How hedonic and perceived community benefits from employee CSR involvement drive CSR advocacy behavior to co‐workers

Abstract Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long been a vital source of livelihoods for rural populations in the global South. Yet, it has also been linked to a host of social, political and environmental adversities, including violent conflict. As environmental peacebuilding increasingly stresses the importance of livelihood improvement as a means of fostering peace in conflict-affected extractive societies, ASM formalization has been identified as a solution to mitigate the sector's challenges, thereby addressing underlying causes of conflict. This article critically investigates the contribution of ASM formalization to sustainable peace by focusing on its impact on the livelihood dimension of peacebuilding. It analyses the livelihood impact of three formalization interventions in the diamond sectors of two countries: cooperatives in Liberia, and, in Sierra Leone, ethical sourcing schemes and a community-based natural resource management initiative. In line with calls for a paradigm shift from a narrow legalization-centred understanding of formalization to a broader approach that accounts for livelihood quality, the analysis presented here focuses on interventions that were informed by the ideal of improving the well-being of ASM workers and communities. We propose three pathways through which ASM formalization could potentially contribute to livelihood enhancement: income security, working conditions and community benefits. Based on fieldwork, this article highlights the challenges of generating livelihood improvements through formalization. Even when specifically designed to address the needs of ASM communities, during implementation, they risk prioritizing a narrow conceptualization of formalization and thus failing to become a conductor of transformative change.

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Community Benefits and UK Offshore Wind Farms: Evolving Convergence in a Divergent Practice

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management ◽

10.1142/s1464333221500010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 2150001

Author(s):

John Glasson

Keyword(s):

Wind Farm ◽

Wind Farms ◽

Host Community ◽

Offshore Wind ◽

Energy Industry ◽

Offshore Wind Farms ◽

Onshore Wind ◽

Community Benefits ◽

The Uk ◽

Renewable Energy Industry

The Offshore Wind sector is a major, dynamic, and rapidly evolving renewable energy industry. This is particularly so in Europe, and especially in the UK. Associated with the growth of the industry has been a growth of interest in community benefits as voluntary measures provided by a developer to the host community. However, in many cases, and for some of the large North Sea distant offshore wind farms, the benefits packages have been disparate and pro rata much smaller than for the well-established onshore wind farm industry. However, there are signs of change. This paper explores the issues of community benefits for the UK offshore sector and evolving practice, as reflected in a macro study of the adoption of community benefits approaches across the industry. This is followed by a more in-depth micro- approach, which explores approaches that have been adopted in three case studies of recent OWF projects — Aberdeen, Beatrice and the Hornsea Array. Whilst there is still much divergence in practice, there are also examples of some convergence, and the development of a more replicable practice. Particularly notable is the adoption of annual community benefits funds, as the key element of community benefits schemes/agreements between developers, local authorities and local communities.

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Programmatic modeling for biological systems

10.1101/2021.02.26.433125 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Alexander L.R. Lubbock ◽

Carlos F. Lopez

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Best Practices ◽

Computational Modeling ◽

User Interfaces ◽

Model Development ◽

List Type ◽

Cellular Processes ◽

Domain Specific ◽

Community Benefits ◽

Engineering Best Practices

AbstractComputational modeling has become an established technique to encode mathematical representations of cellular processes and gain mechanistic insights that drive testable predictions. These models are often constructed using graphical user interfaces or domain-specific languages, with SBML used for interchange. Models are typically simulated, calibrated, and analyzed either within a single application, or using import and export from various tools. Here, we describe a programmatic modeling paradigm, in which modeling is augmented with best practices from software engineering. We focus on Python - a popular, user-friendly programming language with a large scientific package ecosystem. Models themselves can be encoded as programs, adding benefits such as modularity, testing, and automated documentation generators while still being exportable to SBML. Automated version control and testing ensures models and their modules have expected properties and behavior. Programmatic modeling is a key technology to enable collaborative model development and enhance dissemination, transparency, and reproducibility.HighlightsProgrammatic modeling combines computational modeling with software engineering best practices.An executable model enables users to leverage all available resources from the language.Community benefits include improved collaboration, reusability, and reproducibility.Python has multiple modeling frameworks with a broad, active scientific ecosystem.

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Community benefits schemes

Ocean Energy ◽

10.9774/gleaf.9781315618586_12 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 191-204

Author(s):

Sandy Kerr ◽

Stephanie Weir

Keyword(s):

Community Benefits

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Organizing Community and Labor Coalitions for Community Benefits Agreements in African American Communities: Ensuring Successful Partnerships

Economic Justice, Labor and Community Practice ◽

10.4324/9781315875576-11 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 126-145

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Community Benefits ◽

African American Communities ◽

Community Benefits Agreements

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Linking conservation and communities: community benefits and social costs

Ecotourism ◽

10.4324/9780080494661-13 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 90-103

Keyword(s):

Social Costs ◽

Community Benefits

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Evaluating Economic Development Strategies

Economic Development Quarterly ◽

10.1177/089124249400800212 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 218-229 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

John J. Accordino

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Technology Development ◽

Local Economic Development ◽

High Technology ◽

Development Strategies ◽

Local Conditions ◽

Community Benefits ◽

State And Local ◽

The Right ◽

Economic Development Strategies

This essay reviews recent evaluations of three of the most widely used state and local economic development strategies—traditional business recruitment, enterprise zones, and high-technology development. The studies do not succeed in their efforts to produce broadly generalizable findings that provide clear guidance to state and local policymakers and practitioners. Rather, they show that local conditions are responsible for the success or failure and level of net community benefits to be derived from any approach. Under the right conditions, each of the approaches described here might be appropriate.

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