Corporate Social Responsibility and Canada's Role in Africa's Extractive Sectors

Herausgeber: Andrews, Nathan; Grant, J Andrew

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With reference to global governance initiatives aimed at promoting ethical business practices, this volume offers a timely examination of Canada-Africa relations and natural resource governance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781487503086
• ISBN-10: 1487503083
• Artikelnr.: 54611185

Autorenporträt

Edited by Nathan Andrews and J. Andrew Grant

Inhaltsangabe

Section I - Introduction: Conceptual Approaches and Policy Implications
1. Africa-Canada Relations in Natural Resource Sectors: Approaches to (and
Prospects for) Corporate Social Responsibility, Good Governance, and Human
Security - Nathan Andrews, University of Northern British Columbia and J.
Andrew Grant, Queen’s University
Section II - Canada in Africa: From the Global to the Local (and Back)
2. Canadian Government and Corporate Social Responsibility: Implications
for Sustainable Development in Africa - Uwafiokun Idemudia, York
University; W. R. Nadège Compaoré, York University & Canadian Institute for
Advanced Research (CIFAR); and Cynthia Kwakyewah, Tony Elumelu Foundation
3. Corporate Social Responsibility and Canada’s Role in Africa’s Extractive
Industries: A Critical Analysis - Nketti Johnston-Taylor, United Way
Calgary
4. Canadian Perspectives on the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human
Rights in Africa: Assessing the Legitimacy of Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
in Extractive Sectors - Charis Enns, University of Sheffield & Aga Khan
University, Kenya
5. The Impact of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights on
Corporate Social Responsibility Policies: An Assessment of Canadian Mining
Firms - Jason J. McSparren, University of Massachusetts, Boston
6. Natural Resource Governance and Human Security: What has Canada got to
do with Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Africa? - Timothy Adivilah
Balag’kutu, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Section III - Corporate Social Responsibility, Norms, and Development
7. Global Governance via Local Procurement? Interrogating the Promotion of
Local Procurement as a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy - Paula
Butler, Wilfrid Laurier University
8. Examining the Dynamics of Global Corporate Social Responsibility
Frameworks and Canadian Mining Firms: Insights from Ghana and South Africa
- Raynold Wonder Alorse, Queen’s University
9. ‘Golden’ Expectations: Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance in
South Africa’s Mining Sector - David Orr, University of Cambridge
10. A Natural Resource Boon or Impending Doom in East Africa? Political
Settlements and Governance Dynamics in Uganda’s Oil Sector - Shingirai
Taodzera, University of Ottawa
Section IV - Concluding Remarks: Reflections on Corporate Social
Responsibility, Legitimacy, and Africa-Canada Relations in Natural Resource
Sectors
11. Corporate Social Responsibility and Issues of Legitimacy and
Development: Reflections on the Mining Sector in Africa - Bonnie Campbell,
Université du Québec à Montréal
12. Reflections on Africa-Canada Relations in Natural Resource Sectors in
the 2020s - J. Andrew Grant, Queen’s University and Nathan Andrews,
University of Northern British Columbia