Contributo das acções de responsabilidade social das empresas multinacionais no desenvolvimento local-estudo de caso Mozal na comunidade de Beluluane

Abstract

The present work focuses on the Contribution of the Social Responsibility Actions of Multinational Companies in Local Development - Case Study of Mozal in the Community of Beluluane and has as research problem, the prevalence of poverty in the households that were once beneficiaries of the actions of CSR . The objective of this research is to analyze the contribution of MOZAL's corporate social responsibility actions in the local development of the Beluluane community. Regarding the hypotheses, it was defined as the first, that CSR actions contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of the beneficiary families, however, the families continue to present high levels of poverty due to the fact that the actions have low investment relative to the demand. And the second hypothesis is that the weak participation and integration of the local community in the design of CSR actions and the weak promotion of training actions within the scope of their implementation, influences the prevalence of high levels of poverty and vulnerability of the beneficiary families. The analysis of the proposed social reality was based on Long's (2001) theory, called an actor-oriented perspective, and Sen's (2001) development perspective. For the conceptual framework, four key concepts were defined, namely: Community, Local Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Service. With regard to methodological aspects, a qualitative approach was chosen and action research was used as a method of procedure. For data collection in the field, semi-structured interviews and direct observation were used. From the data collected, it was shown that there was some improvement in the living conditions of the beneficiaries, with high levels of poverty prevailing due to the fact that the investment applied in CSR actions is low and dispersed in several areas that do not have an intimate relationship in terms of purpose. On the other hand, the fact that there is an effective involvement of the local community and weak promotion of training actions for the beneficiaries also contributed to the current levels of poverty, making them become agents of change.