Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.: An Innovative Voluntary Code of Conduct to Protect Human Rights, Create Employment Opportunities, and Economic Development of the Indigenous People

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-30

  Sethi, S Prakash ^a   Lowry, David B ^a   Veral, Emre A ^a   Shapiro, H Jack ^a   Emelianova, Olga ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate culture values and traditions; economic development; extractive industry; Freeport McMoRan Copper Gold, Inc.; human rights abuses; indigenous people; individual company voluntary code of conduct; industry wide voluntary codes of conduct; military; news media; NGO intervention and relationship; third party independent audit and compliance monitoring; top management vision and risk taking propensities; violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953783416     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0847-4     Document Type: Article

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