ABSTRACT
Corporate citizenship in Africa is a critical area of scholarly enquiry, driven by the legacy of colonialism and apartheid, the human needs of the continent in the face of widespread poverty, and the trend towards improved social responsibility by multinationals in a globalising economy. In a review of academic research on corporate citizenship in South Africa, Wayne Visser found that, of the pre-1994 publications, most deal with the ethical investment issues relating to apartheid, while, of the post-1994 articles, many focus on the individual ethics of South African managers. A number of journals—such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Strategy and the Environment, Organisation and Environment and Corporate Environmental Strategy—were included to improve the thematic coverage of the environmental aspect of corporate citizenship. There are clearly massive opportunities to increase the scale and coverage of corporate citizenship research in Africa, and especially to incorporate more thematic, geographic and sector diversity.
