Business and Society in the Middle East: Exploring Responsible Business Practice

194 Pages·2017·3.286 MB·English

by  Nehme Azoury (eds.)

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Palgrave Studies in Governance, Leadership and
Responsibility
Series Editors
Simon Robinson
Inter-Disc Ethics Applied Centre
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds, United Kingdom
Jim Parry
Charles University
Prague 1, Czech Republic
William Sun
Leeds Business School
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds, United Kingdom
The fall-out from many high profile crises in governance and leader-
ship in recent decades, from banking to healthcare, continues to be felt
around the world. Major reports have questioned the values and behav-
iour, not just of individual organizations but of professionals, industries
and political leadership. These reports raise questions about business cor-
porations and also public service institutions. In response this new series
aims to explore the broad principles of governance and leadership and
how these are embodied in different contexts, opening up the possibility
of developing new theories and approaches that are fuelled by interdis-
ciplinary approaches. The purpose of the series is to highlight critical
reflection and empirical research which can enable dialogue across sec-
tors, focusing on theory, value and the practice of governance, leadership
and responsibility.
Written from a global context, the series is unique in bringing leader-
ship and governance together. The King III report connects these two
fields by identifying leadership as one of the three principles of effective
governance however most courses in business schools have traditionally
treated these as separate subjects. Increasingly, and in particular with the
case of executive education, business schools are recognizing the need to
develop and produce responsible leaders. The series will therefore encour-
age critical exploration between these two areas and as such explore socio-
logical and philosophical perspectives.
More information about this series at
http://www.springer.com/series/15192
Nehme Azoury
Editor
Business and Society
in the Middle East
Exploring Responsible Business Practice
Editor
Nehme Azoury
Holy Spirit University of Kaslik
Jounieh, Lebanon
Palgrave Studies in Governance, Leadership and Responsibility
ISBN 978-3-319-48856-1 ISBN 978-3-319-48857-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48857-8
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Acknowledgements
To my dedicated team, partners and colleagues, who made it conceivable
to believe in a brighter future for our region.
To my family, who provided me with moral support throughout the
writing of this book.
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Contents
1 The Key Role of Media and Businesses in Helping Regional
Societies Navigate Modern-Day Storms 1
Ramsay Najjar
2 Business and Organization for Sustainable Societies 17
Karim Seghir
3 Culture and Business Operations: How the Gulf Arab
Leadership Style Impacts a Contingent Human Resource
Management 31
William Scott-Jackson and Jonathan Michie
4 Development of Education and Its Impact
on Middle Eastern Societies 49
George M. Jabbour, Linda A. Livingstone, and Lindos Daou
5 E ntrepreneurs in Development: Vectors
for Society’s Progress 67
Taïeb Hafsi
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6 Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility 81
Georges Azzi and Nehme Azoury
7 The Impact of Businesses in the MENA Region 91
Thami Ghorfi and Imad Eddine Hatimi
8 Corporate Social Responsibility and Culture 127
Jacques Rojot
9 Middle Eastern Women in the Workplace: Between
Traditional Careers and Entrepreneurship 149
Madonna Salameh-Ayanian and Ursula El Hage
10 Ethical and Political Marketing in the Middle East 165
Charbel Salloum and Mario Sassine
Conclusion 179
Index 183
List of Figures
Fig. 3.1 Pie chart representing the nationality respondents 37
Fig. 3.2 Pie chart representing the range of industrial
sectors of respondents 37
Fig. 3.3 Number of times each concept related to a distinct
‘Gulf Arab leadership style’ is mentioned 39
Fig. 3.4 Number of times each determinant of a distinct
‘Gulf Arab leadership style’ is mentioned 42
Fig. 4.1 Trends for literacy for youth rates 52
Fig. 4.2 Unemployment rates by country 54
Fig. 4.3 Educational attainment of the population aged
25 years and older. 56
Fig. 4.4 Public investment in education in MENA countries
(percentage of GDP) 58
Fig. 4.5 Life expectancy at birth 61
Fig. 6.1 Corporate Social Responsibility Pyramid 85
Fig. 7.1 The Evolution of the GDP growth rate
in the MENA region 93
Fig. 7.2 The evolution of expenses related to health services 100
Fig. 7.3 Demographic evolution until 2050 in the MENA region 101
Fig. 7.4 The evolution of the GDP per capita in Morocco 103
Fig. 7.5 The evolution of the human development
index in Morocco 103
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Fig. 7.6 Th e evolution of the private capital contribution percentage
to national investments in Morocco 104
Fig. 7.7 Th e evolution of the growth rates of the non-agricultural
sector (OECD (2016)) 105
Fig. 7.8 Th e percentage of enterprises with R&D units in
Morocco, according to their nature 109
Fig. 7.9 Th e evolution of Moroccan exports of transformed
agri-food products 112
Fig. 7.10 Th e evolution of Morocco’s exports structure between
1998 and 2004 115
Fig. 7.11 Implantation of Moroccan companies at the African level 117
Fig. 9.1 C areer path linking “Aspiration” to the “Marital &
Familial Status” of women 157