Abstract: This paper examined mining governance, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and community development in Ghana. Leaning on the resource curse thesis, CSRs and community development literature, the study utilised in-depth interviews of selected mining companies, expert opinions and content analysis to draw on the various conclusions.
The significant growth in this industry has witnessed an increase in foreign investors in Ghana. Currently there are a lot of players in the gold mining industry: AngloGold Ashanti, Newmont Ghana, Gold Fields Ghana, Chirano Goldmines and Golden Star, who continue to invest in the Ghanaian mining industry.
dominance of CSR has distorted or silenced ongoing knowledge of and protest against the negative externalities of the mining industry in Ghana. The study further assessed stakeholders' perception of CSR as contributing to long term development. The study employed an ethnographic approach
This thesis explores whether companies' corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs can contribute to the sustainable development of the communities in which they operate. A case study of Newmont Mining's CSR initiatives in Cajamarca, Peru and Oruro, Bolivia is presented to illustrate and to respond to some of the key issues brought to the fore in the debate about the role of CSR in ...
ity conference under the theme, Corporate Social Responsibility for Broad Based Em-powerment in the Mining Industry. Corporate Social Responsibility is a business process a company adopts beyond its legal obliga-tions in order to create added economic, so-cial and environmental value to society and
The Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre have just published a working paper by yours truly on 'Corporate social responsibility and political settlements in the mining sector in Ghana, Zambia and Peru'.It's really a first cut at some of the findings from my work in 2014 which I'm currently writing up into some papers and a book.
The issues of poverty and inequality, unemployment and the poor living conditions of employees in communities where local and multinational corporations operate have reemerged on the development agenda as a result of growing labour unrest in South Africa, particularly in the mining sector. This article aims to contribute to the conceptualisation and understanding of corporate social ...
Key Words: Corporate Social Responsibility, Africa, Ghana, Mining Industry. 1.0 Introduction Organisations by their very nature have responsibilities (i.e., economic, ethic al, legal and social ...
the fulfillment of corporate goals and examines the CSR concept in the Ghanaian mining industry. In Ghana the concept has tended to focus on the external environment to the neglect of the internal environment from where employees operate. Key Words: Corporate Social Responsibility, Africa, Ghana, Mining Industry. 1.0 Introduction
(Adimazoya, 2013). Through corporate social responsibility, the mining industry may maintain its exemplary status among African countries (Abugre, 2014). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between corporate social responsibility, environmental policies, and community complaints, and
Keywords: Corporate social responsibility, banking industry, Ghana, reporting, annual reports, disclosures Abstract This study seeks to track corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting of local and foreign banks in Ghana from 2010-2014 financial year ends.
output on corporate social responsibility (Scherer, 2013). Between 2004 and 2011, the various mining companies in Ghana have spent an amount of US$ 114,014,117 on CSR (Ghana Chamber of Mines, 2012). According to the Draft National Mining Policy of Ghana (2010) the gold mining
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.
In Ghana, both the government and private sector attach much importance to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The country's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a role model for the rest of Africa. Trade unions are well organised and companies are subject to regular inspection. Nevertheless, there is still much progress to
communities in which they operate. 4 A push for CSR in the mining industry is especially prevalent in South Africa where mining has dominated the country's economy for so long. CSR can help rid South Africa's mining industry of its long history of instability and conflict that characterized class and race relations in the country.
with the industry employing close to about a million people.5 The mining sector in South Africa is the highest contributor to the country's economy. Gold mining alone accounts for 27.4% of the mineral revenues and employs 56 percent of the mine labour force.6 Likewise, the mining sector in Ghana is one of the chief contributors to the Ghanaian
Mar 03, 2017· * Stakeholders' perception of CSR initiatives (stakeholders may belong to any of the following categories - investors, employees, suppliers, consumers etc.) * Impact of CSR initiatives on a company's bottom line * Assessment of effectiveness of C...
DO CTO RAL THESIS Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Science Division of Business Administration and Industrial Engineering Advancing CSR in the Mining Industry A Stakeholder and Management System Approach Helena Ranängen ISSN 1402-1544 ISBN 978 .
'Linkages in Ghana's Gold Mining Industry: Challenging the Enclave Thesis', Robin Bloch and George Owusu 2. 'Chinese Construction Companies in Angola: A Local Linkages Perspective', Lucy Corkin 3. 'Development and Knowledge Intensification in Industries Upstream of Zambia's Copper Mining Sector', Judith Fessehaie 4.
Multinationals and the Social Perspectives: An Assessment of the Mining Communities in Western Ghana By Samuel Akwasi Sarpong This thesis is submitted to Cardiff University in fulfilment of the
The Role of CSR in Development: A Case Study Involving the Mining Industry in South America By Melissa Whellams A Thesis Submitted to Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of International Development Studies January, 2007, Halifax, Nova Scotia
(Coakley, 1999). Despite the economic potential of the mining industry in Ghana, mining output had decreased significantly since the late 1950‟s with gold experiencing the most dramatic decline in production. As Aryee (2001) puts it "For four decades up to the 1980‟s no new mine was opened in Ghana due to a myriad of problems
The dissertation will look at how a small community can use a metaphysical model of CSR, with assistance from an ethical mining company to their advantage. They will be fulfilling their ancestors' vision of their community. It will develop a conceptual model of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that encompasses all the dimensions of a
A thesis submitted to Victoria University of ... Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility and edcuation ... mining industry has contributed to turbulent economic times too. Copper mining is feast or famine in nature because when copper prices and production are high, there is an economic ...
