South Africa In 1652‚ Dutch traders founded the city of Cape Town‚ establishing a stopover point on the spice route at the southern tip of what is now South Africa. The British seized the Cape of Good Hope in 1806. In 1867‚ diamonds were discovered in South Africa‚ and in 1886‚ gold initiated immigration and wealth‚ further subduing the native inhabitants. The Boers unsuccessfully attempted to resist British control with the Boer War. Under the Union of South Africa beginning in 1910
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Ladonya Gatling World Civilizations II Mr. Mitchell 10:00-10:50 (MWF) Colonialism in Africa "Neither imperialism nor colonialism is a simple act of accumulation nor acquisition… Out of imperialism‚ notions about culture were classified‚ reinforced‚ criticized or rejected” (BBC World Service). The nineteenth century saw massive changes in Africa. Some were driven by famine and disease (BBC World Service). Some changes were the result of the territorial ambitions of African rulers. As the century
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corporate policy‚ workplace practices and standards. To help meet these challenges‚ Porter and Kramer provide a holistic CSR approach for IHRM. The ‘inside-out’ approach maps the social impact of the HR activities value chain to identify positive and negative social impacts. The ‘outside-in’ approach diagnoses the social dimensions of a company’s competitive context to identify both CSR risks and opportunities. Additionally‚ by understanding cross-cultural nuances‚ alongside catering functional HRM activities
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Peoples and Cultures of Africa Religion in Africa All over the world‚ many religions exist and are found in the everyday lives of millions of people. These religions have many cultural influences on the life of a person but also have influences on the government bodies that govern countries. Religion is also an important look at the history of a nation and gives an inside look at how and why a country is run the way it is. In Africa‚ religion plays a tremendous role in everyday lifestyles. The
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social responsibilities (CSR). CSR became widespread due to a lot of factors and some of them are pressures from non-governmental organizations (NGOs)‚ activists and multinational companies who spreads their CSR beliefs and practices (Beckman et al‚ 2009). These pressures forced firms to be active in CSR‚ which is actually beneficial not only to the
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is mainly about the awareness of and actions in support of environmentally sustainable societal development. Yet to be mainstreamed into corporate practice with a firmed up definition‚ CSR actions aim at mitigating the diverse environmental impact of the activities of the business‚ and at reducing inequalities and alleviating deprivation and poverty in the communities across the country. In the wide range of possible CSR actions‚ each business is expected to
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CSR as Social Obligation Over the last century‚ many scholars tried to conceptualise CSR and its management applications. Bowen (1953) was the first to launch the concept of CSR as a social obligation. According to him‚ CSR is a social obligation “to pursue those policies‚ to make those decision‚ or to follow those lines of action which are desirable in terms of objectives and values of our society”. Carroll (1979)‚ following Bowen’s thinking‚ identified four stages of CSR development: economic
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perspective. The colonization of Africa has a long history‚ and can be explained as being set in motion as early as 200 AD‚ with the migration of Bantu speaking Africans from central Africa to the south of Africa due to the agricultural boom and overpopulation of tribes‚ known as one of the largest human migrations in history (ref). Following the migration of the Bantu language group was the spread of Islam from 750 – 1500 AD‚ which was first accepted in West Africa by the Dya’ogo Dynasty. Following
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Begins to Take Corporate Social Responsibility Seriously: CSR and Social Harmony in the PRC©1 Edward F. Ahnert2 Abstract: This essay describes the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Peoples Republic of China. It links that evolution to the major shifts in Chinese economic policy and in particular to the call for a harmonious society since 2002. It describes how since 2008 the government of China has become the major promoter of CSR not only to achieve a harmonious society but also to
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The history of South Africa encompasses over three million years. Ape-like hominids who migrated to South Africa around three million years ago became the first human-like inhabitants of the area now known as South Africa. Representatives of homo erectus gradually replaced them around a million years ago when they also spread across Africa and into Europe and Asia. Homo erectus gave way to homo sapiens around 100‚000 years ago. The first homo sapiens formed the Bushman culture of skilled hunter-gatherers
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