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Issues of corporate social responsibility in the mining industry: The case of China

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  • Yang, Yu
  • Chen, Dongjing

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Socially responsible production and consumption have become a hot debate in recent years with the introduction of sustainable development goals. Regardless of sectors, each company needs to be more focused on integrating such responsible activities into their activities. This intention is supported by several stakeholders (including shareholders, media, customers, authorities, etc.), who bring the sensitive sectors (which are more prone to society) to be more focused than ever on such responsible activities. Due to this pressure, in recent years there may be more evidence to integrate corporate social responsibility (CSR) into such sensitive sectors, including mining. Mining sectors often come under pressure from criticism from various activists because of their operational nature. Several studies attempted to integrate the elements of CSR into the mining sector through different perspectives. In a row, this study focused on issues of CSR in the mining sector with evidence of the Chinese case context. DEMATEL has been used to analyze the relationship between the collected common CSR problems. The survey results revealed that '' Dangerous working conditions '' (C8) and '' Non-disclosure of confidential information '' (C11) are the main most influential issues with CSR, which need to be addressed first and foremost to achieve effective CSR integration in the Chinese mining sector. As a groundbreaking work, this study focused exclusively on the human dimensions of CSR, which could help industrial leaders with more focus on human-related responsible practices in their mining sectors.

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  • Yang, Yu & Chen, Dongjing, 2022. "Issues of corporate social responsibility in the mining industry: The case of China," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jrpoli:v:76:y:2022:i:c:s0301420722000976
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2022.102648
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