CODING PROTOCOL FOR EVENT DATA

I. COMPANYID. Unique firm identifier.

II. COMPANYNAME. Enter the parent company name. This field can only contain one of the 38 publicly traded parent companies that make up our sample.

III. MINE. Enter the mine name. This field can only contain one of the __ mines owned by one of the 38 publicly traded parent companies that make up our sample.

IV. RDAY. Locate the day of the report in the byline or other header text. V. RMONTH. Locate the month of the report in the byline or other header text. VI. RYEAR. Locate the year of the report.

VII. EDAY. Identify the day of the event using the byline or the other header text in conjunction with the context of the article (e.g., three years ago…)

VIII. EMONTH. Identify the month of the event using the byline or the other header text in conjunction with the context of the article (e.g., three months ago…)

IX. EYEAR. Identify the year of the event using the byline or the other header text in conjunction with the context of the article (e.g., three years ago…)

X. NEWSSOURCETYPE. Note the type of news source. Common examples include print media, TV transcript, company press release, stakeholder press release, …

XI. NEWSSOURCE NAME. Note the specific name of the news source (e.g., New York Times, Market Wire).

XII. ONEWSSOURCETYPE. For rebroadcast or retransmitted reports, note the original type of news source. Common examples include print media, TV transcript, company press release, stakeholder press release, …

XIII. ONEWSSOURCENAME. For rebroadcast or retransmitted reports, note the original name of the news source (e.g., New York Times, Market Wire, ...).

XIV. SENTENCE. Provide the full text of the sentence that includes the event

XV. INDIRECTREPORTERTITLE. In cases where the news source lists a third party

individual as the source for the news, identify this entity. “Jim Jones, CEO of Greenpeace today announced that XYZ corporation spilled toxic materials into the river.” The

INDIRECT REPORTERTITLE field should equal CEO.

XVI. INDIRECTREPORTER. In cases where the news source lists a third party individual as the source for the news, identify this entity. For example, in the sentence “Jim Jones of Greenpeace today announced that XYZ corporation spilled toxic materials into the river.” The INDIRECT REPORTER field should equal Jim Jones.

XVII. INDIRECTORGANIZATION. In cases where the news source lists a third party

organization as the source for the news, identify this entity. For example, in the sentence “Jim Jones of Greenpeace today announced that XYZ corporation spilled toxic materials into the river.” The INDIRECT REPORTER field should equal Greenpeace.

XVIII. VERB. Locate the event verb

a. Identify all verbs within the sentence.

b. Determine which verb appears in the main clause; this verb will convey the main event or activity of the sentence. Note that implied and/or secondary verbs may exist within a single sentence but should not be substituted for or combined with the main verb event coding.

c. Record the literal value of the verb or verb phrase

XIX. VERBINFINITIVE. Record the infinitive of the verb or verb phrase that conveys the main event or activity of the sentence. For example, in the case of “Goldfields

Corporation is pleased to announce the release of the report”, the VERBINFINITIVE is “announce” as this action best conveys the main event or activity of the sentence. XX. SOURCEPHRASE. Locate the source (i.e., initiating) actor

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a. Locate the subject of the main clause of the sentence to be coded. This is, almost always, the source (i.e., initiating) actor

i. The source (i.e., initiating) actor is the “who” of the sentence; that is, the person, place or thing that takes the action within a sentence

ii. The initiating actor in the main clause will, generally, appear at the beginning of the sentence.

b. Record the entire noun phrase occurring in the subject position as the literal, “source value.”

c. Note that passive voice sentences are constructed without source actors; therefore it is possible that no source exists in the report being coded.

d. If a single sentence references two subjects, it should be entered into two rows. XXI. SOURCETYPE. Identify the type of the source if applicable. Examples include “report

of”, “comment by”, “speech of”, “statement of”

XXII. SOURCETITLE. Identify the title of the source if applicable. Examples include CEO, VP, or Senator. Provide literal text. May be blank.

XXIII. SOURCEORG. Identify the organization of the source if applicable. Examples include XYZ Corporation, Romanian government or Greenpeace. Provide literal text. May be blank.

XXIV. TARGETPHRASE. Locate the target (i.e., recipient) actor

a. Locate the object of the main clause of the report to be coded. The object, if present, is the target (i.e., recipient) actor of the event. The target may be an indirect or direct object. It may be a person, place or thing.

b. Record the entire noun phrase occurring in the direct of indirect object position as the literal, “target value.”

c. Note that many sentences are constructed without targets; therefore, it is possible that no target exists in the sentence being coded.

d. If a single sentence references two objects, it should be entered into two rows. XXV. TARGETTYPE. Identify the type of the target if applicable. Examples include “report

of”, “comment by”, “speech of”, “statement of”

XXVI. TARGETTITLE. Identify the title of the target if applicable. Examples include CEO, VP of Commercial Affairs, or Senator. Provide literal text. May be blank.

XXVII.TARGETORG. Identify the organization of the target if applicable. Examples include XYZ Corporation, Romanian government or Greenpeace. Provide literal text. May be blank.

XXVIII. ISSUE CONTEXT (Additional information regarding the context to which the event data pertains where helpful. Examples include environment, corruption, wages or property acquisition)

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