Corporate Social Responsibility and Mining Industry in Thailand

Pimpa, Nattavud; Moore, Timothy; Gregory, Sheree; Tenni, Brigitte

doi:10.21102/wjm.2015.03.61.04

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“…While early research in mining and development, particularly on CSR, focused on African and Latin American communities (e.g., [8,17,18]), over the past several decades the approach has also become increasingly common in South East Asia (e.g., [19,20]). While the discourse of CSR has become increasingly common within South East Asia, there has been relatively little research on the subject, particularly in Vietnam (e.g., [15,21,22]) despite the nation having a long history of resource extraction.…”

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Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

2018

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Extractive industries are often claimed to contribute to both poverty reduction and economic growth. Yet, there is also a body of research that suggests natural resource dependence can result in limited development, environmental degradation and social upheaval. This paper examines differences in the socioeconomic and environmental state of mining and non-mining communities in rural Vietnam in order to understand the extent to which mining contributes to livelihood development and socioeconomic well-being. In particular, we examine the role that "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) plays in supporting community development in Phuoc Son and Phu Ninh districts, Quang Nam province. Content analysis of newspapers, government documents and mining company reports provided a contextual overview of mining operations and community relations in each study area. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information from local and regional stakeholders to further understand perceived impacts of mining operations on local communities. Our study finds that in comparison to non-mining communities, communities with active mines demonstrated increased job development, decreased poverty rates, enhanced infrastructure and social development along with increased incidences of CSR initiatives. However, a number of adverse effects from mining activities were reported including environmental degradation (e.g., deforestation, water pollution, etc.) increased criminal activity and drug addiction. Dependence on mine-related employment in local communities becomes acutely apparent when temporary mine closures result in widespread unemployment. Local governments may be the greatest beneficiaries of mining with increased tax revenues and enhanced management potential of leased land. Non-mining communities without direct benefits from mining activities maintained economic diversity and were therefore more resilient to economic shocks such as nearby mine closures.

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Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

2018

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“…CSR practices are weak in the country due to a lack of regulatory bodies to develop and enforce policies for corporations, luxury phase. There are some indications that some MNCs are initiating CSR in Laos through their poverty alleviation program (Pimpa, 2017; Pimpa et al, 2015), even though this is hardly sufficient.…”

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Conceptualizing CSR as innovative adoption by MNCs from emerging Asian economies

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2023

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Two frequently researched fundamental factors in the recent business arena are corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Though the earlier is globalized in various aspects, the latter is still traditionally identified as a Western practice for corporations. This research paper argues that Multi‐national Corporations (MNCs) from emerging economies contribute to their parent country's business dynamics including CSR through “reverse knowledge innovation.” To some extent, CSR is prioritized and implemented in these emerging economies, as their MNCs adopt and diffuse CSR practices domestically through reverse knowledge flows. Based on 10 economies from Asia in terms of CSR adoption, we find that CSR is largely considered a Western business innovation among the emerging economies and their home‐grown multinationals are the main vehicle of transfer in this case. This study identifies that there are three different levels of CSR adoption depending on a country's phase of economic development: Luxury, diffusion, and institutionalized. The study thus contributes in terms of a multi‐level theory by highlighting a source of CSR variation at the national level in the domain of Asian emerging economies.

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“…Significant progress has been made in reducing poverty from 33.5% to 23.2%. The gender gap in education has narrowed and Lao PDR has among the higher proportions of women legislators globally at 27.5% (Pimpa et al, 2015).…”

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“…Mercier and Gier (2007) describes the lives of female partners of male mine workers as "silent" partners in the industry whose work is also directly and indirectly exploited by the mining corporation. Domestic role overload, lack of social integration, economic dependency, unpaid work and poor quality of life can lead to greater vulnerability to mental illness (Sharrma, 2010;Pimpa et al, 2015).…”

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Gender Equality for Lao Women: Mining Communitys Perspective

Pimpa¹

2019

IRMBR

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It is evident that women are largely excluded from sharing of the economic benefits from international mining industry. The gendered impacts of mining industry on women, therefore, is critical. In this paper, the researcher investigates the impact of mining companies on gender equality through the perceptions and life experiences of female workers, members of the community, and their family in a mining community in Lao PDR. Through the analysis of the community perspectives, the study shows that CSR and other economic programs on women employment, social roles, and health promotion can influence the likelihood of sustainable development likelihood by mining companies. The main obstacle for the promotion of gender equality remains work conditions and expected gender roles in the community.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Mining Industry in Thailand

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Fool’s Gold: Understanding Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts from Gold Mining in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Conceptualizing CSR as innovative adoption by MNCs from emerging Asian economies

Gender Equality for Lao Women: Mining Communitys Perspective

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