Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to examine the status of CSR in Ethiopia and provide
recommendations about the role of Ethiopian Government to support a CSR agenda and
intervention policy to address social challenges. Document review was employed as data
collection methods and data analysis and collection were performed simultaneously. It can be
concluded that in Ethiopia, there is no general aversion to the concept of CSR and the CSR label
has been applied to many initiatives and political programs without any effective strategic
discussion never having taken place this is due to the fact that the Ethiopian’s public policy
makers have never developed a strategic concept on the topic of CSR. Overall, the shortcomings
cannot be ascribed to the business community, but to the lack of a political framework.
Therefore, CSR should be discussed in Ethiopia in a programmatic manner, and a long-term
national CSR policy should be developed based on the four key principles: strategy,
communication and awareness, transparency and cooperation.
