Development on whose terms?: CSR discourse and social realities in Papua New Guinea's extractive industries sector

Resources Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-193

  Gilberthorpe, Emma ^a   Banks, Glenn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Mining; Papua New Guinea; Resource extraction; Social organization; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS; EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS; SOCIAL REALITY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY; MINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING INDUSTRY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; STAKEHOLDER; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84860626168     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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