Uwafiokun Idemudia
Mining, the environment, and human rights in Ghana: An area of limited statehood perspective
Idemudia, Uwafiokun; Kwakyewah, Cynthia; Muthuri, Judy
Authors
Cynthia Kwakyewah
JUDY MUTHURI judy.muthuri@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Sustainable Business and Development
Abstract
Although the global norms meant to guide corporate environmental human rights conducts have steadily improved, there have been limited efforts directed at exploring whether business-related environmental human rights infringements have as a result reduced. To address this gap, this paper examines the extent to which mining companies meet their responsibility to respect human rights and ensure that environmental rights of community members in mining areas are not violated. By privileging community voices, the paper offers nuanced insight into why gaps continue to persist between corporate commitment to human rights objectives and community experience in areas of limited statehood (ALS). We show that weak governmental capacity, neoliberal business model, and differences in sociocultural logics mediate between corporate environmental human rights commitments and their conduct on the ground. The paper concludes by considering the theoretical implications for business and human rights in ALS.
Citation
Idemudia, U., Kwakyewah, C., & Muthuri, J. (2020). Mining, the environment, and human rights in Ghana: An area of limited statehood perspective. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(7), 2919-2926. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2581
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 20, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 12, 2020 |
Publication Date | 2020-11 |
Deposit Date | Jun 24, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Jul 13, 2022 |
Journal | Business Strategy and the Environment |
Print ISSN | 0964-4733 |
Electronic ISSN | 1099-0836 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 7 |
Pages | 2919-2926 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2581 |
Keywords | business, community involvement, developing countries, environment, governance, human rights, mining |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4705676 |
Publisher URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bse.2581 |
Additional Information | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Idemudia, U., Kwakyewah, C., & Muthuri, J. (2020). Mining, the environment, and human rights in Ghana: An Area of Limited Statehood Perspective. Business Strategy and the Environment, https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2581, which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bse.2581. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. |
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