Community relations in the global mining industry: exploring the internal dimensions of externally orientated work
✍ Scribed by Deanna Kemp
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1535-3958
- DOI
- 10.1002/csr.195
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This article focuses on community relations in the mining industry, within the context of sustainable development, social responsibility and stakeholder engagement. Community relations is conceptualized as a three‐dimensional practice that involves: working for the company to understand local community perspectives; bridging community and company perspectives to generate dialogue and mutual understanding and; facilitating necessary organizational change to improve social performance. Key challenges of institutionalizing and professionalizing community relations within the mining industry are discussed. The article argues that at a conceptual level, community relations should be de‐linked from public relations if it is to gain strength as a professional domain of work. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.