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When sorry is not an option: CSR reporting and "face work" in a stigmatised industry: a case study of Barrick (Acacia) gold mine in Tanzania. (2019)
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LAUWO, S., KYRIACOU, O. and OTUSANYA, O.J. 2020. When sorry is not an option: CSR reporting and "face work" in a stigmatised industry: a case study of Barrick (Acacia) gold mine in Tanzania. Critical perspectives on accounting [online], 71, article number 102099. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2019.102099

This paper investigates how a stigmatised company mobilised accounting, particularly CSR reporting, to manage a crisis of legitimacy and spoiled identity following a series of social and environmental crises. Specifically, it uses Goffman's (1959, 19... Read More about When sorry is not an option: CSR reporting and "face work" in a stigmatised industry: a case study of Barrick (Acacia) gold mine in Tanzania..