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Corporate Social Responsibility and the Management of Labour in Two Australian Mining Industry Companies
Author(s) -
Jones Meredith,
Marshall Shelley,
Mitchell Richard
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
corporate governance: an international review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1467-8683
pISSN - 0964-8410
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00542.x
Subject(s) - corporate social responsibility , general partnership , business , nothing , industrial relations , public relations , management styles , mining industry , social responsibility , social partnership , market economy , political science , management , economics , engineering , finance , philosophy , mining engineering , epistemology
This paper undertakes an examination of the espoused commitment to CSR principles and its relationship with the labour management systems in two Australian mining companies. The paper explores the extent to which the adoption of a CSR strategy has affected the management of labour in three respects: “collective” relations with unions; “partnership‐style” relations with unions and workers; and the adoption of HPWS measures. The paper concludes that while each company has made substantial “in principle” commitments as a result of CSR, there is nothing to suggest that CSR considerations are sufficiently powerful in themselves to bring about systemic change in the management of labour.