Corporate social responsibility in Nigeria and multinational corporations in the fight against human trafficking in oil-producing communities

Uduji, Joseph and Okolo-Obasi, Elda and Asongu, Simplice (2019): Corporate social responsibility in Nigeria and multinational corporations in the fight against human trafficking in oil-producing communities. Published in: Local Environment , Vol. 24, No. 12 (December 2019): pp. 1097-1118.

Abstract

In Nigeria, human trafficking is a hidden crime, driven by the current economic situation of the country. The Nigerian government has demonstrated significant efforts to combating human trafficking in the country by creating the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The incidents of human trafficking in the Nigeria’s oil-producing communities have remained among the highest in the country and higher than the national average. The objective of this investigation was to determine the impact of a new corporate social responsibility (CSR) model of multinational oil companies (MOCs) on the fight against human trafficking in the host communities. A total of one thousand, two hundred households were sampled across the rural communities of Niger Delta. Results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit model indicated that MOCs hold the key to combating human trafficking by fostering effective partnership across different sectors, if highest CSR priority is assigned to reducing incidents of human trafficking in the oil-producing communities. Embracing the fight against human trafficking should form the foundation of General Memorandum of Understanding (GMoUs) practice, which in turn will provide the enabling environment for more widespread responsible business. As most of the human trafficking in the Niger Delta is exploited by relatives or friends; MOCs should involve traditional and religious leaders in the fight and set up GMoU clusters interventions specifically for anti-trafficking agencies including NAPTIP, the police and immigration to support their actions and improve efficiency.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Corporate social responsibility; multinational corporations; oil producing communities; human trafficking; propensity score matching; Nigeria
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J4 - Particular Labor Markets > J43 - Agricultural Labor Markets; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O40 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies > O55 - Africa; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q10 - General

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