A Global Mining Corporation and Local Communities in the Lake Victoria Zone: The Case of Barrick Gold Multinational in Tanzania

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-282

  Newenham Kahindi, Aloysius Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barrick; Corporate social responsibility; Local stakeholders; Mining; Multinational corporations; Not for profit organizations; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952696877     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0653-4     Document Type: Article

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