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9780230277649

Governance Ecosystems CSR in the Latin American Mining Sector

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  • ISBN13:

    9780230277649

  • ISBN10:

    0230277640

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2011-11-15
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

The authors explore the complex dynamics of mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America, including a reflection on the African continent, presenting arguments and case studies based on new research on a set of urgent and emerging questions surrounding mining, development and sustainability.

Author Biography

Julia Sagebien is Associate Professor in the School of Business Administration, Dalhousie University, Canada and Professor at the Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Puerto Rico. She is also Senior Fellow at Forum Empresa. Previously, she was Senior Fellow for the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL). Nicole Marie Lindsay is an associate faculty member in the Faculty of Management and the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University, Canada. Her research is focused on the discourses of corporate social responsibility and sustainability in the mining industry in Latin America.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Companies and the Company they Keep: CSR in a 'Social and Environmental Value Governance Ecosystems' Context; J.Sagebien&N.M.Lindsay
Systemic Causes, Systemic Solutions; J.Sagebien & N.M.Lindsay
Sustainable Development Norms and CSR in the Global Mining Sector; H.S.Dashwood
CSR and the Law: Learning from the Experience of Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America; K.Webb
The Role of Governments in CSR Chapter 1: CSR in a 'Social and Environmental Value Governance Ecosystems' Context; J.Boon
Regulatory Frameworks, Issues of Legitimacy, Responsibility and Accountability: Reflections Drawn from the PERCAN Initiative; B.Campbell, E.R.Grégoire& M.Laforce
Conflict Diamonds: The Kimberley Process and the South American Challenge; I. Smillie
Whose Development? Mining, Local Resistance and Development Agendas; C.Coumans
Mining Industry Associations and CSR Discourse: Mapping the Terrain of Sustainable Development Strategies; N.M.Lindsay
Drivers of Conflict around Large Scale Mining Activity in Latin America: The Case of the Carajás Iron Ore Complex in the Brazilian Amazon; A.C.Alvares da Silva, S.Costa & M.M.Veiga
Community and Government Effects on Mining CSR in Bolivia: The Case of Apex and Empresa Huanuni; R.Cameron
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries: The Role of Finance; A.Goss
Responsible Investment Case Studies: Newmont and Goldcorp; I.Sosa
Anticorruption: A Realistic Strategy in Latin American Mining?; C.Odell
Sustainable Juruti Model: Pluralist Governance, Mining and Local Development in the Amazon Region; F.Abdala
Energy & CSR in Trinidad & Tobago in the Second Decade of 21st Century; T.M.Shaw
Mining Companies and Governance in Africa; R.Hamann, P.Kapelus& E.O'Keefe
Conclusion; N.M.Lindsay& J.Sagebien
Appendix

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