Championing the rhetoric? 'Corporate social responsibility' in Ghana's mining sector

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 53, 2006, Pages 43-56

  Hilson, Gavin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Ghana; Gold; Mining

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; GOLD; MINING INDUSTRY; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 38949095623     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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