Corporate Social Responsibility: Benefits for Youth in Hydropower Development in Laos

Autor/in	Sparkes, Stephen
Titel	Corporate Social Responsibility: Benefits for Youth in Hydropower Development in Laos
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 60 (2014) 2, S.261-277 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-014-9401-9
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Young Adults; Government Role; Power Technology; Federal Regulation; Business; Social Responsibility; Public Schools; State Programs; Employment Opportunities; Youth Programs; Social Change; Economic Change; Migrant Workers; Corporations; Laos; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Antriebstechnik; Bundeskompetenz; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Soziale Verantwortung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Regierungsprogramm; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Jugendsofortprogramm; Sozialer Wandel; Ökonomischer Wandel; Wanderarbeiter; Unternehmen; Norwegen
Abstract	The role of the state as regulator combined with policies on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) that go beyond legal requirements to establishing programmes that promote development and good international business practice is an emerging new paradigm. In this paper, the example of a state-owned company, Statkraft A.S. of Norway, and its recent hydropower investment in central Laos illustrates how policy, implementation and follow-up can lead to benefits for local communities in the impacted area of the Theun-Hinboun Expansion Project (THXP). Programmes include both support for and improvement of existing government education programmes, employment opportunities and specific programmes for youth. They have been designed to mitigate possible negative effects of the influx of workers and rapid socio-economic change in the affected area. Young people continue to have a central role in the implementation of these programmes as peer educators under the supervision of project staff and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10