Stakeholders, Sustainable Development Policies and the Coal Mining Industry

Izabela Jonek-Kowalska is Associate Professor in Mining Economics and Director of Institute of Economics and Computer Science at Silesian University of Technology, Poland. Radosław Wolniak is Full Professor in Management Sciences in the Faculty of Organization and Management at Silesian University of Technology, Poland. Oksana A. Marinina is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Organization and Management at Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Russia. Tatyana V. Ponomarenko is Full Professor in the Department of Economics, Organization and Management at Saint-Petersburg Mining University, Russia.

Part I. INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH AND CONSIDERATIONS 1. Sustainable Development in mining enterprises. Fundamentals and main research results 2. Internal and external stakeholders. From the theoretical to mining perspective Part II. INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS IN SD OF MINING ENTERPRISES 3. State and private ownership and its strengths and weaknesses 4. Aims and attitudes of the management board in coal mining enterprise development 5. Employees and their position in negotiating processes 6. The role and functioning of trade unions in coal mining enterprises Part III. EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS IN SD OF COAL MINING ENTERPRISES 7. Suppliers and recipients as main links in a value chain of a coal mining enterprise 8. Competition for renewable and non-renewable resources in the mining sector 9. Government policy in the field of natural resources and energy policy 10. Ecological organisations and associations for or against the existence of a coal mining enterprise 11. The voice of local, regional and national societies in the lifecycle of a coal mining enterprise Part IV. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND CONSIDERATIONS 12. Comparative analysis of examined coal mining industries 13. Universal model of managing stakeholders towards supporting SD implementation 14. Conclusions and directions for further research on SD in extractive industries