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Instances of Corporate Social Responsibility in CoalMining: An Exampleof Chosen PolishMines

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  • Anna Rakowska

    (Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Poland)

  • Marzena Cichorzewska

    (Lublin University of Technology, Poland)

Abstract

The article presents exogenous and endogenous instances of CSR in the mining industry in the Polish mines on the basis of results of 1170 surveys (Research sponsored by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Project: 4659/B/T02/2010/3, The role of managers in the process of management of safety culture in coal mines in Poland) and companies reports. Among the endogenous factors of CSR, a special emphasis has been put on safety culture, because the majority of accidents in the mines, the human factor is to blame. The exogenous factors include activities, which mines undertake to improve the condition of the natural environment. Thus, two conclusions can be drawn: 1) There are alarming attitudes towards the work safety, and a correlation between greater work safety and social and economic benefits for the workers and organisations is not discerned 2)The increase in the importance of CSR can be observed mainly for PR purposes, though, internal CSR is not on the satisfactory level. The attitudes of the managerial staff towards safety differ from the attitudes of workers. The managers are pressed to achieve higher goals, which increases the pace of work and various hazards as well as stress. The research also revealed that in Polish mines we have a strong corporate culture, which impedes the introduction of changes in this area.

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  • Anna Rakowska & Marzena Cichorzewska, 2012. "Instances of Corporate Social Responsibility in CoalMining: An Exampleof Chosen PolishMines," Knowledge and Learning: Global Empowerment; Proceedings of the Management, Knowledge and Learning International Conference 2012,, International School for Social and Business Studies, Celje, Slovenia.
    • Handle: RePEc:isv:mklp12:393-401
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    1. Kowalska, Izabela Jonek, 2014. "Risk management in the hard coal mining industry: Social and environmental aspects of collieries’ liquidation," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 124-134.
    2. Izabela Jonek-Kowalska, 2014. "Employment and Remuneration Trends in Polish Hard Coal Mines in the Context of the Relations Between Boards and Trade Unions," International Journal of Synergy and Research, ToKnowPress, vol. 3(1), pages 27-43.
    3. Jonek Kowalska, Izabela, 2015. "Challenges for long-term industry restructuring in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin: What has Polish coal mining achieved and failed from a twenty-year perspective?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 135-149.

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