LAW 533 Chapter 11: LAW 533 – Chapter 11- CSR Related legal actions against Canadian companies overseas

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Law and Business
• Course: LAW 533
• Professor: Kernaghan Webb

Document Summary

Law 533 chapter 11: csr related legal actions against canadian companies overseas. 11-1 ongoing lawsuit against copper mesa mining corporation and the toronto stock exchange. Provides an account (still being litigated) of how fractious and complicated the relations between mining companies and communities can be in developing countries. It illustrates how existing canadian law could potentially apply to a mining operation in a developing country. Insight as to the possibility of liability of not only a canadian mining company, but also individual members of its board or directors, and the toronto stock exchange. Canadian companies operating overseas have two choices open to them. They can choose to address their environmental, social, and economic impacts themselves, or they risk the possibility of litigation, in canadian or in the overseas jurisdiction where they operate. 11-2 ecuadorian mountain villagers sue canadian mining company.