Corporate social responsibility in mining industry

Corporate Social Responsibility ( CSR ) in the mining industry - the risk of community dependency

Historically, the mining industry has taken a 'devil may care' attitude to the impacts of its operations; operating in areas without social legitimacy, causing major devastation, and then leaving when an area has been exhausted of all economically valuable resources. Cost benefit language has often been used to excuse the damage caused in one place because it is outweighed by the overall financ...

Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance in the Airport Industry

In the last two decades corporate social responsibility (CSR), particularly when related to environmental issues, has been discussed extensively in the business literature. However, defining and measuring CSR remains a complicated process. One of the main reasons for the problematic measurement of CSR is the absence of a common framework in which business-society relations will be included. Wit...

Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility Partnerships in South Africa

In the light of challenges associated with sustainable development in the developing world, the mining industry, as is the case with other industries, has been compelled to relook issues pertinent to sustainable development and the role it can play in it. This arises due to various reasons, including but not limited to globalisation and heightened stakeholder awareness and expectations. The out...

Corporate Social Responsibility & Gambling Industry: an Exploratory Study

Understanding the “Corporate” in Corporate Social Responsibility

As progressives confront the problems of the twenty-first century, be they global poverty and increasing income inequality, the scourge of HIV and other diseases, educational disparities, or climate change, an increasingly popular strategy is to enlist corporations in the effort. Even as some progressives continue to launch attacks on corporate misbehavior, often excoriating corporations for ca...