Corporate Social Responsibility in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions: An Empirical Assessment

Abstract

Corporate social responsibility goes beyond legal compliance as it also has social, economic, ethical and philanthropic dimension hence, these perspectives have attracted social scientists to this concept. This paper shall explore the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The sources of collecting data shall be both primary and secondary sources while the method of reaching the respondents is through the questionnaire designed using the 5 points Likert scale. The hypotheses shall be tested using the chi-square method. The paper concludes that corporate social responsibility promotes the corporate image and goodwill of tertiary institutions thus recommends that there should be upgrade of infrastructural facilities by the government so as to reduce the burden on institutions while funds be adequately provided to execute social responsibility activities.