THE INFLUENCE OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON A COMPANY ENDURANCE IN THE MODERN DAY MINING INDUSTRY In the case of the Canadian company Dundee Precious Metals and their subsidiaries in Bulgaria
Translated title
MIKE-B-Master's Thesis-Exam
Author
Mrankov, Ivan Moskov
Term
4. term
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-06-01
Pages
82
Abstract
This thesis investigates how corporate social responsibility (CSR) influences a mining company's endurance and reputation in today's industry, using Dundee Precious Metals (Canada) and its Bulgarian subsidiaries as a case. Motivated by the growing power of multinational corporations, rising societal expectations, and evolving policy frameworks such as the EU's definition of CSR as the responsibility of businesses for their impact on society, the study asks how internal and external pressures—community scrutiny, investor and profit motives, regulation, and competition within an industrial cluster—shape CSR policies and outcomes. The research combines a retrospective case study with a review of CSR theory (including leading models and strategic CSR) and a qualitative document analysis of company reports, sustainability statements, and prior case materials to assess how CSR is implemented in practice and whether a pollution-intensive mining company can be socially responsible while remaining profitable. Methodological considerations of ontology, epistemology, and validity are addressed to support a rigorous analysis. The excerpt covers the research motivation, design, and scope; empirical findings are presented in the thesis's analysis and discussion chapters and are not included here.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan virksomheders sociale ansvar (CSR) påvirker et mineselskabs robusthed og omdømme i nutidens industri, med Dundee Precious Metals (Canada) og dets bulgarske datterselskaber som case. Med udgangspunkt i multinationale virksomheders voksende betydning, stigende samfundsforventninger og udviklende rammer som EU's definition af CSR som virksomheders ansvar for deres indvirkning på samfundet, spørger studiet, hvordan interne og eksterne pres – lokalsamfundets krav, investor- og profitmotiver, regulering samt konkurrence i et industrielt klynge-miljø – former CSR-politikker og resultater. Undersøgelsen kombinerer et retrospektivt casestudie med en gennemgang af CSR-teori (herunder centrale modeller og strategisk CSR) og en kvalitativ dokumentanalyse af virksomhedens rapporter, bæredygtighedserklæringer og eksisterende casemateriale for at vurdere, hvordan CSR implementeres i praksis, og om en forureningsintensiv minevirksomhed kan være socialt ansvarlig og samtidig profitabel. Metodiske overvejelser om ontologi, epistemologi og validitet behandles for at understøtte en solid analyse. Uddraget dækker motivation, design og afgrænsning; empiriske resultater præsenteres i specialets analyse- og diskussionskapitler og indgår ikke her.
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