The Transformative Potential of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain : Insights from Sustainability Certification Practices in Ghana

• Autore: Ollendorf Franziska
• Pubblicazione: Wiesbaden : , : Springer Vieweg. in Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, , 2024; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Abstract -- Résumé -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Problem Statement -- 1.2 Study Approach -- 1.2.1 Motivation and Rationale for the Study -- 1.2.2 Theoretical Background -- 1.2.3 Methodological approach / proceeding of the empirical study -- 1.2.4 Guiding Research Questions and Hypotheses -- 1.3 Organization of the Study -- Part I CSR as a Governance Tool in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 2 The Evolution of CSR as "a Concept for All" -- 2.1 CSR-the Genesis of an Ambivalent Concept -- 2.2 A Political Social Responsibility of Business? -- 2.3 Forms and Institutional Embeddedness of CSR -- 2.4 Concluding Thoughts on CSR as a Developmental Tool -- 3 Consent and Control: A Conceptual Framework for the Study of CSR in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 3.1 Understanding Organization and Control of Global Value Chains-the Global Value Chain Analysis Approach -- 3.1.1 The Evolution of Global Value Chain Analysis-the Ideological Journey of a Research Concept -- 3.1.2 Global Value Chain Analysis as a Methodical Framework -- 3.1.3 Limitations of the Industrial Governance Understanding in Global Value Chain Analysis -- 3.2 CSR as a Consent Strategy-Neo-Gramscian Perspectives on Global Governance -- 3.2.1 Antonio Gramsci's Concept of Cultural Hegemony -- 3.2.2 Neo-Gramscian Approaches to International Political Economy -- 3.2.3 CSR, Trasformismo, and the Manufacture of Consent in Global Value Chains -- 3.3 Governing through CSR-Elements of the Consent and Control Framework -- 4 CSR in a Dynamic Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 4.1 Historical and Geographic Features of the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 4.2 Main Activities within the Production Segments -- 4.2.1 Local Level: Cocoa Production and Linked Activities -- 4.2.2 National Level: Cocoa Marketing. ; 4.2.3 Global Level: From Transformation to Retailing -- 4.3 The Hybridization of Governance in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 4.4 Key Challenges to Achieve Sustainability in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 4.4.1 Environmental Pillar: Focus on Deforestation and Biodiversity Degradation -- 4.4.2 Economic Pillar: Focus on Value Distribution and Power Concentration in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 4.4.3 Social Pillar: Focus on Child Labor -- 4.5 CSR as a Response to Sustainability Deficiencies in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- Part II CSR and Transformations in Ghana's Cocoa Sector as Part of Governance Dynamics in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 5 The Cocoa Sector in Ghana-a Frontier at its Limits? -- 5.1 Ghana's Cocoa Frontier as a Driver of Rural Structural Change -- 5.2 The Institutional Setting of the Cocoa Sector in Ghana -- 5.2.1 A Historical Snap of the Institutional Environment and Sector Reforms -- 5.2.2 Today's Institutional Set-up and Stakeholder Positions -- 5.2.3 The Two main Segments in the Sector: Production and Marketing -- 5.3 Main Challenges to Establish Sustainability of Ghana's Last Cocoa Frontier -- 5.4 Main Sector Strategies to Respond to Sustainability Challenges -- 5.4.1 Public Sector Strategies -- 5.4.2 Farmers' Self-organization and NGOs' Support -- 5.4.3 Industry Interventions: CSR as a Response to Challenges on Ghana's Last Cocoa Frontier -- 6 Field Work Design and Procedures -- 6.1 Research Approach -- 6.2 Guiding Model for the Empirical Assessment of CSR-induced Transformations in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain -- 6.3 Field Work Strategy: Triangulation of Qualitative Research Tools -- 6.3.1 Study of Sector Constellation and Existing CSR Interventions in Ghana's Cocoa Industry -- 6.3.2 Farmers Interviews on Experiences with the Selected Sustainability Intervention -- 6.4 Data Processing and Analysis. ; 6.5 Characteristics of the Research Area and Socio-demographics of Interview Partners -- 7 CSR in Practice: Assessing the Implementation of one Cocoa Sustainability Program in Ghana -- 7.1 The Implementation: Modus Operandi of the Studied Project -- 7.1.1 Project Partners -- 7.1.2 The Implementation Process -- 7.2 Project Experiences from Different Perspectives -- 7.2.1 The Experiences of the Implementers -- 7.2.2 Farmers' Perceptions on the Project and their Participation in it -- 7.2.3 COCOBOD's Views on Private Sector-led Sustainability Interventions in the Sector -- 7.3 Private Sustainability Interventions and Institutional Transformations in Ghana's Cocoa Sector -- 7.3.1 New Forms of Sector Organization -- 7.3.2 New Patterns of Sector Cooperation -- 7.3.3 Shifting Marketing Relations -- 8 Transnational CSR as a Governance Tool and Local Development in the Global South -- 8.1 Cocoa Sustainability Certification through the Lenses of the Consent and Control Framework -- 8.1.1 Dimensions of the Transformative Process -- 8.1.2 Outcomes of Private Governmental Aspirations through CSR -- 8.2 TNC-driven Sustainability Certification and Local Development Opportunities -- 8.2.1 Regulatory Capacities at Risk -- 8.2.2 Upgrading Opportunities Reduced -- 8.2.3 No Fairness in a Certified Cocoa Bean -- 8.2.4 Shortcomings in Underlying Developmental Assumptions -- 8.3 Outlook: A Multiple-Scale Effort to Achieve Cocoa Sustainability and Overcome Cocoa Producers' Poverty -- 8.3.1 Requirements at the International Level -- 8.3.2 The Need for Increased National Efforts -- 8.3.3 The Gains of Local Self-Organization -- 9 Conclusions -- 9.1 Unpacking Ambitions, Tools and Effects of Transnational CSR -- 9.2 The Challenge to Open the Box-and How to Look in it -- 9.3 Possible Future Forms of CSR and Implications for Research and Practice -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Transformative Potential of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain
• ISBN: 3-658-43668-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910799223803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: (Re-)konstruktionen - Internationale und Globale Studien Series