"Table of ContentsDECLARATION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3ACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................................................................. 41 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 51.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ............................................................................................................................... 61.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 81.3 RESEARCH AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................................................... 82 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................................. 92.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 92.2 DEFINITIONS, CONCEPTS AND EVOLUTIONS OF CSR ....................................................................................... 92.3 ARGUMENT ON CSR DEFINITION ......................................................................................................................... 102.4 CSR AS A CORPORATE STRATEGY ....................................................................................................................... 122.5 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CSR AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ............................................................... 132.6 STAKEHOLDER VERSUS SHAREHOLDER THEORIES ....................................................................................... 142.7 SHAREHOLDER THEORY ........................................................................................................................................ 142.8 STAKEHOLDER THEORY......................................................................................................................................... 152.9 DIMENSIONS OF CSR ............................................................................................................................................... 162.10 ANALYSIS OF CSR DIMENSIONS ........................................................................................................................... 172.11 BUSINESS ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS .................................................................................................... 182.12 CSR IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY .................................................................................................................. 192.13 CSR IN THE NIGERIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY .............................................................................................. 202.14 THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN CSR ................................................................................................................... 222.15 LIMITATION TO AN EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF CSR IN NIGERIA ................................................... 233 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................... 243.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 243.2 RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY ........................................................................................................................................ 263.2.1 EPISTEMOLOGY 263.2.2 ONTOLOGY 263.3 AXIOLOGY.................................................................................................................................................................. 273.4 RESEARCH APPROACH ............................................................................................................................................ 273.5 RESEARCH METHOD ................................................................................................................................................ 293.6 RESEARCH STRATEGY ............................................................................................................................................ 293.7 DATA COLLECTION METHOD ................................................................................................................................ 303.8 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY ................................................................................................................................ 313.9 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................................................. 313.10 ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 314 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................................ 324.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 324.2 IDENTIFICATION OF CSR PRACTICES IN THE NIGER DELTA BY PRIVATEORGANISATIONS .................................................................................................................................................................... 32 4.2.1 NIGER DELTA REGION 324.2.2 THE OIL INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA 344.2.3 CSR PRACTICES BY PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS 364.2.4 CHEVRON?S ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 374.3 NATURE AND TYPE OF CSR ACTIVITY ADOPTED BY OIL COMPANIES AND THENIGERIAN GOVERNMENT TO ADDRESS SOCIAL ISSUES ............................................................................................. 404.3.1 CSR ACTIVITES OF CHEVRON 404.3.2 HOW THE GOVERNMENT CAN TACKLE THE SOCIAL ISSUES 424.4 IMPACT OF PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS IN ADDRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES INTHE NIGER DELTA REGION ................................................................................................................................................. 445 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ............................................................................................... 476 LIST OF REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................................ 481 DECLARATIONAll the results presented in this research work are the findings of my own investigation. Otherinformation gathered from different scholars has been appropriately reference using CoventryUniversity Harvard Reference style. I have also ensured that the research work abide by theCoventry University ethics requirement and plagiarism. Signed: Date: 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCorporate social responsibility comes to light to be a settled concept, even though there is nosingle definition with many multinational organisations complying with its components. Inview of this, this research explores two key issues. The first is that, is the main essentialportion of CSR being used in the real life by these corporate organisations in developingnations like Nigeria? The second focuses on corporate social responsibility made corporateorganisations the evident victim. Why the federal government of Nigeria been allowed torelinquish their main responsibility to its people? The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the socialresponsibility of the federal government of Nigeria and CSR. This research also examines therole of the Nigerian government in making sure that corporate organisations operateresponsibly. In order to provide answers to these questions, the researcher focuses on theoperations of Chevron in the Niger delta. "