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The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/22816 The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry Olivier, Johan ichelp@gibs.co.za Osman, Imraan Idhris UCTD Social and labour plan South African mining industry Resource development Mineral petroleum Multinational corporations (MNCs) Department of mineral resources Corporate social investment Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. One of the means South Africa has adopted to redress the social ills of the past is corporate social responsibility. This essentially places the onus on the business community within the country to take accountability of the social ills within the country and implement practices within their organizations to address these ills in a structured and sustainable manner. The extent to which and the manner in which this social obligation is discharged within the mining industry which represents one of the larger industries in the country formed the basis of this research.To this extent, secondary economic data was used of listed mining companies over a five year period to understand the extent to which these companies have been contributing towards the cause of socio-economic upliftment. This data was contrasted against general industry data in an attempt to gauge mining company’s commitment against the other industries operating within the country. In order to understand how CSI is interpreted and executed, 6 specialist interviews were held with senior management officials from different mining companies whilst 2 specific mining projects were considered to test the aspect of sustainability.Based on the results, mining companies similar to other companies within South Africa have demonstrated real commitment to CSI through higher annual year on year contributions. The internal processes and resources committed to CSI signal that companies have recognized the importance of CSI as a key element to their own sustainability. The research further reveals that whilst a lot is being done and continues to be done, it clearly is not enough and the country as a collective needs to consider how best to exploit its CSI resources to ensure it reaches the appropriate needs areas and further focuses more on enterprise development.<p/> Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T13:48:26Z 2013-04-30 2013-09-06T13:48:26Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-02-24 Dissertation Osman, II 2012, The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22816 > F13/4/247/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22816 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-113637/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Social and labour plan South African mining industry Resource development Mineral petroleum Multinational corporations (MNCs) Department of mineral resources Corporate social investment The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry |
| title | The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry |
| title_full | The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry |
| title_fullStr | The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry |
| title_short | The sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the South African mining industry |
| title_sort | sustainability of corporate social responsibility spend by the south african mining industry |
| topic | UCTD Social and labour plan South African mining industry Resource development Mineral petroleum Multinational corporations (MNCs) Department of mineral resources Corporate social investment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22816 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02242013-113637/ |