Corporate Complicity in the Extractive Industry: Where Does Legal Liability Stand?
Article from: OGEL 2 (2007), in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Abstract
For several years Multinational Companies in the extractive industry have been involved in one form of corporate complicity or the other. But the last decade alone has witnessed the unruly behaviour of companies in the ruthless game of profit maximization at all cost. This paper gives an in-depth study and analysis of the activities of Multinational Companies in the emerging economies, the extent they will go in the quest for higher profits, and their ruthless methods of operation adopted in their host communities. It also examines the impact of the agitations for Corporate ...