Corporate Social Responsibility: Perspectives of Foreign and Local Oil Marketing Companies in Ghana

CSR activities in Ghana are undoubtedly receiving spectacular approval, either through companies’ voluntary acts to improve social conditions of the communities in which they operate or purely as a corporate strategy to enhance reputation and potentially increase profitability in the organisation. It is in light of this that the researchers selected both foreign and locally based oil marketing companies in Ghana to examine their expressive social actions in the communities they operate in. The researchers found that as part of their CSR activities, the oil marketing companies focus on meeting educational needs, healthcare-related projects, safety issues, environmental interests, and community-related outreach programs such as providing potable water and donating towards community festivities.