Corporate social responsibility and the case of Summitville mine

Oil Extraction and Poverty Reduction in the Niger Delta: A Critical Examination of Partnership Initiatives

“…In others words, host communities and government have important roles to play in ensuring poverty reduction. Second, it accepts Moser's (2001) and Warhurst and Mitchell's (2000) assertions that the optimization of the potential positive social, economic and environmental impact of crude oil production, and the identification and minimization of corresponding negative impacts are the most important contributions that oil TNCs can make to SCD. Each of the oil TNCs' CDP will be assessed on the basis of the following criteria (see Table I) identified by systematically categorizing the different aspects of poverty into affirmative and negative injunction duties.…”

Hazardous Employment and Regulatory Regimes in the South African Mining Industry: Arguments for Corporate Ethics at Workplace

“…CSR is defined here as ''internalization by the company of the social and environmental effects of its operations through pro-active pollution control prevention and social impact assessment so that harm is anticipated and avoided and benefits are optimized'' (Warhurst and Mitchell, 2000). The aim is to find out why there have been many fatal accidents and injuries in the industry.…”

Environmental considerations related to mining of nonfuel minerals

“…Galactic Resources Ltd. declared bankruptcy in 1992 and abandoned the site. The bond was $4.7 million, and although the EPA and the State of Colorado obtained an additional $28 million from the bankruptcy proceedings, the total cost of the cleanup has exceeded $150 million, which has been funded mostly through Federal and State taxes (Warhurst and Mitchell, 2000).…”