Corporate Environmental Responsibility of Mining Industry in Madagascar : A Case study

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Abstract
The mining sector is subject of criticism but also progresses in environmental responsibility. In some developing countries, a framework is established around a compensation principle. We study, in the case of Madagascar, a mining project and the implementation of this principle by using a case study methology. We show that this principle is inadequate because it does not take into account reactions of populations with respect to the companies’ actions. The population began to deforest after the mining project began. Consequently we argue for a stakeholders approach, in the logic of the ethics of care.