Internalizing corporate social responsibility (CSR) in ASM: The making of small-scale miners as environmental and work safety "champions"

Ofosu, George and Arthur-Holmes, Francis and Siaw, Daniel (2025) Internalizing corporate social responsibility (CSR) in ASM: The making of small-scale miners as environmental and work safety "champions". Strategy & Leadership, 53 (3). pp. 321-346. ISSN 1087-8572

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Abstract

Purpose

While the practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the mining sector is far from a new occurrence, far less common is an examination of the CSR-related activities of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) firms. Drawing on Carroll (1991) four-part model of CSR as a lens, this paper aims to explore the discursive construction of some socioenvironmentally oriented activities of a small-scale mining operator to extend our understanding of CSR in practice.

Design/methodology/approach

This study employs a qualitative research design involving semistructured interviews with the management and staff of a small-scale mining company located in the Eastern region of Ghana.

Findings

The findings suggest small-scale mining operators, contrary to the dominant narrative of being inattentive to CSR concerns, could strategically leverage salient environmental management practices and novel worker safety procedures to make them unanticipated champions of CSR.

Originality/value

The study extends our understanding of how salient organizing practices of small-scale mining firms may cohere to give shape and form to the practice of CSR in context.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.1108/SL-01-2025-0005
Dates:	Date Event 12 February 2025 Accepted 8 April 2025 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	corporate social responsibility, artisanal and small-scale mining, Carroll's model
Subjects:	CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-02 - business studies
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Business, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	09 Jul 2025 15:33
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2025 11:12
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16510