Corporate Social Responsibility Partnership to Alleviate Poverty in Kulon Progo Regency
Abstract: Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) partnership between the public sector and the private
sector has become a new trend in Indonesia in order to overcome budget
constraint. However, most CSR programs are not empowering and the
LocalGovernments tend to share development burden to the private sector. Kulon
Progo Regency is the poorest region in Java Island that conducts a CSR
partnership through One Village One Sister Company (OVOSC) program. This study
viewed communityempowerment and the discretion of the private sector in OVOSC
program. The research approach of this study was the qualitative approach,
which utilize in-depth interviews and literature study. Research results show
that OVOSC program is dominated bycharity programs. The private companies also
have relatively large discretion because the Government tends to share
development task to external actors based on the philosophy of gotong royong
(mutual cooperation). Kulon Progo Regency Government shouldendorse the
companies to launch more empowerment programs and strengthen the monitoring in
order to avoid the companies from abusing the discretion. This research also
confirms the statement from Donahue and Zeckhauser (2011) that categorized
CSRas an alternative way to engage private players in public missions and
different from collaborative governance.
Author: Felix Aglen Ndaru,
Teguh Kurniawan
Journal Code: jpadministrasinegaragg150055
