The science of corporate social responsibility (CSR): Contamination and conflict in a mining project in the southern Ecuadorian Andes

Resources Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-240

  Velásquez, Teresa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental politics; Mining; Science; Water

Indexed keywords

ANDES; COLLABORATIVE RELATIONS; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE; LEGAL OBLIGATIONS; LOCAL AUTHORITIES; MINING PROJECTS; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES; WATER QUALITY STUDIES;

AGRICULTURE; MINING; WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEGISLATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING INDUSTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

EID: 84860644279     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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