An Organizational Social Responsibility Approach for Improving Mine Safety and Health in China

The paper aims at presenting an organizational social responsibility approach for improving mine safety and health in China. Through an in-depth comparative analysis of the regulatory mechanisms for mine safety and health in USA and South Africa, it is found that the successful performance of mine safety and health in USA has been contributed by the triangle of effective law enforcement, advanced technology development and qualified labor training, and the impressive improvement of mine health and safety in South Africa has been attributed to the mechanism of tripartite engagement through the state, mine owners and employees. In view of findings from the US and South Africa experiences, an approach of organizational social responsibility through multi-stakeholders is proposed for China to fundamentally improve its performance of mine safety and health by adopting best practices.