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output on corporate social responsibility (Scherer, 2013). Between 2004 and 2011, the various mining companies in Ghana have spent an amount of US 114,014,117 on CSR (Ghana Chamber of Mines, 2012). According to the Draft National Mining Policy of Ghana (2010) the gold mining
Much could be said of mining companies that are either members or affiliated to the Ghana Chamber of Mines as they taken critical interest in making the CSR agenda a reality. The undertake Corporate Social Responsibility projects in order to improve the livelihood of the people in their host communities.
But with regards to Corporate Social Responsibility, Newmont is one of the most committed corporations in the country not just within the mining industry, but among all of corporate Ghana. Newmont''s outstanding attitude to corporate social responsibility takes form in arguably the most innovative and effective structures for this purpose seen
Gold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa West district, Ghana Paul W. K. Yankson Despite a boom in gold mining in Ghana''s Wassa West district (WWD), unemployment and poverty have deepened, partly due to loss of farmland to surface mining but more so because of the limited opportunities for wage employment in the district''s
There has been large scale gold mining in Ghana for at least the last one hundred years. The mining companies with the passage of time have moved from being concerned only with profit making to doing well by doing good. For some years now the gold mining companies have made some contributions to the communities in which they work. This study focused on the corporate social responsibility activities
This scope (catchment communities of gold mining companies having Commercial Level A membership with the Ghana Chamber of Mines) was considered because, the Ghana Chamber of Mines expects its members to operate under high ethical standards and operate responsibly [26].
The research questions addressed whether a relationship existed between corporate social responsibility, environmental impact, community complaints, and the fiduciary responsibility to shareholders within gold mining companies in Ghana. Social exchange theory was the theoretical base of this quantitative correlational study, which included pointbiserial and Spearman correlations to examine archival data
This study examined the leadership styles of the CSR managers of selected multinational gold mining companies and their CSR activities in Ghana. Thirtyfive respondents were interviewed and purposively selected from GoldFields Ghana Ltd, AngloGold Ashanti, Chirano Gold Mine and Golden Star Resources Ltd. The study showed that leadership is very essential for the effective implementation of CSR initiatives.
At a ceremony in Takoradi in December 2007, we received an award for corporate social responsibility in the western region of Ghana from the Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This awards scheme is in its first year and serves to recognise companies that have excelled in their social responsibility and to stimulate healthy competition
This study examined the leadership styles of the CSR managers of selected multinational gold mining companies and their CSR activities in Ghana. Thirtyfive respondents were interviewed and purposively selected from GoldFields Ghana Ltd, AngloGold Ashanti, Chirano Gold Mine and Golden Star Resources Ltd. The study showed that leadership is very essential for the effective implementation of CSR
This book critically examines the practice and meanings of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and how the movement has facilitated a positive and somewhat unquestioned image of the global corporation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork material collected in Ghanaian communities located around the project sites of Newmont Mining Corporation and Kinross Gold Corporation, the monograph employs critical discourse analysis to accentuate how mining corporations
The mining industry and Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana: Accor ding to Ababio a nd Boon (2009), the c oncept of Co rporate Social Responsibility can be traced back to the middle 1950s
This book critically examines the practice and meanings of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and how the movement has facilitated a positive and somewhat unquestioned image of the global corporation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork material collected in Ghanaian communities located around the project sites of Newmont Mining Corporation and Kinross Gold Corporation, the monograph employs critical
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE GOLD MINING INDUSTRY: THE GHANA EXPERIENCE by Aimann Sadik In 2012, the price of gold is sky rocketing due to strong demand and tight supply. Investors have revived their interest in gold investments at the expense of financial assets
corporate social responsibility, environmental impact, community complaints, and the fiduciary responsibility to shareholders within gold mining companies in Ghana. Social exchange theory was the theoretical base of this quantitative correlational study, which included pointbiserial and Spearman correlations to examine archival data from 10
(2010). Gold mining and corporate social responsibility in the Wassa West district, Ghana. Development in Practice: Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 354366.
Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana offers critical insight into the CSR practices of mining multinationals operating in Ghana. In revealing the unfulfilled expectations and contradictory outcomes of CSR for its putative beneficiaries those living in the shadows of the gold mines this book makes an important contribution to scholarship on CSR and extractive capitalism. (Din Rajak, author of In Good Company: An Anatomy of Corporate
In 2011, Kinross spent on corporate social responsibility events in Ghana out of a total production of 643,288 gold ounces at production selling price of 636 per an ounce (409,131,168), 23 The above analysis clearly indicates that what is actually spent on CSR by the quarrying industry is very small as compare to their revenue endings and this is the basics of this work which is to evaluate how much of
decision of an organisation to voluntary act upon the social factors that have the potential of militating against the fulfillment of corporate goals and examines the CSR concept in the Ghanaian mining industry. In Ghana the concept has tended to focus on the external environment to the neglect of the internal environment from where
Gold Mining and the Discourses of Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana offers critical insight into the CSR practices of mining multinationals operating in Ghana. In revealing the unfulfilled expectations and contradictory outcomes of CSR for its putative beneficiaries those living in the shadows of the gold mines this book makes an important contribution to scholarship on CSR and extractive capitalism.
Corporate Responsibility has long been hardwired into the DNA of our company. It is an integral part of our purpose and vision making it a key driver of success. OUR COMMITMENT 6 Golden Stars Vision is to become a sustainable diversified gold mining company that our
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