An Examination of Corporate Social Responsibility Implementation and Stakeholder Engagement: A Case Study in the Australian Mining Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 145-159

  Dobele, Angela R ^a   Westberg, Kate ^a   Steel, Marion ^a   Flowers, Kris ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case study; Corporate social responsibility; Environment; Mining; Stakeholder engagement

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MINING INDUSTRY; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84896400885     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.1775     Document Type: Article

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