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Maintaining Legitimacy of a Contested Practice: How the Minerals Industry Understands its 'Social Licence to Operate'

Justine Lacey, Kieren Moffat, Richard Parsons

Maintaining Legitimacy of a Contested Practice: How the Minerals Industry Understands its 'Social Licence to Operate'
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Resource Type Scientific Paper
Language
  • English
Year 2014
Country Australia
Topic
  • Industry
Complexity Practical
Keywords
  • Business Practices
  • Community Engagement
  • Consultation
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Land Access
  • Sustainability
Written By Academic Researchers
Written For
  • Academic Institutions or Researchers
  • Indigenous Allies
  • Leadership and Management
Description This article presents findings of interviews with 16 managers in the minerals industry in Australia. It explores how these managers conceptualise social licence in relation to notions such as legitimacy, approval, and consent, how they interpret processes of social licence in practice, and how they differentiate it from concepts such as CSR.
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Volume 41
Pages 83 - 90
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