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Examining Stakeholders' Perceptions of Mining Impacts and Corporate Social Responsibility
Author(s) -
Viveros Hector
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
corporate social responsibility and environmental management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.519
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1535-3966
pISSN - 1535-3958
DOI - 10.1002/csr.1363
Subject(s) - corporate social responsibility , perception , business , social responsibility , mining industry , stakeholder engagement , public relations , rhetoric , marketing , political science , psychology , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , mining engineering , neuroscience
This paper aims to provide a better understanding of multistakeholder perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in connection with mining industry impacts. While there is significant research about CSR, there is a lack of understanding in the area of specific stakeholders' perceptions within the extractive industry, particularly in a developing country like Chile. The findings reveal that stakeholders perceive mining impacts on social and environmental domains negatively in contrast to a positive perception about economic impacts. CSR is addressed in terms of social and environmental responsibilities, but is also perceived negatively as mere rhetoric, or simply as a marketing campaign. These perceptions reflect an anti‐trade‐off sentiment, revealing that CSR cannot be used as a tool to compensate negative mining impacts. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment