3 research outputs found
Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures, Traditionalism and Politics: A Story from a Traditional Setting
No full text© 2016 The Author(s) This paper demonstrates the political perspective of corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures and, drawing on Weber’s notion of traditionalism, seeks to explain what motivates companies to make such disclosures in a traditional setting. Annual reports of 23 banking companies in Bangladesh are analysed over the period 2009–2012. This is supplemented by a review of documentary evidence on the political and social activities of corporations and reports published in national and international newspapers. We found that, in the banking companies over the period of study, apparently neutral, corporate, philanthropic activities disclosed and promoted in CSR reports are inextricably linked to powerful leaders’ personal projects and the ruling party’s agendas. We have demonstrated elements of traditional societies, including personal loyalty and the public display of loyalty, the master–servant relationship, and obedience to personal rather than formal authority, provide an understanding of why banks (with or without explicit political linkages with the ruling party) have employed politically charged CSR disclosure strategies. The paper contributes to disclosure studies where political motivations of corporate disclosure rarely discussed. The paper extends the debate on political CSR by demonstrating that the role of family and familial values at the organisational and national levels may be much more important when it comes to CSR disclosure and activities
PERENCANAAN PEMBANGUNAN DESA YANG TEPAT SASARAN MELALUI OPTIMALISASI DANA DESA PADA DESA TIUDAN
No full textPlanning for village development is a crucial step to ensure that village funds are utilized efficiently and appropriately. This study aims to examine how Tiudan Village conducts development planning using methods that involve open community participation, as well as how Village Fund management is implemented at each planning phase. The study employed a qualitative approach, encompassing in-depth interviews and field observations. The findings indicate that the development planning process is carried out in stages, starting with the Hamlet Deliberation (Musyawarah Hamlet), the Village Deliberation (Musyawarah Desa), and finally the development of the Village Work Plan (RKPDes) and Village Budget (APBDes), which contain priority proposals based on urgent needs and available budget capacity. Transparency is promoted through open forums, the use of village social media, bulletin boards, and the preparation of the Village Budget (RAP) and Village Budget (RAB) overseen by the sub-district government. However, several challenges remain, such as differing interests between hamlets, limited funding, and uneven technical capacity among village officials. Overall, Tiudan Village has implemented the development planning process effectively and accountably, although capacity building and coordination are needed to optimize Village Fund management in the future
Direction of social work education in Malaysia: strategies to implement good governance
No full textThe debates on how social work education shapes a good governance widely debated particularly international, but rarely considered together. The author undertook in-depth understanding on this issue by searching related literature to understand how social work education can shapes good governance in Malaysia. This paper analyses five adaptation strategies, namely, restructuring knowledge and skill of academic staff, strengthening social relationship with stakeholder, restructuring pedagogical techniques, implementation community development program, and facilitating the learning of alternative skills. These suggestions are hoped to provide a serious concern to the policy makers, local leaders, and government to concern that social work education is the crucial element to improving good governance in Malaysia
