Corporate social responsibility and multinational enterprise identity: insights from a mining company's attempt to localise in Ghana

Patnaik, Swetketu; Temouri, Yama; Tuffour, James; Tarba, Shlomo; Singh, Sanjay Kumar

doi:10.1080/13504630.2017.1386369

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“…This is attributed to the fact that developing countries like Ghana and countries in the African continent have not experienced a fully industrialised economy as the economies are still driven by the agricultural sector compared to other sectors of the economy. Still in the case of Ghana, Patnaik et al (2017) in appraising the need for environmental friendly activities examined how good corporate social responsibility practices by mining companies can create a cordial relationship with their host communities.…”

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Environmental pollution, economic growth and institutional quality: exploring the nexus in Nigeria

Egbetokun¹,

Osabuohien

Akinbobola

et al. 2020

MEQ

109

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Purpose Interaction between environmental pollution and economic growth determines the achievement of the green growth objective of developing economies. An economy turns around the inverted U-shaped environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) when pollution is effectively dampened by social, political and economic factors as such economy grows. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to examine the EKC considering the impact of institutional quality on six variables of environmental pollution (carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), suspended particulate matters (SPM), rainfall, temperature and total greenhouse emission (TGH)) using the case of Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The EKC model includes population density, education expenditure, foreign direct investment and gross domestic investment as control variables, and it was analysed using the autoregressive distribution lag (ARDL) econometric technique, which has not been applied in the literature on Nigeria. Findings The results, inter alia, indicate that there is EKC for CO2 and SPM. This implies that the green growth objective can be pursued in Nigeria with concerted efforts. Other environmental pollution indicators did not exert significant influence on economic growth. Practical implications Therefore, it is recommended that Nigeria’s institutional quality be strengthened to limit environmental pollution in light of economic growth. Originality/value Previous studies are yet to apply a more developed econometric method, like the ARDL, to estimate the EKC model for Nigeria. This study fills this observed knowledge gap.

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confidence: 99%

Environmental pollution, economic growth and institutional quality: exploring the nexus in Nigeria

Egbetokun¹,

Osabuohien

Akinbobola

et al. 2020

MEQ

109

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“…Globally, mining companies are often located outside of the mining locations, some of which are in unfamiliar territories and remote locations with socio-political issues (Selmier, 2017). Thus, mining companies participate in community development initiatives such as provision of basic infrastructure to identify with their host communities and legitimise their business (Patnaik et al, 2017). Similar to the manufacturing sector, mining companies interact with the host communities through CSR reports.…”

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The state of corporate social responsibility practice in the construction sector

Olanipekun

Oshodi

Darko

et al. 2019

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Purpose The development of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the construction sector is slow, thereby leaving many opportunities for further development. To enable operators in the construction sector to effectively capitalise on the opportunities to promote the development of CSR in the sector, this study employs the practice viewpoint to take the stock of CSR activities in the sector. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the state of CSR practice in the construction sector. The study also draws from the development of CSR in the manufacturing, mining and banking sectors to inform the state of CSR practice in the construction sector. Design/methodology/approach This study carries out a systematic literature review of 56 journal publications that were published between the year 2000 and 2016. The deductive coding of the publications was done to identify four themes of CSR research that constitute the practice view of the state of CSR in the construction sector. Findings The implementation of CSR is the major emphasis in the state of CSR practice in the construction sector. The implementation of CSR is wrapped in the perception of operators about CSR potentials, dimensions of CSR implemented, strategies for implementation and the effects of the implemented CSR practices on performance. The sector characteristics and organisational structure are attributes for comparing the CSR practices between the construction sector and the manufacturing, mining and banking sectors. Originality/value This study provides a researchers’ view of the state of CSR in the construction sector. Additionally, the study draws from the development of CSR in the manufacturing, mining and banking sectors to inform the state of CSR practice in the construction sector.

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“…These capabilities involve a combination of resources, including integration of new clean technologies, human resource skills development, and making changes to existing processes to reduce emissions, using corporate social responsibility strategies to address social issues, as well as developing sustainable competencies that can preserve ecological systems, particularly in developing countries (Hart and Dowell, 2011). According to Patnaik et al (2018), foreign multinational mining companies can survive in emerging markets by implementing strategies that address the environmental and social development concerns in the local community.…”

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Environmental and social impacts identification for small-scale alluvial mining projects

Famiyeh

Kwarteng

Asante-Darko

et al. 2020

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PurposeThe purpose of the work is to use a systematic process to identify the environmental and social impacts of small-scale alluvial gold mining projects using data from Ghana.Design/methodology/approachIn this work, we used survey data collected from experts in the mining sector. This was followed by the use of a risk analysis approach to identify the significant and non-significant environmental and social impacts.FindingsSeven key impacts associated with typical alluvial mining operations were identified. The first two are the loss of vegetation and the issue of airborne diseases from dust as a result of vegetation losses during the clearing of vegetation in the block out area. The third and fourth issues were loss of vegetation and airborne diseases as a result of vegetation losses during the removal of overburden. The fifth, sixth and seventh, most significant issues identified were the pollution from smoke fumes from the processing machines; and wastewater from the washing process. The last issue of significance was the dust pollution from the transportation of the washed gravel back to the mined pit.Research limitations/implicationsOne main limitation is that the data for this study were collected from Ghana.Practical implicationsThe results indicate the need for proper and systematic measures to identify the environmental and social impacts of mining activities.Originality/valueThe work provides some insights into the strategies of identifying environmental and social impacts of mining activities. It is also one of the key works that systematically identify environmental and social impacts of small-scale alluvial gold projects.

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Corporate social responsibility and multinational enterprise identity: insights from a mining company's attempt to localise in Ghana

Cited by 47 publications

References 52 publications

Environmental pollution, economic growth and institutional quality: exploring the nexus in Nigeria

Environmental pollution, economic growth and institutional quality: exploring the nexus in Nigeria

The state of corporate social responsibility practice in the construction sector

Environmental and social impacts identification for small-scale alluvial mining projects

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