Abstract

Business assistance to communities remains an important component of corporate social responsibility (CSR) because the notion we carry today is that, being a responsible corporate citizen means participating as an active member of the community in which they do business. However, the concept of community assistance confronts difficult balances and demands a lot of tactfulness and moral judgement. The article talk about issues of how mining companies offer support to security agencies. It notes that although companies’ community assistance programmes have served as a basis to address the needs of disadvantaged communities and even some malfunctioning state organisations in Ghana, it has also led to some concerns, especially over gestures made to members of the security services, who are regarded as apologists of the companies by local communities.

Key words: Stakeholder, community, mining, security agencies, corporate social responsibility.