Corporate social responsibility in the Canadian mining sector: the case of Guatemala's Marlin Mine.

dc.contributor.authorNicoll, Georgina Elsie
dc.contributor.supervisorLawson, James Charles Barkley
dc.date.accessioned2012-01-30T19:24:05Z
dc.date.available2012-01-30T19:24:05Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012-01-30
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become something of a "buzz word" for many corporations, including those in the Canadian mining sector. This term merits examination with a critical eye, since the strategic uses of voluntary CSR initiatives go far beyond the altruistic desire to improve corporate practices in the areas of human rights and environmental protection. Through a case study of the protest movement against Goldcorp Inc‘s Marlin Mine in Guatemala, I will demonstrate that CSR alone, without a supporting framework of binding and enforceable regulations, is not enough to guarantee the protection of human and community rights in the global south.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3832
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectCSRen_US
dc.subjectCorporate Social Responsibilityen_US
dc.subjectGuatemalaen_US
dc.subjectGoldcorpen_US
dc.subjectminingen_US
dc.subjectsocial movementsen_US
dc.subjectagenda settingen_US
dc.subjecthuman rightsen_US
dc.subjectcommunity rightsen_US
dc.subjectindigenous rightsen_US
dc.titleCorporate social responsibility in the Canadian mining sector: the case of Guatemala's Marlin Mine.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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