The institutional forces that impact on the understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the form of social partnerships in the Peruvian Mining industry
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description: The purpose of this research is to examine the regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive elements under the New Institutional theory that have an impact on the understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the development of social partnerships between peasant communities, mining companies and government in Peru. The literature review shows that New institutionalism theory is a suitable theoretical framework as it analyses these three elements of institutionalism that shape the logic of behaviour of Peruvian native and non-native people towards CSR, including: regulative, represented by law; normative, seen in value dimensions; and cultural-cognitive, seen in the symbols that represent reality. This research contributes to the wider CSR literature in developing countries from the Andean region by capturing the native peoples’ voices. To this end, multiple qualitative methods including observations and semi-structured interviews have been utilised as they allow for a more in-depth, exploratory study. In total, 53 semi-structured interviews were carried out between August 2016 and September 2017 in Ancash and Lima regions. Moreover, indigenous methodology has been deployed to identify the ontological and epistemological stances of native people that involved participating in their traditions and seeking understanding of their oral stories. The findings from this study regarding the regulative elements, indicate that, whilst in Peru there is no specific law that promotes social partnerships, the government has developed an ecosystem of law that promotes social partnerships. The Work for Taxes law is appointed as the most important legal tool that fosters early development of partnerships. Similarly, the Prior Consultation law permits a space for dialogue between comuneros and mining companies as a starting point of a partnership. However, there is the perception that it does not protect comuneros’ rights from Andean regions, but rather, only indigenous …
abstract: The purpose of this research is to examine the regulative, normative and cultural-cognitive elements under the New Institutional theory that have an impact on the understanding of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the development of social partnerships between peasant communities, mining companies and government in Peru. The literature review shows that New institutionalism theory is a suitable theoretical framework as it analyses these three elements of institutionalism that shape the logic of behaviour of Peruvian native and non-native people towards CSR, including: regulative, represented by law; normative, seen in value dimensions; and cultural-cognitive, seen in the symbols that represent reality. This research contributes to the wider CSR literature in developing countries from the Andean region by capturing the native peoples’ voices. To this end, multiple qualitative methods including observations and semi-structured interviews have been utilised as they allow for a more in-depth, exploratory study. In total, 53 semi-structured interviews were carried out between August 2016 and September 2017 in Ancash and Lima regions. Moreover, indigenous methodology has been deployed to identify the ontological and epistemological stances of native people that involved participating in their traditions and seeking understanding of their oral stories. The findings from this study regarding the regulative elements, indicate that, whilst in Peru there is no specific law that promotes social partnerships, the government has developed an ecosystem of law that promotes social partnerships. The Work for Taxes law is appointed as the most important legal tool that fosters early development of partnerships. Similarly, the Prior Consultation law permits a space for dialogue between comuneros and mining companies as a starting point of a partnership. However, there is the perception that it does not protect comuneros’ rights from Andean regions, but rather, only indigenous …
author: Espinoza Ramos, G.
date published: 2021
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:01:27Z
provider: University of Westminster
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: University of Westminster

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