Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the context of Corporate Social Respnsibility by hotels in Zanzibar. : A Minor Field Study

Abstract: This minor field study is an explorative analysis of the promotion/protection of human rights in the context of corporate social responsibility by two hotels in Zanzibar. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the motivations of the CSR practices of two hotels in Zanzibar and if the CSR practices can be used to promote/protect stakeholders human rights. The theory used to support the analysis is the stakeholder theory to demonstrate the responsibilities corporations have towards their stakeholders. The primary data is collected through interviews with one manager from each hotel to examine the motivations for the CSR, and with one stakeholder related to each hotel to examine the effects in terms of human rights. The findings indicate that the CSR practices are mostly motivated through altruistic/philanthropic reasons within the social/environmental category and that the three human rights examined have successfully been promoted and protected using the hotels CSR practices.