Exploring the origins of ‘social license to operate’ in the mining sector: Perspectives from governance and sustainability theories
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use governance and sustainability theories to conceptualize the origins of social license to operate (SLO) in the mining sector and describe some of the associated implications, but only a limited body of scholarship has developed around SLO.
About: This article is published in Resources Policy.The article was published on 2012-09-01. It has received 685 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: License & Corporate governance.
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...A social licence to operate refers to the ongoing acceptance and approval of a mining development by local community members and other stakeholders that can affect its profitability (Prno and Slocombe, 2012; Thomson and Boutilier, 2011)....
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...Instances of mining developments being delayed, interrupted, and even shut down due to public opposition have been extensively documented (Browne et al., 2011; Davis and Franks, 2011; Prno and Slocombe, 2012; Thomson and Boutilier, 2011)....
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...There are a number of papers which explore the origin of the SLO and its use in the mining sector and it is likely that in the future the vast majority of the energy infrastructure will need an SLO before beginning operation (Prno and Slocombe, 2012; and Morrison, 2014)....
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01 Jan 1984TL;DR: The Stakeholder Approach: 1. Managing in turbulent times 2. The stakeholder concept and strategic management 3. Strategic Management Processes: 4. Setting strategic direction 5. Formulating strategies for stakeholders 6. Implementing and monitoring stakeholder strategies 7. Conflict at the board level 8. The functional disciplines of management 9. The role of the executive as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Part I. The Stakeholder Approach: 1. Managing in turbulent times 2. The stakeholder concept and strategic management 3. Stakeholder management: framework and philosophy Part II. Strategic Management Processes: 4. Setting strategic direction 5. Formulating strategies for stakeholders 6. Implementing and monitoring stakeholder strategies Part III. Implications for Theory and Practice: 7. Conflict at the board level 8. The functional disciplines of management 9. The role of the executive.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of stakeholder identification and saliency based on stakeholders possessing one or more of three relationship attributes (power, legitimacy, and urgency) is proposed, and a typology of stakeholders, propositions concerning their saliency to managers of the firm, and research and management implications.
Abstract: Stakeholder theory has been a popular heuristic for describing the management environment for years, but it has not attained full theoretical status. Our aim in this article is to contribute to a theory of stakeholder identification and salience based on stakeholders possessing one or more of three relationship attributes: power, legitimacy, and urgency. By combining these attributes, we generate a typology of stakeholders, propositions concerning their salience to managers of the firm, and research and management implications.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine three aspects of the stakeholder theory and critique and integrate important contributions to the literature related to each, concluding that the three aspects are mutually supportive and that the normative base of the theory-which includes the modern theory of property rights-is fundamental.
Abstract: ?The stakeholder theory has been advanced and justified in the management literature on the basis of its descriptive accuracy, instrumental power, and normative validity. These three aspects of the theory, although interrelated, are quite distinct; they involve different types of evidence and argument and have different implications. In this article, we examine these three aspects of the theory and critique and integrate important contributions to the literature related to each. We conclude that the three aspects of stakeholder theory are mutually supportive and that the normative base of the theory-which includes the modern theory of property rights-is fundamental. If the unity of the corporate body is real, then there is reality and not simply legal fiction in the proposition that the managers of the unit are fiduciaries for it and not merely for its individual members, that they are . . . trustees for an institution [with multiple constituents] rather than attorneys for the stockholders.
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