Contributing to sustainable community livelihoods
Corporate social responsibility programmes of resource companies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12353083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Elizabeth Fordham (University of South Australia, corresponding author), Guy M Robinson (0000-0003-1652-6456, The University of Adelaide), Boyd Blackwell (0000-0001-8143-158X, University of New England), Boyd Dirk Blackwell (Business School, University of New England, Armidale, Australia), Jen Cleary (The University of Adelaide) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 224-242 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1037-1656 • E-ISSN: 2204-0536 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10371656.2018.1504798 |
| OpenAlex | W2885299058 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 45 |
Many rural communities in Australia are looking to arrest population decline and secure their future viability. This article examines how resource companies contribute towards building sustainable community livelihoods through corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes. The study uses structuration theory to explore how human agency combines with key structural processes to create CSR with long-term benefits. Data collection includes semi-structured interviews with employees from 25 Australian resource companies and relevant stakeholders. The study identifies three main CSR approaches reflecting how companies support community livelihoods: minimalist-financial, shared-value, and corporate citizenship models. These approaches are shaped by company values and culture, effectiveness of CSR policies and human capacity. The study highlights the importance of resource companies developing links with local organisations to facilitate livelihood approaches. Overall, the capacity for rural communities to access long-term opportunities from resource development is highly variable, symptomatic of a broader lack of strategic direction for rural development
Agency (philosophy · Agriculture · Business · Community development · Corporate social responsibility · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Human resources · Livelihood · Management · Political science · Project commissioning · Public relations · Publishing · Resource (disambiguation · Social science · Sociology · Community Development and Social Impact · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Approaches to Social Enquiry
Corporate Social Responsibility in the extractive industries
Carroll’s pyramid of CSR
Development on whose terms?
Mission impossible?
The viability of remote mining communities
‘Sustainable Mining’? Corporate Social Responsibility, Migration and Livelihood Choices in Zambia
Social Research
Extractive industries and poverty
Mining operations and corporate social responsibility
Corporate-community engagement strategies in the Niger Delta
Decentralization, corporate community development and resource governance
The mining boom and Western Australia’s changing landscape
No more sun shades, please
Assessing the social impacts of the resources boom on rural communities
What’s Mine Is Mine(D)
Community perspectives of coal seam gas development during two phases of industry activity
Extractive industries and Indigenous peoples
A corporate responsibility? The constitution of fly-in, fly-out mining companies as governance partners in remote, mine-affected localities
Socio-economic wellbeing in Australian mining towns
Perceptions of community responses to the unconventional gas industry
Social Development Needs Analysis as a tool for SIA to guide corporate-community investment
Corporate Social Responsibility Theories
Population Growth and Change
Neoliberalism, Individualisation and Community
Livelihoods perspectives and rural development
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,57 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |