Misjon og næringsliv : kan næringslivet bruke kompetansen til misjonsorganisasjoner - og vice versa - kan misjonsorganisasjoner samarbeide med næringslivet? Can corporate companies utilize the competence of mission organisations ? and vice versa ? can mission organisations co-operate with the business sector?

Engineering and oil companies are concerned by their reputation in the countries where they operate. Therefore they initiate development projects in the countries ? this is called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In this paper the following questions are discussed: Why do the companies contribute to CSR-projects? Is it because they have a genuine interest for social development in these countries, or is it pure reputation building? If they are concerned by local human development in the countries where they operate, can mission organisations and local churches be partners of co-operation? Some companies claim that they will only co-operate with organisations that are politically and religiously ?neutral?. Is this a barrier for co-operation with churches? With their grass-root organisation the churches have some essential assets when it comes to building the civil society. Could the CSR be more effectively executed if channelled through local churches? Would the churches accept such funding for their development projects? Or do they risk to compromise their real mission as ?light and salt? in the world?