Corporate social reporting by Anglo
| dc.contributor.author | Duggan, Bronwen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-18T10:21:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-04-18T10:21:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04-18 | |
| dc.description | MBA - WBS | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The legitimacy theory for corporate social and environmental reporting is gaining support due to tests performed on companies operating in many firstworld countries, however little or no research has been conducted in developing countries. This study tests the legitimacy theory for corporate social and environmental reporting within the South African context, using Anglo Platinum Limited as the case study. The extent and type of social and environmental reporting by Anglo Platinum Limited within their annual reports (business and sustainability volumes) were examined using content analysis for the period 2004 to 2008 and correlated with media attention over the same period. Both data sets were obtained via the internet. Generally, it was observed that Anglo Platinum Limited reporting levels were highly variable over the period, although environmental management was consistently the dominant theme followed by employee health and safety and community involvement. The review of media articles identified an increase in total media attention over the period of study, with most of the articles focussing on human resource issues followed by references to BEE deals and the conversion of mining rights. The media articles referring to community involvement issues dealt mostly with the various lawsuits filed by ActionAid attorney Richard Spoor on behalf of communities surrounding the Mogalakwena Mine. The Spearman’s rank correlation tests performed on the data found no significant correlation between the reporting by Anglo Platinum Limited and the levels of print media attention. Therefore, this test did not find evidence to support the legitimacy theory for corporate social and environmental reporting within the South African context | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/9508 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Corporate social reporting | en_US |
| dc.subject | Platinum mines, South Africa | en_US |
| dc.title | Corporate social reporting by Anglo | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |