Impact assessment and quality analysis of corporate social responsability (CSR) programs of mining companies and their contribution to sustainable development in the communities they operate: case study Tenke Fungurume Mining SA in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Purpose – This case study presents an impact assessment of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs of the TFM Company in order to understand how they contribute to the sustainable development of communities in areas in which they operate. Design/Methodology/Approach - Data for this study was collected using qualitative data methods that included semi-structured interviews and Focus Group Discussions most of them audio and video recorded. Documentary analysis and a field visit were also undertaken for the purpose of quality analysis of the CSR programs on the terrain. Data collected was analyzed using the Seven Questions to sustainability (7Qs) framework, an evaluation tool developed by the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) North America chapter. Content analysis method was on the other hand used to examine the interviews and FGDs of the study participants. Findings - Results shows that CSR programs of TFM SA do contribute to community development, as there have been notable changes in the communities’ living conditions. But whether they have contributed to sustainable development is not yet the case as programs that enhance the capacity of communities and other stakeholders to support these projects development beyond the implementation stage and the mines operation lifetime need to be considered and implemented. Originality/Value – In DRC, there is paucity of information of research studies that focus on impact assessment of CSR programs in general and specifically those of mining companies and their contribution to sustainable development of local communities. Many of the available studies cover issues of minerals and conflict or conflict minerals as mostly referred to. This study addressees this gap.

Social Workers' Perceptions of Family Preservation Programs

The passage of the Adoptions and Safe Families Act of 1997, with its focus on child safety and concurrent planning, has presented family preservation workers with new challenges and new opportunities. Twenty volunteers from a large comprehensive social service agency were interviewed to determine their experiences with two models of family preservation—Multisystemic Therapy (MST) and Traditional Family Preservation Service (TFPS) or practice as usual. Workers from both programs were able to articulate values consistent with family preservation as important strengths of the programs— keeping families together and empowering families for example. Information from referring agencies was described as variable and not especially useful when working with seriously troubled families, especially as it related to risk and child safety. Both groups indicated that the jargon of family preservation had permeated their agencies, and that working with other agencies was at times a challenge, though for different reasons. Finally, despite some reservations about the effectiveness of short-term treatment with families that face serious challenges, both groups of workers were generally satisfied with family preservation as an approach to practice.

A research strategy for social assessment of lake restoration programs /

Mode of access: Internet.

Social Security Act amendments of 1949 : hearings before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, first session, on H.R. 2892, a bill to amend the Social Security Act to enable states to establish more adequate public-welfare programs, and for other purposes, and other bills [and] H.R. 2893, a bill to extend and improve the old-age and survivors insurance system, to add protection against disability, and for other purposes, and other bills.

Considers legislation to extend and improve the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance system, and to add disability protection. Includes H. Rpt. 80-2168, "Social Security Act Amendments, 1948," on H.R. 6777, June 2, 1948 (p. 1096-1158), pt.2.

Social security and related welfare programs. Rev and updated by publisher's editorial staff.

First published in 1952 under title: Social security, Federal and State laws.

Osiris III; an integrated collection of computer programs for the management and analysis of social science data.

v. 1. System and program description.--v. 2. Error Messages.--v. 3. Summary of control cards.--v. 4. Sample jobs.--v. 5. Formulas and statistical references.--v. 6. Primer.

Program administration review of the social security disability insurance and the supplemental security income vocational rehabilitation programs.

Report year ends Sept. 30.

Who should benefit? : Streamlining social benefit programs.

v. 1. Narrative -- v. 2. Appendix.

Current health status and the future demand for health care programs and social support services : follow-up analyses from the survey of aging veterans /

"March 1985."

Social Security disability programs : assessing the variation in allowance rates /

"August 2002."

Counting the disabled : using survey self-reports to estimate medical eligibility for Social Security's disability programs /

"January 2001."

Historical redistribution under the social security old-age and survivors insurance program and disability insurance programs /

"February 2004."

Social security financing and options for the future [microform] : hearings before the Subcommittee on Social Security and Income Maintenance Programs of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session ....

"July 10, 1981"--Pt.2.