Heledd Jenkins - Research Associate

Career Experience and Qualifications

Heledd is a Research Associate at BRASS. She holds a degree in Geography from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and a Masters degree in Sustainability, Planning and Environmental Policy from Cardiff University. She previously worked for the Sustainable Business Research Group at Cardiff University.

Research Areas of Interest

Corporate Social Responsibility, Small to Medium sized Enterprises, Stakeholders, The Mining industry, business ethics, social entrepreneurship.

Research Projects

Heledd is currently working on a range of projects including- SMEs, Stakeholders and Social Responsibility, and CSR and the Mining sector, and social and environmental sustainability in the UK Football Industry.

Links to BRASS Research Projects

CSR and SMEs

The ABC of CSR for SMEs- a practical online guide

The UK Football Industry and Sustainability

Sustainability Indicators and Social Enterprises

• Social, Ethical and Environmental Disclosure (SEED)in the Global Mining Industry
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• Land Disputes in Ghana Mining Project

BRASS Working papers

• Land Use Disputes in Ghana's Mining Communities: Developing Sustainable Strategies 
• Shouldering the burden of corporate social responsibility: what makes business get committed?
• Jenkins, H.M. Small businesses and stakeholders: towards successful, sustainable companies. Working Paper series, 24. Cardiff: BRASS Centre. ISBN 1 904393 52 7
• Jenkins, H.M. 2004. Corporate social responsibility: engaging small and medium sized enterprises in the debate. Working Paper series, 18. Cardiff: BRASS Centre. ISBN 1 904393 40 3

Publications

Journal Papers:

Jenkins, H. 2009. A ‘business opportunity’ model of corporate social responsibility for small and medium sized enterprises. Business Ethics: A European Review, vol.18, no. 1, pp. 21-36.

• Jenkins, H. 2006. Small Business Champions for Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 67, issue 3, pp. 241-256.

• Darby, L. and Jenkins, H. 2006. Applying sustainability indicators to the social enterprise business model: The development and application of an indicator set for Newport Wastesavers, Wales. International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 33, issue 5/6, pp. 411-431.

• Jenkins H M. Yakovleva N. 2006. Corporate social responsibility in the mining industry: exploring trends in social and environmental disclosure, Journal of Cleaner Production14 (3-4), pp. 271-284.

• Jenkins H M. 2004.Corporate Social Responsibility- Engaging SMEs in the Debate, New Academy Review 3(3) pp. 76-95.

• Jenkins H M. 2004. A critique of conventional CSR theory: an SME perspective, Journal of General Management, 29(4) pp. 37-57.

• Jenkins H M. 2004. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Mining Industry: Conflicts and Constructs, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 11(1) pp. 23-34. Link to this paper for those with online subscription access to the journal of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

Reports:

Jenkins. H. 2006. Make A Difference Where You Can: Corporate Social Responsibility in UK SMEs

An Examination of the Nature and Application among the Nanotechnologies Industries of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Context of Safeguarding the Environment and Human Health

• Jenkins H M. 2004. Corporate social responsibility – engaging SMEs in the debate. BRASS Centre.

Conference Papers:

• Jenkins, H. 2006. A 'business opportunity' model of Corporate Social Responsibility for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Paper presented at The Social Responsibility of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Conference, Copenhagen, October 26, 2006.
  

• Jenkins, H. & Obara LJ. 2006. Corporate social responsibility in the mining industry - the risk of community dependency. Paper presented at The Corporate Responsibility Research Conference, Dublin, September 4-5, 2006.

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• Obara, L. & Jenkins, H.M. 2006. Land use disputes in Ghana’s mining communities: developing sustainable strategies. Paper presented at the 12th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, April 6-8, 2006, Hong Kong.

• Jenkins, H M. 2005. Small business champions for Corporate Social Responsibility. Paper presented at the Second Annual International Sustainable Development Conference and Exhibition 'Sustainability - Creating the Culture',Aberdeen, Scotland, 2-4 November 2005.

• Darby, L.J. & Jenkins, H.M. 2005. Applying sustainability indicators to the social enterprise business model: the development and application of an indicator set for Newport Wastesavers, Wales. Paper presented at the 11th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Helsinki, 6th-8th June.

• Jenkins H M. 2004. Small businesses and stakeholders: towards successful, sustainable companies. Paper presented at Partnerships for Sustainable Development November 7-10, 2004 12th International Conference of Greening of Industry Network Hong Kong.

• Jenkins H M. 2004. Corporate social responsibility- engaging Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the debate. Paper presented at the Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Conference, 2004, Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, UK, 28-29 June 2004. 
  
• Jenkins H M. 2003. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Mining Industry: Conflicts and Constructs. Paper presented at the 2003 Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Conference, 30 June- 1 July, 2003, University of Leeds, UK
  
• Jenkins H M & Hines, F. 2002. Shouldering the burden of Corporate Social Responsibility: what makes business get committed? Paper presented at the 10th International Conference of the Greening of Industry Network, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 23-26, 2002