LES PRATIQUES DE LA RSE PAR LES ENTREPRISES D’EXPLOITATIONS FORESTIÈRES DANS LE BASSIN DU CONGO : CONFORMISME OU VOLONTARISME ?

Abstract

This paper aims at discussing corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices in logging companies
in the Congo basin. A study of five cases concerning five companies, two are european, two asiatic
and one cameroonese reveals that CSR practices in those companies are much more characterized
by their conformism to the regulations at both domestic and international level, rather than by
strong voluntary initiatives. The ongoing conformism make those practices ineffective inasmuch as
those regulations are more advantageous to the business community but, to the detriment of local
populations who are directly affected by the logging