Abstract: There are raging debates that corporate practices of large corporate organizations such as multinational oil companies (MNOCs) are at variance with sustainable environmental development proclivity. Knowledge Management (KM) could assume new roles for institutional overhaul of corporate organizations such as MNOCs where Green Corporate Social Responsibility (GCSR) could be prioritized in crude oil resource exploitation to alleviate deleterious environmental effects. A four decade scenario of oil spill (1976 to 2011) and case analysis between Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) a major MNOC in the Niger Delta South -South Nigeria and Ogoni an oil bearing community in the Niger Delta was examined to demonstrate how Ogoni sealed SPDCs’ operations since 1993. The study deployed sets of primary and secondary data sources as well as seminal theoretical issues raised on environmental sustainability. Findings suggest that green KM initiatives have had minimal impacts on multinational oil companies (MNOCs) and their business transactions as MNOCs protect their historical corporate interests against KM scrutiny. The paper proposes a green corporate social responsibility (GCSR) as a model for corporate resource sustainability.
Keywords: Sustainable Development, Environmental Degradation, KM, Green Corporate Strategy.
Title: Exploring Knowledge Management and Green Corporate Strategy (GCS) Nexus
Author: Luke Amadi, Imoh Imoh-Ita, Mina M Ogbanga
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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