Effect Of Corporate Social Responsibility On The Performance Of The Nigerian Banking Sector

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The last twenty years have seen a radical change in the private sector’s relationship both with the state and the civil society. Globalization, deregulation, privatization, and the withdrawing of line between state and market have changed the basis on which private enterprise is expected to contribute to the public goods. Meanwhile, the relationship between company and civil society has move from being paternalistic philanthropy to re- examination of roles, rights and responsibilities of business in society (Alawiye and Babatunde, n.d). In t…