scholarly journals Beyond the Social License to Operate: Training Socially Responsible Engineers to Contend with Corporate Frameworks for Community Engagement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Rulifson ◽  
Jessica Smith
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Social License To Operate ◽  
Social License ◽  
The Social

Beyond the social license to operate: Whole system approaches for a socially responsible mining industry

2022 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 102343
Author(s):  
Brunilde Verrier ◽  
Carl Smith ◽  
Mohsen Yahyaei ◽  
Marcin Ziemski ◽  
Gordon Forbes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mining Industry ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Social License To Operate ◽  
Social License ◽  
The Social ◽  
System Approaches

scholarly journals Is this a Real Choice? Critical Exploration of the Social License to Operate in the Oil Extraction Context of the Ecuadorian Amazon

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8416
Author(s):  
Alberto Diantini ◽  
Salvatore Eugenio Pappalardo ◽  
Tim Edwards Powers ◽  
Daniele Codato ◽  
Giuseppe Della Fera ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Reference Model ◽  
Procedural Fairness ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
Social License To Operate ◽  
Social License ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon ◽  
Oil Company

The purpose of this research was to critically analyze the social license to operate (SLO) for an oil company operating in Block 10, an oil concession located in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The specific study area is an important biodiversity hotspot, inhabited by indigenous villages. A mixed-methods approach was used to support a deeper understanding of SLO, grounded in participants’ direct experience. Semi-structured interviews (N = 53) were conducted with village leaders and members, indigenous associations, State institutions, and oil company staff, while household surveys were conducted with village residents (N = 346). The qualitative data informed a modified version of Moffat and Zhang’s SLO model, which was tested through structural equation modelling (SEM) analyses. Compared to the reference model, our findings revealed a more crucial role of procedural fairness in building community trust, as well as acceptance and approval of the company. Procedural fairness was found to be central in mediating the relationship between trust and the effects of essential services provided by the company (medical assistance, education, house availability) and sources of livelihoods (i.e., fishing, hunting, harvesting, cultivating, and waterway quality). The main results suggested that the concept of SLO may not appropriately apply without taking into account a community’s autonomy to decline company operation. To enhance procedural fairness and respect for the right of community self-determination, companies may need to consider the following: Establishing a meaningful and transparent dialogue with the local community; engaging the community in decision-making processes; enhancing fair distribution of project benefits; and properly addressing community concerns, even in the form of protests. The respect of the free prior informed consent procedure is also needed, through the collaboration of both the State and companies. The reduction of community dependence on companies (e.g., through the presence of developmental alternatives to oil extraction) is another important requirement to support an authentic SLO in the study area.

Globetrotting adventures in digital data governance and ethics

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Liberty ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Data Governance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social License To Operate ◽  
Social License ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hospitality Organizations ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This research paper formulates a framework for managing data ethically – which incorporates data governance – for tourism and hospitality organizations (THOs). The framework encourages THOs, like Airbnb and Booking.com, to move beyond mere compliance and into ethical trust-building among their customer communities. This creates the social license needed to overcome controversial challenges like data breaches, and the invasion of COVID passports and other civil liberty restrictions that impact the travel sector. A privacy framework balancing customer and THO interests rests on four pillars: Compliance, Privacy and ethics, Equitable exchanges of data, and Social license to operate. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

scholarly journals Mine Lifecycle Planning and Enduring Value for Remote communities

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Robertson ◽  
Boyd Blackwell
Keyword(s):  
Town Planning ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Mine Closure ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Social License To Operate ◽  
Social License ◽  
History Of ◽  
Closure Conditions ◽  
Responsible Manner

Mine lifecycle planning is critical to developing enduring value from mining for remote communities. The history of mining is replete with examples of communities being unsustainable post mine closure. The concept of enduring value involves ensuring that a sustainable community will remain following the closure of an associated mine. Since 2003, awareness has increased amongst the International and Australian peak mining bodies for the need to plan for enduring community value. This increased awareness has developed alongside the requirement for mining companies to operate in a socially responsible manner by maintaining a social license to operate. This paper thematically reviews the literature relevant to mine life cycle planning, enduring value, the socio-economic impacts of mining, and mine closure. Conditions required for a community to gain enduring value from mining include: ‘normalisation’ rather than being a ‘closed’ town; the existence of government support and funding; and realised economic diversification opportunities. It is imperative that these conditions are given due consideration 1) in the initial stages of mine and town planning and 2) throughout the life of the mine through ongoing monitoring and community engagement. However, we acknowledge the shortcomings in assuming planning is a panacea and suggest areas for further testing.

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