CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN HOST COMMUNITIES BY TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN EDO AND DELTA STATES, NIGERIA.

OVBIAGELE; Abraham Otaigbe; AGHOLOR; Ikpomwosa Solomon

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2018

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN HOST COMMUNITIES BY TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN EDO AND DELTA STATES, NIGERIA.

Ovbiagele, Abraham Otaigbe, Agholor, Ikpomwosa Solomon

Abstract :

Corporate social responsibilities (CSR) are self-imposed obligations of corporate organizations as a way of cushioning the negative operational impacts they have on their host communities. Unfortunately, not many organizations including tertiary educational institutions have been living up to the CSR expectations of host communities in Nigeria. This necessitated a study of CSR in host communities by tertiary educational institutions in Edo and Delta states of Nigeria. The design of the study was a descriptive survey with a population of 3,000 out of which a sample size of 945 subjects were randomly selected. three research questions guided the study while three null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level significance. A questionnaire made of three clusters and 23 items was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts in measurement and evaluation. Cronbach apha test was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument with an overall reliability coefficient of 0.86. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation and the hypotheses were tested using t–test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that: there were low extent of CSR with respect to the provision of health extension services and infrastructural development in host communities, while there were moderate CSR with respect to environmental sustainability in host communities. Based on the findings above, the following recommendations were made: tertiary educational institutions in Edo and Delta states should provide CSR in host communities with respect to access to their health centres/facilities, preservation of the environment and infrastructural development of host communities.