ENFORCING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR): AN ASSESSMENT OF INSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS AGAINST MULTINATIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Enforcing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been largely controversial. This is largely due to questions of whether legitimate claims can arise social responsibility lacking in established legal rights and obligations. This paper assesses the nature of CSR framework in Nigeria to determine the possibility of a legal claim against governments or multinationals operating in Nigeria. The research achieves the outcome by evaluating the operations of the Nigerian Content and Monitoring Development Board (NCMDB) in relation to elicit the structural inadequacies in performing its functions with regards to enforcing CSR presumptions.