OBJECTIVE  2:  ENSURE  THAT  CORPORATIONS  ACT  AS  GOOD  CORPORATE  CITIZENS  WITH   REGARD  TO  HUMAN  RIGHTS,  SOCIAL  RESPONSIBILITY  AND  ENVIRONMENTAL  SUSTAINABILITY     LABOUR  LAWS   5.25   Resource  Labour  Department  to  Employ  Adequate  Staff   The   Labour   Department   bemoans   that   the   cumbersome   nature   of   the   public   service   system   derail   its   effort   in   employing   adequate   staff.   However,   with   the   existing   staff   strength,   they   have  been  able  to  ensure  peaceful  labour  environment  in  the  country.     5.26   DAMAGE  TO  THE  ENVIRONMENT  BY  CORPORATE  BODIES   Ghana   Chamber   of   Mines   maintains   that   all   the   mining   firms   in   the   country   comply   with   the   Environmental   Protection   Agency   (EPA)   environmental   performance   rating   where   different   codes  are  assigned  to  denote  compliance  level.   WACAM   has   not   witnessed   any   changes   being   made   by   the   implementation   agencies.   This   is   blamed  mainly  on  the  low  environmental  standards  in  the  country.   Mining  communities  demand  accountability  from  the  implementation  agencies  as  sometimes,   when  there  is  an  issue  or  a  complaint  to  the  EPA,  no  feedback  is  given  on  the  findings  to  the   community.  The  EPA  seems  to  be  passive  recipients  of  community  complaints.  When  issues  are   raised   by   communities   and   supported   by   NGOs,   the   EPA   feels   undermined   and   attacked.     Although   the   EPA   and   NGOs   should   be   working   together,   this   is   not   the   case.   The   Minerals   Commission  on  the  other  hand  has  shown  some  positive  response  to  the  cries  of  NGOs.   Issues   of   human   rights   abuses   are   a   great   challenge   for   NGOs,   as   they   claim   some   mining   companies  use  law  enforcement  agencies  (i.e.  police  and  army)  to  intimidate  and  abuse  some   members  of  the  community.  These  issues  should  be  made  known  to  higher  rank  officers  in  the   law  enforcement  agencies.   122