Mission impossible?: Adopting a CSR-based business model for extractive industries in developing countries

Keith Slack

Resources Policy, 2012, vol. 37, issue 2, 179-184

Abstract: Corporations in the extractive industries often state their commitment to “corporate social responsibility” principles, but their actual implementation of these principles, particularly in developing countries, is questionable. This contradiction between rhetoric and reality is attributable to the fact that these companies have not fully integrated CSR into their business models. This can been seen in assessments of projects' costs and benefits, project and technology selection, respect for community consent, and performance incentive structures. The Marlin gold mine in Guatemala provides a concrete example of these sharp contradictions between stated CSR commitments and actual performance.

Keywords: Mining; Poverty; Development; Guatemala; Human; Rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2011.02.003

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