The Worl d Copper Factbook 2019 International Copper Study Group 30 Chapter 4 Corporate Social Responsibility CSR in Mining What is Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility ref e rs to the conti n u i ng commi tm ent by the corporation to be have e t hically and contrib u te to economic development while improvi n g the quality of lif e of the workforce and their fa milies as well as of the lo cal com m uni ty and society at large The basis of CSR is rooted in Ar chie Carrolls Py r amid of Corporate Social Responsibility 1 In this Pyramid a corporation has fo u r typ e s of responsibiliti e s The first and most obvious is the econ omic respons i bility to be profitable Th e second is the legal r e sponsibility to obey the law s set forth by society The thir d which is cl osely linked to the second is the et hi c a l r e sponsibility That is to do what is ri ght even when business is no t compell e d to do so by law The four th is the philanthropic responsibility It is best des c ribe d by the res o urces contri bute d by corporations toward social educa t ional recreational andor cul t ur al purposes Why is CSR Important Corporate Social Responsi bility has b een around since the 1950s but it s importance and pra c ti ce took hold much later With mini ng activity increasing CS R is more relevant than ever before CSR program s usually inve st in infrastru c ture potable water ele c tricity schools roads hospitals hospital eq uipme n t dra i nage repairs etc building social cap i tal pr o viding high school and un iversit y education workshops on g e nder issues informati o n on family plannin g i m proving hygiene et c and b u i ld in g hu man ca pital training local peopl e to be employed by the mini ng business or to provide ou t s o u r c e d se rvices promote and provide skills on microbusiness aquacul t ure et c 2 Mini ng companies engag e in CSR progra ms be cause From a com m uni ty pers pective they provide a mecha n ism of compensatio n for th e social an d environmental costs associated with mi ning CSR is also a means through which a mi ning company ca n be seen to ac t i v e l y give back to the communi ty Mini ng companies also be nefit from CS R programs by buildi n g better relati ons with th e local com m uni ties in which th ey operate Th e economic risks of not having good commu nity relations in cl ude project delays and ev en mi ne closures Source 1 based on Archie Carrol ls research on The Pyramid of Corporate Social Re sponsibility To w a r d the Moral Management of Organizational Stakeholders 1991 2 httpswwwminingfactsorgcommunitieswhat is cor p or at e social re sponsibility