Driving Corporate Social Responsibility in the Malawian Mining Industry: A Stakeholder Perspective

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 189-201

  Mzembe, Andrew Ngawenja ^a   Meaton, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Malawi; Mining; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

PALADIN;

EID: 84904966488     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1319     Document Type: Article

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