Evaluating social performance in the context of an 'audit culture': A pilot social review of a cold mine in Papua New Guinea

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-110

  Macintyre, Martha ^a   Mee, Wendy ^b   Solomon, Fiona ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit culture; Mining; Social performance; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 42549093729     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.155     Document Type: Review

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