‘Cursed’ Communities? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Company Towns and the Mining Industry in Namibia

Littlewood, David

doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1649-7

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“…Research has focused mainly on restructuring of mining industries (Browne, Stehlik & Buckle, 2011;Littlewood, 2014) and larger manufacturing companies (McMahon, 1999;Rydell & Wigblad, 2011;Wigblad, 1995) often located in rural areas. In these cases, companies can play important roles in different ways, by helping and supporting the local community that is affected by corporate restructuring in order to revival local economy during and after the restructuring process (Ahlstrand, 2010;Carroll 1984;McMahon 1999;Wigblad, 1995).…”

Section: Csr Transitions Programs and The Local Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility in Connection with Business Closures and Downsizing: A Literature Review

Ahlstrand

Rydell

2017

CMR

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The aim of this paper was to review the research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in connection with business closures and downsizing to identify gaps in our knowledge. The study consisted of a systematic review of 24 refereed articles. The review identified four themes in the literature on CSR in connection with business closure and downsizing, namely CSR, transition programs and the local community; CSR and business strategy; CSR, power and reputation; and lastly, other articles on CSR in connection with business closures and downsizing. The review revealed a lack of understanding of the reasons, outcomes and methodology of CSR development in connection with business closures and downsizing.

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Section: Csr Transitions Programs and The Local Communitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Corporate Social Responsibility in Connection with Business Closures and Downsizing: A Literature Review

Ahlstrand

Rydell

2017

CMR

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“…Trust appeared as both a barrier (in its absence) and an enabler (in its presence) to transformational community engagement and is prominent and crucial. Intimate involvement allows for in-depth understanding (Littlewood, 2013). Thirdly, the quality of communication can be managed by focusing on understanding needs (Littlewood, 2013) and sharing visions (Gordon et al, 2013).…”

Section: Interact In Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Intimate involvement allows for in-depth understanding (Littlewood, 2013). Thirdly, the quality of communication can be managed by focusing on understanding needs (Littlewood, 2013) and sharing visions (Gordon et al, 2013). Language skills are essential, as communication is often complicated by language barriers.…”

Section: Interact In Relationshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Antecedents to transformational community engagement in South Africa

Stirling

Wilson-Prangley

Hamilton

et al. 2016

SAJEMS

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Firms face increasing societal pressures to act responsibly towards stakeholders, and community engagement is a key element of this response. While Bowen, Newenham-Kahindi and Herremans (2010) have found that community engagement strategies fall into the transactional, transitional and transformational categories, more research is needed. Nineteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with CSR practitioners, community beneficiaries and external experts across three companies from different sectors and geographically-associated South African communities.Barriers to and enablers of transformational community engagement are identified and compared with points made in the literature. Prominent barriers identified include community expectation; the internal capacity of the company to engage properly with communities; and, according to a new finding in the literature, community educational levels. The most prominent enabler of engagement was relationshipbuilding. Companies with dedicated CSR practitioners are able to engage more in the community. Regulatory dynamics are found to largely determine the differences across sectors. But there is the risk that engagement is symbolic rather than substantive. Eleven higher-order antecedents to transformational community engagement are then identified. A newly developed firm-oriented decision-making model is proposed for moderating these antecedents. The findings in the community and national context provide granular insight into an African operating environment.

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“…It should be noted the successful experience of modernization of the Japanese city of Kamaishi with a high share of social responsibility of the city-forming enterprises and their close cooperation with local self-government bodies [6,7].…”

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Innovative Model of Practice-Oriented Training of Employees of the Town-Forming Enterprise in the Mining Region (by the Example of JSC “SUEK-Kuzbass”)

Kulay

Kayachev

2017

E3S Web Conf.

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Abstract. The article proposes to improve the system of training of employees of joint-stock company SUEK-Kuzbass in the educational institutions of the Kemerovo region according to the requirements of the company using practice-oriented training technology. The aim of the work is to substantiate the effectiveness of implementing practice-oriented training, identify priority directions and ways of its development. The main objectives of the study are: to identify the main advantages for the company and students; determine the criteria for the success and practical value of applying practice-oriented training for the company; conduct a comparative analysis of the target and practice-oriented model of training for the company. The real needs of the employer through the dual form of training were taking into account. The expansion of positive experience in training engineering personnel in higher education in technology-based training with the involvement of specialists from other regions of the company and expanding training in mining was also included.

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‘Cursed’ Communities? Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Company Towns and the Mining Industry in Namibia

Cited by 91 publications

References 49 publications

Corporate Social Responsibility in Connection with Business Closures and Downsizing: A Literature Review

Corporate Social Responsibility in Connection with Business Closures and Downsizing: A Literature Review

Antecedents to transformational community engagement in South Africa

Innovative Model of Practice-Oriented Training of Employees of the Town-Forming Enterprise in the Mining Region (by the Example of JSC “SUEK-Kuzbass”)

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