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Item Corporate Social Responsibility in the UAE Construction and Education Sectors(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-05) Thomas, Betty ESociety, environment and community in the United Arab Emirates have experienced the impact of industrialization and globalization over the last few decades. This has provided grounds for businesses in the United Arab Emirates to construct a close relationship between corporation, state and society which implies the relevance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This dissertation investigates the perception, policies and practices and the relevance of CSR which is a relatively new concept to the country. The samples selected for the study are taken from the construction and education sectors with a combination of local, expatriate and joint venture businesses. The research focuses on stakeholder management as well as investigates topics such as benchmarking, factors that motive individuals and businesses to practice CSR including small and medium enterprises operating in the UAE. In-depth interviews are the main method of data collection. Thematic and quantitative content analysis was used to evaluate selected research propositions designed by the researcher to explore and understand the new CSR policies and practices and identify how they are implemented in the organizations studied. The dissertation concludes there is evidence for some CSR practices and CSR policies being promoted and supported within the region.Item Corporate social responsibility: tools, drivers, and enablers in the emirate of Dubai(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-08) Malik, NajiaAs the calls to businesses to be socially responsible become more urgent, the main debate in academia has moved away from attempts to reaching a unified definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) towards efforts to understanding how businesses can implement CSR more effectively. Existing literature proposes that for organisations to become more corporately responsible, significant links need to be established between CSR and HRM. “…an alliance of legal, PR and HR departments can be the key to successfully implementing CSR initiatives.” (Redington 2005:48). Perceptions regarding CSR, its tools, drivers and enablers, are explored through an empirical study of organisations operating in the rapidly emerging economy of the emirate of Dubai. The results show that though the phenomenon of CSR in the emirate has transformed from solely philanthropy to organisations seeking to roll out their CSR initiatives through a more cohesive CSR strategy, the challenge lies in developing significant multiple and explicit CSR and HRM links.