Organizational Legitimacy and Csr in Equal Public Private Joint Ventures in the Mining Industry: The Case of Namdeb

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Organizational Legitimacy and Csr in Equal Public Private Joint Ventures in the Mining Industry: The Case of Namdeb

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1. The Legitimacy of Mining Operations

In southern Africa, especiaUy in the mining industry, companies are addressing social and environmental issues through a range of corporate social responsibihty (CSR) initiatives (Hamann/Kapelus 2004) in order to gain/maintain and repair the Ucense to operate. The prominence of CSR in mining can be traced to the industry's potentiaUy significant negative social and environmental impact, and the related criticism aimed at mining companies often by governments and international and local NGOs (MMSD 2002). Some of the negative social impacts include pubhc interference with government and countries' sovereign laws, deepening disparities in wealth, poor labour conditions, transfer pricing, health and safety faüure and chüd labour (Warhurst 1998). Negative environmental impacts include poUution incidents and the destruction and unbalancing of whole ecosystems.1 In addition, CSR is particularly important in mining because of the inherent flniteness of natural resources and the impacts related to mine closure (Warhurst/Noronha 2000).

Despite the negative effects and risks of the mining industry, a great number of developing country governments continue to address economic and social development chaUenges through the exploitation of their natural resources...

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