caa a22 4500 60548628X CHVBK 20210128100444.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2308-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2308-3 O'Faircheallaigh Ciaran School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, 4111, Nathan, QLD, Australia aut Social Equity and Large Mining Projects: Voluntary Industry Initiatives, Public Regulation and Community Development Agreements [Elektronische Daten] [Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh] Large mining projects can generate highly inequitable outcomes, with affected communities bearing the burden of social and environmental costs while economic benefits accrue largely to domestic and foreign metropolitan centres. This raises important ethical and social justice issues, as does the finite nature of mineral resources, which can mean that current generations enjoy the benefits of mining while future generations bear the costs of environmental and social impacts that can continue long after mining ends. During recent decades two broad approaches, voluntary industry initiatives and government regulation, have been employed in attempts to achieve a more equitable distribution of mining's positive and negative effects. Both have serious drawbacks. Industry initiatives are ultimately voluntary and may be abandoned in tough economic times; they can be highly variable across companies and projects; and they suffer from serious compliance issues. Public regulation can be inflexible, is subject to industry capture, and in many major mineral producing nations a ‘retreat from regulation' is reducing its relevance. This article considers whether, and under what conditions, a third and emergent instrument, community development agreements (CDAs), can help overcome the shortcomings associated with industry initiatives and public regulation. It argues that CDAs have considerable potential in this regard, but that communities can encounter significant practical challenges in their negotiation and implementation. In addition, disparities in negotiation power between communities and project developers can result in inequitable agreements, indicating a continued need for government involvement to create a more level ‘negotiation terrain'. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Corporate social responsibility nationallicence Public regulation nationallicence Community development agreements nationallicence Social justice nationallicence Mining industry nationallicence Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 132/1(2015-11-01), 91-103 0167-4544 132:1<91 2015 132 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2308-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2308-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- O'Faircheallaigh Ciaran School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, 4111, Nathan, QLD, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 132/1(2015-11-01), 91-103 0167-4544 132:1<91 2015 132 10551