SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF NIGERIAN COMPANIES(A CASE STUDY OF SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND CHEVROM)

The concept of social responsibility ahs generated a lot of controversy other the years although relatively new to the Nigerian society has continued to gain the attention of many school and businessmen. There is no general agreement on the other hand some executive and economic argue that the business of business is business to determine the relevance and extent of it’s adoption two oil forms SPDC and Chevron (Nig.) Ltd were selected for study this was in addition and opinions of community members in two Local Government Area Warri North and South in Delta State. The study is this an attempt to have an insight to the extent to which SPPC and Chevron (Nig) Ltd one socially responsible to which they operation the data analysis revealed that while the two frame made one form of contribution or other most members of the communities selected were dissatisfied with their performance this is because the expectation of communities of oil producing companies have not been met. The recommendation was that the firms should device an operations guide in the management amenities and members of the communities should be recruited during recruitment exercise