[ RSE au Congo: Sortie de l’impasse des réformes imposées en temps de guerres? Vers une politique de responsabilité sociétale de l’entreprise ]
Volume 44, Issue 3, January 2025, Pages 586–608
Corneille Ntamwenge1
1 Professeur associé, Université de l’Uélé, Isiro, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The study does not concern the acts and practices of full dispossession, nor pernicious societal degradations identified. It rather focusses on the issue of CSR in the Congo, examining evolution of implementating notions of societal responsibility and codes of ethics in the enterprises that operate on Congolese territory. Its purpose has three interlinked aims. The first one concerns the conception and definition of CSR in the Congo, while the second, the potential existence of a CSR policy for all Congolese companies. Results collected at this level straightly imply following question, the third aim of the study. How to proceed in designing and establishing relevant corporate societal responsibility policy in the Congo ? The treatment of this issue has highlighted the major function of legislation and business ethics (BE) in CSR policy in the 21st Century. The study thus presents itself as a pressing call for designing a CSR policy for all active enterprises on the Congolese territory. The reflections and analyses of this study are divided into six sections: (1) introduction, (2) legal framework for CSR in the Congo, (3) Congolese experience of CSR, (4) CSR definition, (5) history of BE and CSR, and (6) conclusive remarks. The contribution of business ethics has shed light on the study upon three themes: CSR, institutionalization of ethics, and implementation of CSR policies.
Author Keywords: business ethics, moral integrity, extractive industry, stakeholders, legislation, territories, voluntary regulation, sustainable development.
Volume 44, Issue 3, January 2025, Pages 586–608
Corneille Ntamwenge1
1 Professeur associé, Université de l’Uélé, Isiro, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2025 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The study does not concern the acts and practices of full dispossession, nor pernicious societal degradations identified. It rather focusses on the issue of CSR in the Congo, examining evolution of implementating notions of societal responsibility and codes of ethics in the enterprises that operate on Congolese territory. Its purpose has three interlinked aims. The first one concerns the conception and definition of CSR in the Congo, while the second, the potential existence of a CSR policy for all Congolese companies. Results collected at this level straightly imply following question, the third aim of the study. How to proceed in designing and establishing relevant corporate societal responsibility policy in the Congo ? The treatment of this issue has highlighted the major function of legislation and business ethics (BE) in CSR policy in the 21st Century. The study thus presents itself as a pressing call for designing a CSR policy for all active enterprises on the Congolese territory. The reflections and analyses of this study are divided into six sections: (1) introduction, (2) legal framework for CSR in the Congo, (3) Congolese experience of CSR, (4) CSR definition, (5) history of BE and CSR, and (6) conclusive remarks. The contribution of business ethics has shed light on the study upon three themes: CSR, institutionalization of ethics, and implementation of CSR policies.
Author Keywords: business ethics, moral integrity, extractive industry, stakeholders, legislation, territories, voluntary regulation, sustainable development.
Abstract: (french)
L’étude ne porte ni sur les actes et pratiques de dépossession totale, ni sur les pernicieuses dégradations sociétales identifiées. Elle se penche plutôt sur la problématique de la RSE au Congo, examinant l’évolution de la mise en œuvre des notions de responsabilité sociétale et de codes d’éthique dans les entreprises opérant sur le territoire congolais. La finalité de l’étude comporte trois visées solidaires. La première concerne la conception et la définition de la RSE au Congo, alors que la deuxième, l’existence potentielle d’une politique de RSE pour toutes les entreprises du Congo. Les résultats recueillis à ce niveau impliquent directement la question suivante, troisième visée de l’étude. Comment procéder pour concevoir et instituer une politique pertinente de responsabilité sociétale de l’entreprise au Congo ? Le traitement de cette question a fait ressortir le rôle majeur de la législation et de l’éthique des affaires (EA) dans la politique de RSE au XXIe siècle. L’étude se présente ainsi comme un appel pressant à la conception d’une politique de RSE pour toutes les entreprises actives sur le territoire congolais. Les réflexions et analyses de cette étude sont réparties en six sections: (1) introduction, (2) cadre juridique de la RSE au Congo, (3) expérience congolaise de la RSE, (4) définition de la RSE, (5) histoire de l’EA et de la RSE et (6) remarques conclusives. L’apport de l’éthique des affaires a éclairé l’étude sur trois thèmes, à savoir la RSE, l’institutionnalisation de l’éthique et la mise en œuvre des politiques de RSE.
Author Keywords: éthique des affaires, intégrité morale, industrie extractive, parties prenantes, législation, territoires, régulation non-obligatoire, développement durable.
How to Cite this Article
Corneille Ntamwenge, “CSR in DR Congo: An exit from the reform impasse imposed in war time ? Towards a corporate societal responsibility policy,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 586–608, January 2025.
