Corporate Responsibility and Compliance with the Law: Land, Dispossession and Aftermath at Newmont's Ahafo Project in Ghana

Mares, Radu

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2920764

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“…Amponsah-Tawiah and Mensah (2015) also sought to gain insights into how different stakeholders within the mining sector understand CSR, and further explain how employee health and safety issues have been integrated into the mainstream CSR initiatives of these mining companies. In another study of the mining sector, Mares (2012) looked at Newmont's CSR operations, using literature search, extensive documentary reviews and interviews. On his part, Yankson (2010) assessed mining companies' application of CSR practices focusing on Alternative livelihood Programmes (ALPs) and their impact on local communities.…”

Section: Corporate Social Responsibility Research In Ghana Mining Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

2019

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This study examines the current state of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) research in Ghana. The evidence is based on a review of 47 published academic papers retrieved from three key online databases (EBSCOhost, Emerald Insights and Business Source Complete) and content analysis procedures drawn from the extant literature. The analysis demonstrates that the concept of CSR in Ghana is under-theorised. Researchers have focused more on empirical dimensions of CSR, following mostly quantitative methods of research. In addition, majority of the studies were skewed towards large multinational or internationally connected companies, especially those in the mining, banking and telecommunications sectors. This study contributes significantly to research in CSR literature. The study is the first attempt to map the research terrain of the body of knowledge on CSR in Ghana. It provides insights into research studies that have been conducted on CSR in Ghana, the areas that have not been explored, and avenues that exist for further research considerations.

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Section: Corporate Social Responsibility Research In Ghana Mining Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

2019

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“…This boils down to the fact that no aspect of oil and gas development in Ghana can be left to chance if the country aspires to escape the so‐called “curse” (Okpanachi and Andrews ; Andrews ). The oil sector aside, based on the fact that over a century of mining (primarily gold) in the country has not proven entirely beneficial to its local populations (see Akabzaa ; Akabzaa et al ; Akpalu and Parks ; Mares ; Okoh ), the EITI is thought of as an effective tool in helping communities receive the expected benefits from mineral exploration. But there is not sufficient empirical evidence or nuanced qualitative evaluation to substantiate this case.…”

Section: Natural Resource Management and Transparency As A Global Normmentioning

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A Swiss‐Army Knife? A Critical Assessment of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Ghana

Andrews

2016

Business and Society Review

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Within the current global atmosphere where a universally accepted police force is nonexistent, there are several voluntary norms and codes of conduct that exist to guide how corporations behave worldwide. These have come as a result of many years of poor performance in the areas of social, financial, and environmental responsibility. Such norms are expected to prescribe and proscribe certain types of corporate behavior but when one examines the reality on the ground, the story is not that straightforward. This article assesses the effectiveness of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in the Ghanaian context with a focus on the mining sector.

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“…The interests of indigenous peoples often intersect with corporate interests. At many times, however, the outcomes of corporate engagement are demonstrably to the detriment of the indigenous party (see, e.g., Banerjee ; Mares ; United Nations ). One of the better known cases is that of Royal Dutch Shell's oil drilling in the Niger Delta, home to the Ogoni people (Boele et al ; Wheeler et al ).…”

Section: The United Nations: Ethical Revisionsmentioning

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Amplifying a Relational Ethic: A Contribution to PRME Praxis

Verbos

Humphries

2015

Business and Society Review

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Western economically driven instrumental ethics fuel the dominant institutional logic in many business schools and are associated with the negative social and environmental situation widely linked to the mode of global development. Other ethical framings have been subordinated, marginalized, or denied. Through the explicit commitment of prominent international certifying bodies of management education, educators, researchers, and practitioners will be encouraged to give increasing effect to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). The PRME is a United Nations‐led, institution‐level mechanism for reorienting the direction of business schools and for increasing both educator and student capacities to contribute to a more inclusive and sustainable mode of development globally. We propose greater emphasis be given to various forms of relational ethics from which to guide the functional aspirations of institutions. We explore the creative opportunity for institutional change by contrasting the prevailing Western economically driven instrumental institutional logic with indigenous ethical framings. We draw upon Seo and Creed's conceptual framework of institutional change to discuss two films—Mann v. Ford and Waste = Food—to bring greater attention to the generative potential of indigenous perspectives in institutional praxis. Our examples could equally invite an application of other systems of relational ethics that have been overshadowed by the current domination of economic instrumentalism in almost all realms of decision making. We conclude by providing some teaching resources that can be used or adapted for geographical‐ or disciplinary‐specific attention to the issues we raise.

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Corporate Responsibility and Compliance with the Law: Land, Dispossession and Aftermath at Newmont's Ahafo Project in Ghana

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Research on Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

Research on Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana

A Swiss‐Army Knife? A Critical Assessment of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Ghana

Amplifying a Relational Ethic: A Contribution to PRME Praxis

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