Building Public Trust: Transnationals in the Community

Found at: https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6188
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Type:	Working Paper
Author:	Schwarte, Christoph
Date:	2009
Agency:	International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London
Series:	IIED Briefing
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/6188
Sector:	Social Organization
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Subject(s):	livelihoods international relations accountability
Abstract:	"Big business and poor communities can make for an uneasy fit. Transnational corporations in oil, gas and mining, for instance, have come under fire from civil society organisations for adverse impacts on local environment and livelihoods. With international pressure for a solution growing, a number of these corporations are working towards inbuilt accountability. As the experience of some shows, corporate grievance and redress mechanisms can fill the gap left by weak governance structures in host countries. Yet will this ensure true accountability and, if so, how likely is it that TNCs will embrace them as good practice?"

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