Corporate Social Responsibility and Social License to Operate in the Niger Delta: A Case of the SPDC Global Memorandum of Understanding (GMoU)

International oil companies (IOC) approach to community relations in the Niger Delta of Nigeria has evolved over time. The discovery of crude oil in commercial quantity and subsequent exploration in 1956 was followed by a pay-as-you-go approach to community relations. Under this first phase, the idea was to keep communities at arm‟s-length as much as possible while securing local right-of-way (ROW)
(Idemudia, 2009).

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Igazeuma Adikema, Okoroba, Sofiri Joab-Peterside, Steve Okodudu
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The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) began active operation in Nigeria in 1936. After a reputational dent in 1995 over the Ogoni incident, Shell undertook a major review of its strategies in the Niger Delta region. The company implemented extensive consultation to overhaul its practices in the region. The company‟s aspiration to contribute economic development and conflict prevention was accompanied by disputes over reward systems which resulted in civil unrest and violence which significantly hampered the company’s social license to operate (SLO) (WAC Global Services, 2003).

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book-author

Igazeuma Adikema, Okoroba, Sofiri Joab-Peterside, Steve Okodudu
Format

PDF, Paperback
Language

English
Pages

9
Publisher

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria
Year Published

2019

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