Corporate Social Responsibility in the extractive industries: Experiences from developing countries

This paper introduces a special issue on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility in the extractive industries: experiences from developing countries’. Drawing upon case study analysis from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, the papers in this issue broaden understanding of how multinational mining...

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Published inResources policy Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 131 - 137
Main Author Hilson, Gavin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2012
Subjects
Africa
Asia
business enterprises
case studies
Community development
Corporate social responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Developing countries
Gas
Industry
Latin America
Mining
Natural gas
Natural resources
oil and gas
Oil extraction
oils
Petroleum industry
Policies
Reviewing
Social responsibility of business
Sub-Saharan Africa
Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
Mining
M14
oil and gas
Q56
Community development
L72
L71
Developing countries
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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Summary:This paper introduces a special issue on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility in the extractive industries: experiences from developing countries’. Drawing upon case study analysis from Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, the papers in this issue broaden understanding of how multinational mining and oil and gas companies have embraced the CSR challenge and responded to criticisms of their performance in developing countries. This paper provides an introduction to the debate on CSR in the extractive industries in developing countries, reviewing the key issues examined on this subject to date.
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ISSN:0301-4207
1873-7641
DOI:10.1016/j.resourpol.2012.01.002