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Download Citation | Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana: Lessons from the mining sector | Ghana is the second largest gold producer in Africa after South Africa, and the third largest African ...
Jan 06, 2017· Frederiksen, Tomas, Corporate Social Responsibility and Political Settlements in the Mining Sector in Ghana, Zambia and Peru (January 3, 2017). ESID Working Paper No 74. Manchester: Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, The University of Manchester.
In response to widespread and increasing criticism, the mining industry has started to pay serious attention to its environmental and social impacts. This has recently manifested itself in the formulation of corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and strategies and a proliferation of CSR, environmental, sustainability and community ...
Jan 01, 2020· A recent white paper, Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: An Atlas, recognises the potential contribution of the mining sector to the achievement of the 17 SDGs at national, regional and global levels, and UNDP et al. (2016) point to the sector''s promotion of social inclusion, environmental sustainability and economic ...
The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes of mining companies tend to focus on community initiatives as their impact in economic, social and environmental terms is felt greatest at the local level. However, the effectiveness of CSR initiatives in the oil, gas and mining sectors has been increasingly questioned.
Jun 01, 2015· Corporate Social Responsibility, Local Community, Mining Company 1. Introduction The practical implications of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have received much attention [1][5]. Research suggests that corporate social responsibility represents a differentiating factor that may be used success
ASSESSMENT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PRACTICES IN GHANA'' S MINING SECTOR: (LESSONS FROM ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LTD) AUTHORS
Jun 12, 2017· Research into Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Ghana generally, has seen increased scholarly attention but same cannot be said of the specific area of CSR and International Business (IB), ironically though much of the data on CSR research comes from IBs. This paper therefore reviews existing literature on CSR in Ghana with the objective of identifying gaps and developing a .
Oct 25, 2011· UDS Lecture on CSR and MiningMining IS a Development Business Mining industry is amongst world leaders in creating local value from investments and operations. Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility will continue to grow in importance. 23.
The mining industry is actually a huge contributor to Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) through various forms as; employee income tax, payments of mineral royalties, corporate taxes and other levies (Ghana Chamber of Mines, 2012). The mining sector contributes about 12% of state revenue, 41% of the nation''s total export earnings and 7% of country''s ...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is an integral part of credible mining procedures. How Mining Activities Affect Communities. Mining affects local communities in many ways – socially, environmentally and economically. When mines are constructed local .
Key Words: Corporate Social Responsibility, Africa, Ghana, Mining Industry. Introduction Organisations by their very nature have responsibilities (, economic, ethical, legal and social) assigned to them by law, shareholders and other stakeholders and the society at large (Carroll, 1979; Brummer, 1991; Peattie, 1992).
Using a case study of two multinational mining companies operating in the Western Region of Ghana, West Africa, this paper aims to examine the community development approaches of large scale mining companies, with particular reference to how they may engender community dependency. The paper begins with a review of CSR in the mining industry, corporate community initiatives and the problem .
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Corporate social responsibility in Ghana: Lessons from the mining sector. In Conference proceedings of the 29th annual conference of the international association for impact assessment on the theme "impact assessment and human wellbeing", May 16 – 22, 2009, Accra International Conference Center, Accra, Ghana ( ).
GURSKÁ SYL VIE, VÁLOVÁ ADRIANA: Corporate social responsibility in mining industry. Acta Uni versitatis Agriculturae et Silvicul turae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 7, pp. 2163–2170
Keywords: Mining, corporate social responsibility, political settlements, Zambia, Ghana, Peru Frederiksen, T. (2016) Corporate Social Responsibility and Political settlements in the mining sector in Ghana, Zambia and Peru. ESID Working Paper No. 74. Manchester, UK: The University of Manchester. Available at
The mining industry and Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana: Accor ding to Ababio a nd Boon (2009), the c oncept of Co rporate Social Responsibility can be traced back to the middle 1950s ...
Jan 01, 2006· Indeed, Warhurst notes that many of the environmental disasters or human rights incidents that have contributed to the growing public concern about CSR over the last 40 years took place in the mining or petroleum industries; thus, the mining industry is a key topic in debates about social and environmental responsibility .
Stakeholders have urged the government in cooperation with other stakeholders to establish a legal framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices as to ensure its effective implementation and compliance for the benefit of both national and international interests.. Speaking at the Policy Forum breakfast debate on 27 th February 2015 at New Africa Hotel, Ms. Winfrida Onesmo ...
Nattavud Pimpa, Timothy Moore, The Gendered Dimensions of Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Inclusivity of Women in the Mining Industry, /9781 .
1. Introduction: CSR, development and mining. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) 1 and development have had a rocky history in the mining industry. At the international level, since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio, the mining industry has moved to reorient itself through a series of global initiatives which elaborate ways mining can and does ...
Mineral exploitation contributes significantly to economic growth and development in most world economies. In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about % of the country''s GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both smallscale and largescale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts. This paper provides an exposition on the environmental ...
Mining, corporate social responsibility and "the community": The case of Rio Tinto, Richards Bay and the Mbonambi. Journal of Business Ethics, 39, 275–296.
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