiale verantwoordelikheid (KSV). KSV het sy oorsprong as ‘n Anglo-Amerikaanse bestuursidee gehad en het ‘n goed gevestigde hulpmiddel vir besighede wêreldwyd geword terwyl dit ook versprei het. In vandag se globale kapitalistiese sisteem wat deur oop markte gekenmerk word, word dit wydverspreid erken dat dit die rol van die staat is om voorwaardes vir die behoorlike funksionering van markte te vestig deur regsreëls te definieer, handhawingsliggame te vestig en publieke goedere te verskaf. Baie korporasies verkies egter om verder as die vereiste regulerende vlakke en vrywillige deelname in KSV te gaan. Studies van die KSV is vir lank oorheers deur besigheid- en ekonomiese geleerdes wat gewoonlik die doel gehad het om die KSV te bevestig of te ontken as ‘n hulpmiddel vir wins-maksimalisering, en tot en met die laaste dekade het sosiale en politieke wetenskaplikes min belangstelling in die KSV getoon. Uit die Politieke Wetenskaplike oogpunt is die verhouding tussen die staat, markte en korporasies van belang terwyl min studies al ondersoek het hoe politieke instellings korporatiewe gedrag beïnvloed. Hierdie studie het dus die bepalende faktore van die KSV nagevors deur die pogings en die rol van die Noorweegse regering in die bevordering van KSV in die skeepsvaart te analiseer. Die Witskrif op KSV is gebruik as ‘n gids vir die regering se benadering tot die KSV, en is ontleed in die lig van die spesifieke KSV uitdagings wat in die seevaart industrie in die gesig gestaar word. Vir hierdie doeleinde is ‘n kwalitatiewe metodologie en gevallestudie navorsingsontwerp aangeneem om in-diepte inligting te verskaf. Nuwe institusionele teorie en vergelykende politieke ekonomie het die teoretiese raamwerk vir die studie verskaf en het gehelp in die beantwoording van die hoof navorsingsvraag: Wat is die rol van die Noorweegse regering, as ‘n politieke instelling, in die bevordering van KSV in die Noorweegse seevaart industrie? Sowel as die sub-vrae. Hierdie studie het beide sterkpunte en swakpunte in die regering se role as KSV promotor identifiseer en het geargumenteer dat die oorwegende internasionale fokus van die Wit Skrif geskik is vir globaal georiënteerde industrieë soos seevaart, terwyl die toepaslikheid van nasionaal oriënteerde firmas verminder is. Die studie het verder bevind dat die regering as instelling KSV insentiewe aan die industrie anders as finansiële verskaf het, deur dat dit die standaarde stel vir wat gesien word as moderne en regverdige korporatiewe gedrag. Daar is verder bevind dat die KSV ‘n eksplesiete vorm aangeneem het in die seevaart industrie om die nasionale institusionele omgewing te vertoon. Die bevindings staan egter in teenstelling tot die manier waarop die bogenoemde teorieë van die KSV verwag om vorm aan te neem in gekoördineerde mark ekonomieë. In die breër sin beïnvloed die bevindings die siening van die verhouding tussen KSV as ‘n bestuur hulpmiddel en strategie en KSV as ‘n politieke en regulerende hulpmiddel wat aktief deur owerhede gebruik kan word.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main problem area this dissertation studied is whether there is a place for the social audit in corporate governance, or if it is only used as a marketing tool by organisations to positively influence public opinion in this era where public opinion heavily influences an organisation's bottom line profits. The King II report proposes that all JSE listed companies include nonfinancial issues in their statutory reports. Many companies do not use the process of social responsibility reporting merely to give back what they had previously taken from society, or to ensure their continued existence in the years to come (sustainability) as part of good corporate governance, they use this as a tool to manage their reputation - a marketing ploy. The real issue where the big question lies is: does CSR contribute to good corporate governance and therefore add value, or is it used as a risk management (reputation) tool by most companies? The social report of British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) was chosen as a case study to investigate this hypothesis. The King II report brings corporate governance into the sphere of the social audit report - in that companies must render an account! report if they are accountable to their stakeholders. In terms of good corporate governance, stakeholders need to be taken into account and a social audit needs to be done to report to them on it. A new governance theory has therefore developed with the central concept being that of sustainability (the triple bottom line): financial, envirorunental and social survival of a company and the reporting thereon. The umbrella term is corporate governance and everything that goes with it: CSR, stakeholder inclusivity and the social audit. In all of these, stakeholding (or stakeholder theory) is the central concept - to create value. The social audit is a tool or process of good corporate governance that uses a stakeholder approach to gain information that is later used and embedded in company principles and processes. An internal audit will provide assurance to the organisation as to the quality of its social and ethical accounting/auditing and reporting process, as well as to the organisation's social and ethical performance. It also provides the necessary support to the process of external audit. The external audit process and report provide assurance to the organisation and its stakeholders of the quality of the social and ethical accounting/auditing and reporting process and build credibility in the reporting of the organisation's social and ethical performance. This credibility is needed as a basis of effective engagement with the organisation's stakeholders, and of a common understanding of the organisation's performance. It must establish methods for producing knowledge with application to corporate governance and strategizing. This dissertation comes to the conclusion that the social audit is not a new fonn of marketing; there is a direct link between good corporate governance and the reporting thereon. Although there is always the possibility that there might be a little bit of PR involved in the publishing of a social audit, the process is not only very expensive, but the buy-in from the company as a whole is needed. It does impact on the reputation of a company and on the corporate affairs and governance thereof. So, if a company continues with this exercise, with the sole intention to use it as reputation marketing, should this becomes known the effect might be disastrous. The other side of the argument is that for a company to manage its reputation is definitely part of risk management. Risk management can be seen as the flipside of the coin to perfonnance management - the effect should be the same. How performance is managed is often similar to the way in which risk is managed. It is therefore not true that the social audit is "wellpublicised window-dressing" (Henderson, 2001: 5). On the contrary the social audit is essential to good corporate governance; it is up to the leadership of a company to use it as such. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die kern probleemgebied wat in die verhandeling bestudeer is, is of daar plek is vir die maatskaplike audit in korporatiewe bestuur, en of organisasies dit net gebruik as 'n bemarkingstrategie om die openbare mening positief te beinvloed in die era waar die openbare mening 'n groot invloed het op 'n organisasie se wins. Die King II-verslag stel voor dat alIe JSE-gelyste maatskappye nie-finansiele kwessies by huI statutere verslae insluit. Talle maatskappye gebruik nie die proses van maatskaplike verantwoordelikheid net om terug te gee wat hulle voorheen uit die samelewing geneem het nie, of om as deel van goeie korporatiewe bestuur hul voortgesette bestaan in die komende jare (volhoubaarheid) te verseker nie. Hulle gebruik dit as 'n manier om hul reputasie te bestuur - 'n bemarkingstrategie. Die kwessie waar die groot vraag Iê, is: dra korporatiewe maatskaplike verantwoordelikheid by tot goeie korporatiewe bestuur en voeg dit derhalwe waarde by, of gebruik die meeste rnaatskappye dit as 'n middel tot risikobestuur ter wille van hul reputasie? Die maatskaplike verslag van British American Tobacco South Africa (BATSA) is gekies as 'n gevallestudie om die hipotese te ondersoek. Die King II-verslag bring korporatiewe bestuur binne die sfeer van die maatskaplike ouditverslag met die dat maatskappye 'n verslag moet lewer as hulle verantwoordbaar teenoor hul belanghebbendes is. lngevolge goeie korporatiewe bestuur moet belanghebbendes in ag geneem word en moet 'n maatskaplike oudit gedoen word om aan hulle daaroor verslag te doen. 'n Nuwe bestuursteorie het derhalwe ontwikkel waarvan die kernkonsep volhoubaarheid (die driedubbele winsbasis) is: die finansiele, maatskaplike en omgewingsoorlewing van 'n maatskappy en verslagdoening daaroor. Die sambreelterm is korporatiewe bestuur en alles wat daarmee saamgaan: korporatiewe maatskaplike verantwoordelikheid, die insluiting van belanghebbendes en die maatskaplike oudit. Met al die aspekte is die belanghebberteorie die kernkonsep - om waarde te skep. Die maatskaplike audit is 'n werktuig of proses van goeie korporatiewe bestuur wat 'n belanghebberbenadering gebruik om inligting in te win wat later gebruik en in die maatskappy se beleid en prosesse vasgele word. 'n Interne oudit gee die maatskappy sekerheid oor die gehalte van sy maatskaplike en etiese oudit- en verslagdoeningproses, asook die organisasie se maatskaplike en etiese funksionering. Dit verskaf ook die nodige steun aan die proses van eksterne ouditering. Die eksterne ouditproses en -verslag verskaf sekerheid aan die organisasie en sy belanghebbendes oor die gehalte van die maatskaplike en etiese oudit- en verslagdoeningproses en bou geloofwaardigheid in die verslagdoening van die organisasie se maatskaplike en etiese funksionering. Die geloofwaardigheid word benodig vir die organisasie se belanghebbendes, en 'n gemeenskaplike begrip van die organisasie se prestasie. Dit moet metodes om kennis te produseer vestig wat van toepassing sal wees op korporatiewe bestuur en strategie-bepaling. Die verhandeling kom tot die gevolgtrekking dat die maatskaplike oudit nie 'n nuwe vorm van bemarking is nie - daar is 'n regstreekse verband tussen goeie korporatiewe bestuur en verslagdoening daaroor. Hoewel daar altyd die moontlikheid is dat 'n bietjie skakelwerk betrokke kan wees by die publisering van 'n maatskaplike oudit, is die proses nie net baie duur nie, maar word die betrokkenheid en steun van die maatskappy as geheel benodig. Dit het 'n invloed op die reputasie van 'n maatskappy, asook die korporatiewe sake en die bestuur daarvan. Dus, as 'n maatskappy met die oefening voortgaan met die enigste doelwit om dit as reputasiebemarking te gebruik en dit word bekend, kan die resultaat rampspoedig wees. Die ander kant van die argument is dat die bestuur van sy reputasie vir 'n maatskappy beslis deel van risikobestuur is. Risikobestuur kan beskou word as die een kant van die muntstuk met prestasiebestuur aan die ander kant - die uitwerking behoort dieselfde te wees. Hoe prestasie bestuur word, is dikwels dieselfde as die manier waarop risiko bestuur word. Dit is dus nie waar dat die maatskaplike oudit "goed gepubliseerde vensterversiering" (Henderson, 200 I: 5) is nie. Inteendeel, die maatskaplike oudit is noodsaaklik vir goeie korporatiewe bestuur, en dit hang van die leierskap van 'n maatskappy af om dit as sulks te gebruik.

Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / The global business environment has undergone a systemic transformation that has influenced the way we see and do business. Central to this transformation is the rising importance of environmental sustainability, social responsibility and sound corporate governance. Given these changes, leaders require training and education about building a values-based, ethical business platform in order to operate effectively. Therefore, it is imperative that business people are appropriately educated in the art of handling matters of this nature. The primary aim of this research study is to evaluate the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) education on future business leaders by comparing the expected outcomes of a specific educational curriculum with its actual real-world outcomes. The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) introduced a module called Business in Society in 2011. This duration of the module is one full semester. At the time, the course outline stated that the aim of the programme was to improve the decision-making ability of students about ESG issues in the business context. Participants who were busy studying or had graduated from the programme were expected, in reasonable measure, to be able to formulate appropriate responses to the challenges and opportunities inherent in matters of the environment, sustainability and governance. The primary aim of this study was therefore to review and assess both current student’s and graduates’ envisioned and practical application of theory, their environmental and social awareness levels and any significant changes in ethical outlook and values, or lack thereof. The secondary aim of the study was to assess the quality of the educational intervention itself. In order to review the impact of the programme on participants, the study focused on the subjective experience of the students, their perceptions of the programme and their subsequent behaviour in the workplace as an outcome. The research involved a two-tier approach. The first tier entailed the deployment of surveys to the randomly selected graduates of the programme. The second tier involved interviews with randomly selected respondents in the first round of surveys. These research participants were current and former students of the programme. The expectation was to find that these future business leaders were properly equipped and educated to make the right decisions concerning sustainability issues and ethical dilemmas. Based on the results of the survey, it was evident that the majority of students had come away with a positive experience of the Business in Society Programme, and that the course had had a positive impact on their lives both professionally and personally. The results of the interview analysis offered a holistic review of the experience of students in relation to their learning, the essential learnings and practical application, and the extent of the impact on their personal and professional lives. Recurrent themes which came to light in the analysis were the increase in awareness and the absence of practical engagement. There was a general discontent with the delivery of the course, in particular its lack of practical emphasis, and fragmentation in delivery. Recommendations to improve the course are supplied and may be utilised and implemented at the discretion of the Business School.

A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (MA), Applied Ethics for Professionals Johannesburg, 2016 / The South African Mining Industry is confronted by a continual wave of labour unrest due to the unfulfilled socio-economic expectations of its employees and surrounding communities. The industry reportedly also has a very high wage gap between the mine workers and executives. This essay advocates for extensive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by the South African mining industry not only to help address the socio-economic issues in and around mining communities but also to restore stability and ensure that the industry flourishes. As part of advancing my position, I show that the implementation of enlarged CSR by the mining industry is consistent with Rawls's account of justice and with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the South African government's Mining Charter. I argue that by embracing the concept of enlarged CSR and collaborating with its supplier base towards this end, the mining industry can improve socio-economic conditions and prevent the collapse of the industry much to the benefit of the mining industry and its stakeholders, including the citizens of South Africa at large who benefit from tax revenues generated by the industry. / MT2018

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This economic and political crisis displays a gambling logical construction, permeated by drug trafficking money, corruption and fraud by corporations. Journalism became the area for capitalist doxa legitimation, playing the role of public doxa that generates consensus. That is, the articulation between good sense and common sense that guides the individual in order to follow the social programming and regularity, to forge total life control, to order daily life according to the social rder values. These fill in tasks, behaviours and rules previously orchestrated by the domination power of capitalism. Modern lifestyle leverages the production and consumption of goods liturgy, which are exposed and worshiped by the media activity. The media undertakes a religious character of expanding and connecting the world, individuals and God in a common movement. Media takes on the role of creating consensus mediation, which results in a pacified unity between discourse standardization and politics. Endoxa is this consensus, the will of the majority, a general will that results in the ideas of subject, consciousness and identity. Therefore, the modern national state project forwarded by the encyclopaedists and the bourgeois revolution slides into a philosophy of the media that involves a philosophical questioning of the writing culture tradition, confronted with digital narrative experiences in the internet, big data use, machine learning and business intelligence. Modern press has become the catalyst of a unique cultural, political and communication process in human history. Press has reshaped the lives of millions of workers and peasants that legitimated the French bourgeoisie actions confronting the previous political regime. The political world is moving again with the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa, Occupy Wall St in the US and Los Indignados in Spain. These protests are identified as the first street demonstrations organized using social networking, mediated by Facebook. These are demonstrations of millions of workers and young people facing the globalization of late capitalism and international crisis. Let’s move forward! / A tese Capitalismo editorial: do papel à nuvem anuncia a relação entre capitalismo e comunicação social, pois a crise econômica e financeira mundial de 2008 revelou a trama da indústria da propaganda e publicidade, mídia jornalística, redes socais na WEB como elementos constituintes da superprodução e rotação do capital de composição orgânica superior, expresso pelo capital financeiro internacional, que através da securitização transforma a economia mundial e sua riqueza em títulos especulativos e voláteis. Essa crise econômica e política demonstra a lógica de cassino, mesclada por moedas do narcotráfico, corrupção e fraudes das corporações. O jornalismo tornou-se o espaço de legitimação da doxa capitalista, assumindo o papel de ser a doxa pública que gera consenso, isto é, articulação de bom senso e senso comum, orientando o indivíduo a seguir programação e regularidade social, forjar controle total da vida, ordenamento do fazer cotidiano em harmonia com os valores da ordem social, que preenchem afazeres, condutas e regras previamente orquestrada pelo poder de dominação capitalista. A forma de vida moderna potencializa essa liturgia para o consumo e produção de mercadorias, que são expostas e cultuadas pelo exercício da mídia. A mídia assume esse caráter religioso de conectar e ampliar num mesmo movimento indivíduos, mundo e Deus. A mídia assume o papel de criar a mediação do consenso, que resulta numa unidade apaziguadora de normatização do discurso e da política. A endoxa é esse consenso, a vontade da maioria, uma vontade geral que resulta numa idéia de sujeito, consciência e identidade. Por isso, o projeto moderno dos enciclopedistas e da revolução burguesa do estado nacional resvala numa filosofia da mídia. em que envolve o questionamento filosófico sobre a tradição da cultura escrita, frente às experiências de narrativas digitais na internet, com uso de big data, machine learning e BI — business intelligence (negócios inteligentes) A imprensa moderna tornou-se o estopim de um processo cultural, político e de comunicação impar na história da humanidade. A imprensa reconfigurou a vida milhões de trabalhadores e camponeses que legitimaram a ação da burguesia francesa frente ao antigo regime político. O mundo político está em movimento novamente com a Primavera Árabe, nos países árabes, Occupy Wall St, nos Estados Unidos, e Los Indignados, na Espanha. Esses protestos são identificados como as primeiras manifestações de ruas organizadas nas redes sociais, mediadas pelo Facebook. Elas são manifestações de milhões de trabalhadores e da juventude frente à globalização do capitalismo tardio e a crise internacional. Avante!

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa is a country in transition, and continues to develop new systems expected to positively shift the social and economic lives of 48 million people. Every sector of society is focussed on people’s upliftment. Corporations in South Africa have Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes as their contribution toward this goal. The Pentecostal/Charismatic Church is the fastest growing Christian denomination in the world, certainly even in Africa. Churches’ also have a responsibility to society’s upliftment, and since the Pentecostal/Charismatic church aspires to corporate principles this thesis explores the response of the Indian Pentecostal/Charismatic Church to social, economic and environmental issues of local and global magnitude. The theoretical framework proposes that a theology for social change in South Africa must be traced from the foundation of a theology of liberation from racial oppression, which is found in the Kairos Document; and combines this with CSI principles to present a composite framework for analysis. The study uses qualitative methodologies of loosely structured interviews and a focus group discussion with Pentecostal/Charismatic pastors from the Phoenix community, north of Durban. The findings suggest that the Indian Pentecostal/Charismatic Church i) has divergent viewpoints on what constitutes social responsibility, ii) does not have a set of guiding principles for funding social programmes, and iii) does not have a discernable liberation theology, which is a real challenge facing the Church as this study argues that is a core reason for the Churches’ inability to deal with social justice or sustainability issues effectively. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Suid-Afrika is ‘n land in ‘n oorgangsfase, en is in die proses om nuwe sisteme te ontwikkel wat benodig word om ‘n positiewe verandering te bewerkstellig in die sosiale en ekonomiese lewensfasette van 48 miljoen mense. Bykans elke sektor van die samelewing is dan ook tans gefokus op die opheffing van mense. Om hierdie doelwit te bereik, en om by te dra tot sodanige opheffing, het korporasies in Suid-Afrika Korporatiewe Sosiale Beleggings (KSB) Programme. Die Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk is die denominasie wat wêreldwyd, veral ook in Afrika, die meeste veld wen. Kerke het ook ‘n verantwoordelikheid ten opsigte van sosiale opheffing, en aangesien die Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk daarna strewe om korporatiewe beginsels toe te pas, ondersoek hierdie tesis die reaksie van die Indiese Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk teenoor wêreldwye sosiale-, ekonomiese en omgewingsfaktore. Die teoretiese raamwerk suggereer dat ‘n teologie vir sosiale verandering in Suid-Afrika gebaseer moet word op ‘n teologie van bevryding van rasgebaseerde onderdrukking, wat te vinde is in die Kairos Dokument; en kombineer dit met Korporatiewe Sosiale Beleggings (KSB) beginsels om ‘n saamgestelde analiserings-raamwerk voor te hou. Die studie maak gebruik van kwalitatiewe metodes, naamlik los-gestruktureerde onderhoude asook die besprekings van ‘n fokusgroep wat gehou is tussen Pinkster / Charismatiese pastore / predikante in die Phoenix gemeenskap, noord van Durban. Die bevindinge suggereer dat die Indiese Pinkster / Charismatiese Kerk: i) uiteenlopende menings het oor wat presies sosiale opheffing is; ii) nie ‘n stel grondbeginsels rakende die befondsing van sosiale opheffingsprogramme het nie; en iii) nie ‘n duidelike bevrydingsteologie aanhang nie, welke feit ‘n groot uitdaging aan die Kerk bied, aangesien hierdie studie die standpunt inneem dat dit ‘n fundamentele rede is waarom die Kerk nie in staat is om aangeleenthede van sosiale geregtigheid en volhoubaarheid effektief aan te spreek nie.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:33:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-09-23Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:06:11Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000733675.pdf: 772007 bytes, checksum: a4852fff8773ba08aabb9493ea417288 (MD5) / O intento desta tese é investigar a contribuição de Roberto Simonsen para o conhecimento e a melhora das condições de vida dos trabalhadores no Brasil. Nossa hipótese é a de que o intelectual contribuiu de maneira fundamental para que o tema das condições de vida dos trabalhadores, especialmente dos operários, fosse inserido em uma agenda mais ampla, a do nacional-desenvolvimentismo, para a qual também contribuiu de maneira significativa, conforme debateremos ao longo deste trabalho. A obra de Simonsen é ampla e aborda aspectos variados, que se estendem desde os problemas centrais de nossa história econômica e social até questões relativas ao associativismo empresarial. Optamos por este tema porque entendemos que Simonsen tinha uma especial atenção para o tema das condições de vida e entendia que a superação da pobreza era a chave para que o Brasil se tornasse um país desenvolvido economicamente. Entendemos e pretendemos demonstrar ao longo do trabalho que foi a partir da constatação da situação de carestia em que a classe trabalhadora vivia no Brasil que o autor desenvolveu seus importantes conceitos sobre a economia e sobre a necessidade da industrialização como forma de superação da pobreza, sendo o tema o centro de suas teorias, o cerne, o alicerce do qual partiu para erguer o corolário de ideias sobre o Brasil e o mundo que o consagraram como um pensador do Brasil / The intent of this thesis is to investigate the contribution of Roberto Simonsen, for knowledge and improvement of living conditions of workers in Brazil. Our hypothesis is that the intellectual contributed in a fundamental way to the theme of the living conditions of workers, especially workermens, was inserted into a broader agenda, that of national developmentalism, to which she also contributed significantly, as we will discuss throughout this work. The work of Simonsen is broad and covers various aspects, which extend from the central problems of our economic and social history to issues relating to business associations. We chose this theme because we believe that Simonsen had a special attention to the issue of living conditions and understand that overcoming poverty was the key for Brazil, to become a developed country economically. We understand and we intend to demonstrate over the work, that was based on the statement of the situation of famine in the working class lived in Brazil, that the author developed his important concepts, about the economy and about the need for industrialization as a means of overcoming poverty, and the subject at the center of their theories, the core, the foundation of which went to build the corollary ideas about Brazil and the world consecrated as a thinker of Brazil

Thesis (MTech (Public Relations Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. / The history of public relations include facets of “publicity” and “press agentry,” and has matured beyond these narrow, tactical functions, rising to accept positioning as strategic communications which can drive corporate social responsibility decision-making that resonate credibly with community stakeholder. The study explored public relations models of communication within stakeholder engagement to establish corporate social responsibility projects in the mining sector in Richards Bay, South Africa. The stakeholder engagement process depends greatly on principles outlined in the King Reports, which includes a stakeholder ‘inclusive approach’ and ethical guidelines for ‘governing stakeholder relationships’ and emphasises ‘sustainable development’. Furthermore, a socially responsibility business integrates the economic, legal, ethical and discretionary obligation of business to society and further recognizes its place in the broader community. Although qualitative research design was chosen for this study, the research used purposive sampling to select individuals and groups for data collection on the stakeholder communication experience. Six Individual in-depth interviews and one focus group interview were conducted with the organisation’s Communities and Corporate Relations team and the community leaders. The research reports that the corporate social responsibility stakeholder engagement process has five stages (consultation, engagement, agreement, decision making and feedback) and there is an evaluation process on community development projects set by the organisation. Consequently, the organisation and the communities both benefit from the corporate social responsibility projects. Additionally, the analysis shows that the model used for stakeholder engagement within corporate social responsibility is the mixed-motive model of public relations. Hence, the relationship between the organisation and its host communities is established and maintained, as well as the social licence to operate and reputation is enhanced. Therefore the research concludes that a public relations’ mixed-motive model of communication is best suited for stakeholder engagement in order to establish corporate social responsibility projects in the host communities that can enhance favourable organisation-community relationships. The model intends to achieve equilibrium between the organisation and the community stakeholder. However, further research is recommended into the development of a new African public relations model of communication that encompasses the concept of ‘Ubuntu’ where the community leader is the final decision maker in consultation with the traditional council.