At the present time when looking at corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Middle East the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stands out as a pioneer.
The paper describes the current state of CSR in the UAE on a number of dimensions where corporate philanthropy is identified as a primary activity.
The paper also explains how several influential forces are responsible for this development where religion is shown to be of central importance.
David Ronnegard is an economist from the Stockholm School of Economics and has a PhD in philosophy from the London School of Economics.