Corporate Social Responsibility and the Extractive Industries in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Indigenous Rights and the Environment

2022 ◽  
pp. 121-155
Author(s):  
Linda Etchart
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Indigenous Rights ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon ◽  
Corporate Social

scholarly journals The Modern-Day Impact of Cultural and Religious Diversity: "Managing Family Justice in Diverse Societies"

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 552
Author(s):  
Christa Rautenbach
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Transnational Companies ◽  
International Human ◽  
Corporate Social

 Transnational companies (TNCs) in general and those operating in the extractive industry sector in particular have an impact on the realisation of human rights. Yet under international human rights law, instruments regulating TNCs’ obligations in terms of human rights are non-binding. Consequently, the state in which TNCs operate remains the only duty bearer of human rights and should ensure that companies under its jurisdiction comply with human rights. The aim of this article is to examine the extent to which Nigeria and South Africa comply with their obligations to ensure that TNCs in extractive industries operating within their borders promote and respect human rights. Ultimately it is argued that the legal architecture in the countries under study does not satisfactorily shield people from the actions of TNCs. In an attempt to remedy the situation, it is suggested that a way forward could be constructed on the following pillars: inserting human rights clauses into international trade and investment agreements; raising awareness of and sensitization on the importance of corporate social responsibility as a "profit maximising mechanism"; turning corporate social responsibility into binding human rights obligations; and using international human rights monitoring mechanisms. Though the points made in this article generally engage the human rights impacts of extractive industries in Nigeria and South African, the proposed solutions are generalisable to other societies in which these industries operate.

scholarly journals Extractive industries and local development in the Peruvian Highlands

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Ticci ◽  
Javier Escobal
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Extractive Industries ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Social Expenditure ◽  
Welfare Impact ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Educational Indicators

AbstractDuring the last 20 years, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing sustained growth. Using census, administrative, nationally and regionally representative data we compare districts in the Peruvian Highlands with a recent mining development with suitable counterfactuals. We find that the new mining activities attract migration inflows, and have some positive effects over educational indicators, and that these impacts, on average, are smaller in districts with lower levels of corporate social expenditure. However, the results of this study suggest that the local potential welfare impact of the mining boom is largely untapped and corporate social responsibility has had a limited role in improving this effect.

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