Corporate Social Responsibility and Natural Resource Conflict

McKenna, Kylie

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“…The landowners decided that before a presence could be established, Bel Kol was essential. BCL agreed to this suggestion and it was anticipated to occur in 2014, but has since been delayed (McKenna, 2016).…”

Section: An Emphasis On the Economic Dimensions Of The Natural Resourmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…11-12) argues, "CSR has primarily been structured according to a distributive justice framework whereas armed conflicts are often also characterised by claims for cultural and political justice". A more effective CSR therefore, might be one that balances redistribution, recognition and representation (McKenna, 2016).…”

Section: The Unsatisfactory Performance Of Compensation Packages and mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Conflicts related to natural resources however, rarely only concern revenue sharing. While contests over access to resource wealth factored into the origins of the Bougainville conflict for example, this case "involved far more complexity than natural resource revenue distribution grievances" (Regan, 2014), including but not limited to, intergenerational tensions; the status and authority of women; and contested understandings over the environmental impacts of the Panguna mine (McKenna, 2016). A further limitation with the overwhelming focus on economic governance by states is that less attention has been paid to leveraging the knowledge and experience of extractive companies in their own attempts to minimize the risks of violence in their areas of operation, and as potential innovators in this field.…”

Section: An Emphasis On the Economic Dimensions Of The Natural Resourmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…1 For a more extensive account of the Bougainville conflict and its links to mining related grievances, see Braithwaite et al (2010); Filer (1990); McKenna (2016); and Regan (2003Regan ( , 2010. 2 The World Bank (2016) broadly characterizes the PNG economy as dominated by two sectors: "the agricultural, forestry and fishing sector, which engages most of the labor force (the majority informally); and the minerals and energy extraction sector which accounts for the majority of export earnings and, from 2015, the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)".…”

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Land of the Unexpected: Natural Resource Conflict and Peace Building in Papua New Guinea

McKenna¹

2016

Business, Peace and Sustainable Development

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Papua New Guinea (PNG) has long been a site of analysis for exploring the links between natural resources and conflict, having been cited as an example in prominent studies of the "natural resource curse" and used as a source of learning in international debates on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Over the past decade, this scholarship has expanded to encompass conflict analysis and peace building. This paper considers four themes identified in the contemporary literature, each with reference to examples drawn from PNG: 1) the costs of conflict on business and the power of local communities; 2) tensions between the state as regulator and the state as shareholder; 3) the unsatisfactory performance of compensation packages and CSR projects; and 4) an emphasis on the economic dimensions of the natural resource curse in the search for new frameworks. Through a discussion of these themes, the paper calls for the development of natural resource conflict mitigation strategies that are based on a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of existing CSR measures.

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Section: The Unsatisfactory Performance Of Compensation Packages and mentioning

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Land of the Unexpected: Natural Resource Conflict and Peace Building in Papua New Guinea

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2016

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“…The historically unequal distribution of resources, revenues, and compensationas well as communication gaps and misunderstandings between the government, companies, and local communitieshave exacerbated the political, cultural, and economic marginalization of local communities, and triggered conflicts. 70 Chinese overseas companies often face complex social risks and challenges in host countries, such as a lack of social acceptance or inclusiveness. They may display inadequate regard for labour and working conditions, land acquisition and compensation, localized operations and management.…”

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China's State-Centric Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility Overseas: A Case Study in Africa

Liu¹

2020

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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is conventionally understood as voluntary and market- based corporate behaviour without direct government involvement. The development of CSR in China challenges this understanding in the light of the growing role of government in promoting it. Over the past decade China has demonstrated a state-centric approach towards promoting CSR. Existing studies focus only on Chinese domestic CSR practices. However, with the rise of Chinese companies in Africa under China's ‘Belt and Road Initiative’, it is important to examine how the state-centric approach applies to the overseas CSR practice of Chinese companies. This article aims to fill the literature gap through in-depth interviews and analysis of the Standard Gauge Railway project in Kenya. It shows that close institutional, relational, and bureaucratic ties between the state and the business community give the Chinese government the power to influence the behaviour of Chinese state-owned enterprises overseas. The Chinese government can influence the CSR practices of Chinese companies overseas through mandating, facilitating, endorsing and partnering in order to minimize the negative externalities of companies’ overseas activities. However, the state-centric CSR approach limits the space for civil society engagement and the effectiveness of the approach abroad is constrained by a variety of institutional contexts and corporate ownership models.

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Global Britain and London’s Mega-Mining Corporations: Colonial Ecocide, Extractive Zones, and Frontiers of Martial Mining

Selwyn

2022

Enforcing Ecocide

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Natural Resource Conflict

Cited by 16 publications

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Land of the Unexpected: Natural Resource Conflict and Peace Building in Papua New Guinea

Land of the Unexpected: Natural Resource Conflict and Peace Building in Papua New Guinea

China's State-Centric Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility Overseas: A Case Study in Africa

Global Britain and London’s Mega-Mining Corporations: Colonial Ecocide, Extractive Zones, and Frontiers of Martial Mining

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