The Socio-economic Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the Zimbabwe Mining Industry

The purpose of this study is to analyse the implementation of corporate social responsibilitySocial responsibility programmes by MarangeMarange mining companies to determine whether they mitigate negative socialSocial and environmentalEnvironmental impacts and contribute to sustainable development in the communities in which they operate. Miners can become good corporate citizens for their stakeholders, communitiesCommunity, communities, local communities and societies by adopting the concept of corporate social responsibilitySocial responsibility which has emerged as an increasingly crucial concept globally and has become an important part of the debate on sustainabilitySustainability, sustainable business strategy, sustainable economy, sustainable growth . This study makes an important contribution to understanding of the MarangeMarange Diamonds corporate social responsibility (CSR)Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) case study. Content analysis research methodology was adopted for this study. The contents of websites are examined since, being private, the companies are under no obligation to publish annual financial statements. Analysis is based on the impact of CSRCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and mining activities on quality, income (economy), educationEducation , and healthHealth, healthy of the communities. Several areas of CSRCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are open to diamondDiamond miners; these include ethicsEthics, ethical , law, employee healthHealth, healthy and safety, the environment, educationEducation , philanthropyPhilanthropy, philanthropic, philanthropic responsibility , and economy. The study also demonstrated that challenges also exist in these areas: economic responsibilityEconomic responsibility ; employee healthHealth, healthy and safety; recruitment of qualified lecturers; legalLegal responsibilityResponsibility ; environmental responsibilityResponsibility ; philanthropicPhilanthropy, philanthropic, philanthropic responsibility responsibilityResponsibility ; and ethical responsibilityResponsibility . The conclusion of this study is that mines in MarangeMarange in eastern Zimbabwe failed to take advantage of opportunities presented by CSRCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to manage both risks and their images as catalysts of sustainable development. Further conclusions are that CSRCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities that temporarily satisfy short-term needs are to be avoided; CSRCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) should include community participation to achieve adoption Miners should be proactive in identifying the nature of communitiesCommunity, communities, local communities they move into and the dynamics arising therefrom and finally, CSR Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities must be reported to avoid misunderstanding and to gain trust of all stakeholders.