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Corporate community engagement (CCE) in Zimbabwe's mining industry from the Stakeholder Theory perspectiveWushe, Tawaziwa 09 1900 (has links)
Questionnaires translated into Shona / Mineral extraction is one of the key drivers of Africa’s economies and is also one of the largest
industries in the world. In many African countries, including Zimbabwe, mining contributes to
profound parts of the economy and remain the engine for economic growth. In recent years, and
following the continual exploitation of minerals, mining companies have been scrutinized as a
major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems faced mainly by communities at
the margins. In this regard, mining companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the
expense of adjacent communities, who are the primary recipients of the externalities, mainly
negative, from mining operations. Due to incongruent stakeholder interests conflicts have
erupted given the peculiar case of the extractive industries in Zimbabwe. Having realised the
differences among stakeholder interests over minerals, in the extractive industry the study sought
to answer this question: how is CCE understood by different stakeholders? And how is CCE
measured by the same stakeholders?. The focus of the study is to evaluate the meaning of CCE
from multiple stakeholders in the extractive industry in Zimbabwe; and to analyse how CCE is
measured by identified stakeholders. In order to satisfy the stated objectives, the study employed
mixed research method. This study revealed similarity in understanding of CCE and its
usefulness amongst the different stakeholder groups. Of cognitive importance is the realisation
by stakeholders on the need for proactive communities and corporate investment into community
for effective partnerships. Collaboration, empowerment, inclusion, trust and organisation
emerged to be the major facilitators for CCE. The study presents operative CCE according to the
obligations and expectations of stakeholders. Having realised that mining industries are
particularly susceptible to conflict between stakeholders, the study suggests proactive desire to
mitigate these conflicts through CCE in the mining industry. In this respect, community
development, peace and stability and strong economy are the major outcomes of effective CCE.
The study recommends participation of resource owners in planning, implementing, monitoring
and evaluation as well as dividends sharing of mining projects as advocated for by the CCE
Model. It is also recommended that the adoption of the CCE Model will ensure a sustainable and
harmonious coexistence between the predominantly capitalistic mining concerns and the
resource owners and solve part of the current impasse to business and community development. / Business Management / D.B.L.
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Corporate community engagement (CCE) in Zimbabwe's mining industry from the Stakeholder Theory perspectiveWushe, Tawaziwa 09 1900 (has links)
Questionnaires translated into Shona / Mineral extraction is one of the key drivers of Africa’s economies and is also one of the largest
industries in the world. In many African countries, including Zimbabwe, mining contributes to
profound parts of the economy and remain the engine for economic growth. In recent years, and
following the continual exploitation of minerals, mining companies have been scrutinized as a
major cause of social, environmental, and economic problems faced mainly by communities at
the margins. In this regard, mining companies are widely perceived to be prospering at the
expense of adjacent communities, who are the primary recipients of the externalities, mainly
negative, from mining operations. Due to incongruent stakeholder interests conflicts have
erupted given the peculiar case of the extractive industries in Zimbabwe. Having realised the
differences among stakeholder interests over minerals, in the extractive industry the study sought
to answer this question: how is CCE understood by different stakeholders? And how is CCE
measured by the same stakeholders?. The focus of the study is to evaluate the meaning of CCE
from multiple stakeholders in the extractive industry in Zimbabwe; and to analyse how CCE is
measured by identified stakeholders. In order to satisfy the stated objectives, the study employed
mixed research method. This study revealed similarity in understanding of CCE and its
usefulness amongst the different stakeholder groups. Of cognitive importance is the realisation
by stakeholders on the need for proactive communities and corporate investment into community
for effective partnerships. Collaboration, empowerment, inclusion, trust and organisation
emerged to be the major facilitators for CCE. The study presents operative CCE according to the
obligations and expectations of stakeholders. Having realised that mining industries are
particularly susceptible to conflict between stakeholders, the study suggests proactive desire to
mitigate these conflicts through CCE in the mining industry. In this respect, community
development, peace and stability and strong economy are the major outcomes of effective CCE.
The study recommends participation of resource owners in planning, implementing, monitoring
and evaluation as well as dividends sharing of mining projects as advocated for by the CCE
Model. It is also recommended that the adoption of the CCE Model will ensure a sustainable and
harmonious coexistence between the predominantly capitalistic mining concerns and the
resource owners and solve part of the current impasse to business and community development. / Business Management / D.B.L.
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“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of CanadaKinuthia, Wanyee 13 November 2013 (has links)
This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.
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“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of CanadaKinuthia, Wanyee January 2013 (has links)
This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.
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