- Title Page————————————————————————————————– Declaration————————————————————————————————i Certification———————————————————————————————-ii Acknowledgements————————————————————————————-iii Abstract ————————————————————————————————–v Table of Contents—————————————————————————————vi List of Tables ——————————————————————————————–ix
Chapter ONE
INTRODUCTION
- 1.1Background to the Study—————————————————————————1
- 1.2Statement of the Research Problem—————————————————————2
- 1.3Research Questions———————————————————————————-3
- 1.4Objectives of the Study —————————————————————————–4
- 1.5Research Hypotheses——————————————————————————–4
- 1.6Significance of the Study—————————————————————————5
- 1.7Scope of the Study———————————————————————————-5
Chapter TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
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- 2.1Introduction——————————————————————————————–6
- 2.2The Concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) —————————————-6
- 2.3Historical Origin of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ———————————–8
- 2.4Economic Drivers of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ———————————-9
- 2.5Measurement of CSR and CFP ——————————————————————–12
- 2.6Reviewed of Empirical Studies on CSR and CFP ———————————————-15
- 2.7Theoretical Framework of the Study ————————————————————-31
- 2.8Chapter Summary ———————————————————————————–35
Chapter THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
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- 3.1Introduction——————————————————————————————-36
- 3.2Research Design ————————————————————————————-36
- 3.3Population and Sampling Design——————————————————————-36
- 3.4Sources of Data Collection and Method of Data Collection————————————37
- 3.5Techniques of Data Analysis————————————————————————37
- 3.8Chapter Summary ————————————————————————————38
Chapter FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
- AND ANALYSIS
- 4.1Introduction—————————————————————————————–39
- 4.2Descriptive Statistics of the Variables———————————————————–39
- 4.3Correlation Matrix of the Variables————————————————————–40
- 4.4Regression Results of the study——————————————————————41
- 4.5Model Summary with Collinearity Test———————————————————42
- 4.6Summary of the Findings————————————————————————–43
- 4.7Policy Implications of the Findings————————————————————–44
- 4.8Chapter Summary———————————————————————————–44
Chapter FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 5.1Summary———————————————————————————————45
- 5.2Conclusions——————————————————————————————45
- 5.3Recommendations———————————————————————————–45
- 5.4Suggestions for Further Research—————————————————————–46 Bibliography————————————————————————————-46 Appendices‟ ————————————————————————————-62 LIST OF TABLES Table 2.
- 6.1Synopses on Corporate Social Responsibility Studies 30 Table 2.
- 6.2Other Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility 30 Table 3.
- 5.1Variables of the Study on Corporate Social Responsibility 37 Table 4.
- 2.1Descriptive Statistics of the Variables 39 Table 4.
- 3.1Correlation Matrix 40 Table 4.
- 4.1Regression Result of the Study 41 Table 4.
- 5.1Model Summary with Collinearity Test 42
Thesis Abstract
The study examined the impact of corporate social responsibility on the financial performance of Quoted Conglomerates in Nigeria. The research design adopted by the study is correlational and the population constitutes of the eight (8) conglomerate companies quoted on the Nigeria Stock Exchange as at 31st December 2011. Due to the data availability of the companies and the fact that they are few in number, the study uses census approach. The study uses secondary data and the instrument used for the collection of the data is documentation. The data used are extracted from the annual reports of the conglomerates, NSE factbooks and Daily official lists of the NSE official lists of the NSE. The data is for the period of 6 years ranging from 2006-2011. The study used Multiple Regression Model as the techniques of analysis using SPSS 16.0 software. The study found that two of the independent variables (i.e. ER and CP) have significant positive impacts and other one (i.e. EMS) negative impact. In line with the findings of the study, we conclude that corporate social responsibility plays a significant role on the profitability of conglomerates in Nigeria. The study therefore recommends that companies should embark on more rendering of social responsibility as this could leads to more profitability improvement. Regulatory authorities should come up with clearly defined regulation on how to go about social responsibility issues of the companies and the government should ensure full implementations of the regulations.