Stefan Gold
Collective action for tackling “wicked” social problems: a system dynamics model for corporate community involvement
Gold, Stefan; Muthuri, Judy N.; Reiner, Gerald
Authors
JUDY MUTHURI judy.muthuri@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Sustainable Business and Development
Gerald Reiner
Abstract
Although corporations have been often accused of exacerbating social and environmental conditions in developing world regions where they operate, there are companies that sincerely engage in community development initiatives and aim for the delivery of public goods in poor regions. Still there is disquiet on how these companies go about undertaking community development initiatives spawning various forms of criticisms regarding negative side-effects of corporate social action. By means of system dynamics, and based on the longitudinal case study of Tata Chemicals Magadi (Kenya), this paper develops a model of collective action for development. Thereby it sheds light on the variables and mechanisms that are crucial for making community involvement projects an overall success for all actors involved while benefitting the initiating company. The model highlights in particular the importance of “we-feeling” between all relevant stakeholders and of participatory community development capacity. The results indicate that collaborative networks actively including local communities may foster communities’ self-help capacity, while creating a positive feed-back loop to company performance. This study allows exploring new forms of social responsibility that leave behind corporate-focussed models for the sake of inclusive and participatory forms of shared responsibility, which is of relevance on both the academic and practical side, and may also be transferred to an industrialized world context.
Citation
Gold, S., Muthuri, J. N., & Reiner, G. (2018). Collective action for tackling “wicked” social problems: a system dynamics model for corporate community involvement. Journal of Cleaner Production, 179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.197
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 25, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Nov 25, 2017 |
Publication Date | Apr 1, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Nov 30, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 26, 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Cleaner Production |
Print ISSN | 0959-6526 |
Electronic ISSN | 1879-1786 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 179 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.11.197 |
Keywords | Community involvement; participation; corporate responsibility; inclusion; longitudinal case study; system dynamics |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/922642 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652617328706 |
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