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The Transformative Potential of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain

Insights from Sustainability Certification Practices in Ghana

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Authors:
  1. Franziska Ollendorf

    1. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction

    • Franziska Ollendorf
    Pages 2-21
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  3. CSR as a Governance Tool in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. The Evolution of CSR as “a Concept for All”

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 23-43
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    3. Consent and Control: A Conceptual Framework for the Study of CSR in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 45-78
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    4. CSR in a Dynamic Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 79-116
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  4. CSR and Transformations in Ghana’s Cocoa Sector as Part of Governance Dynamics in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. The Cocoa Sector in Ghana—a Frontier at its Limits?

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 119-150
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    3. Field Work Design and Procedures

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 151-182
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    4. CSR in Practice: Assessing the Implementation of one Cocoa Sustainability Program in Ghana

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 183-232
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    5. Transnational CSR as a Governance Tool and Local Development in the Global South

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 233-260
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    6. Conclusions

      • Franziska Ollendorf
      Pages 261-269
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  5. Back Matter

    Pages 271-299
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About this book

This book engages with the implications of an expanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of Transnational Corporations in their supply chains. Taking the case of a cocoa sustainability certification project in Ghana, the study examines the implementation process of such a transnational CSR intervention and its outcomes regarding the local governance and institutional environment of the cocoa sector in Ghana. The study deploys a theoretical framework based on Global Value Chain Analysis and a neo-Gramscian approach to Global Governance to assess transnational CSR as a concept and strategy that reflect power struggles in global production fields.



Authors and Affiliations

  • Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Müncheberg, Germany

    Franziska Ollendorf

About the author

Franziska Ollendorf is a research associate in the working group Sustainable Land Use in Developing Countries (SusLAND) at the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF). Her research centers on sustainability governance and institutional conditions for a sustainability transition in the agricultural sector, with a particular focus on the global cocoa-chocolate value chain.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Transformative Potential of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Cocoa-Chocolate Chain

  • Book Subtitle: Insights from Sustainability Certification Practices in Ghana

  • Authors: Franziska Ollendorf

  • Series Title: (Re-)konstruktionen - Internationale und Globale Studien

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-43668-1

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-43667-4Published: 01 January 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-43668-1Published: 31 December 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2731-0531

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-054X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 299

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Globalization, African Politics, Environmental Policy

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