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Multi-level corporate responsibility and the mining sector: Learning from the Canadian experience in Latin America

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The primary research question animating this article revolves around understanding how multinational mining corporations (MMCs) are responding to the twin pressures of globalization and localization to develop Corporate Responsibility (CR) approaches that apply at a global level and to their subsidiaries in various different jurisdictions, with particular attention being paid to the role of home, host and international factors in shaping the CR approaches of MMCs. The focus of attention is on the experience of Canadian MMCs in Latin America, using as an illustration the particular CR response of one Canadian MMC at its subsidiary Guatemalan mining operation. Research suggests that home country factors play an important role in shaping corporate CR approaches in a manner which take into account the circumstances extant at subsidiary operations in developing countries, as do transnational advocacy networks and global normative instruments.

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  • Webb Kernaghan, 2012. "Multi-level corporate responsibility and the mining sector: Learning from the Canadian experience in Latin America," Business and Politics, De Gruyter, vol. 14(3), pages 1-42, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:buspol:v:14:y:2012:i:3:p:1-42:n:7
    DOI: 10.1515/bap-2012-0022
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