Managing stakeholder networks for a social license to build

Boutilier, Robert G.; Zdziarski, Michał

doi:10.1080/01446193.2017.1289229

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“…Previous authors have used the resource dependence theory (RDT) to point out that when companies depend on the natural resources of a local community, they will invest in the development of these communities (Frynas & Yamahaki, ). Boutilier and Zdziarski () used the RDT to explain that when companies depend on external parties for their resources in construction projects, they will invest in stakeholder relations to reduce uncertainty. This theory could also explain the importance of achieving SLO for mining firms, which Cheshire () cited as the reason for making positive contributions to communities affected by mining projects.…”

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“…For this purpose, different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) theories have been integrated into the existing SLO framework. The theories applied are the legitimacy theory (Gao & Hafsi, ), the resource dependence theory (Boutilier & Zdziarski, ), the signalling theory (Connelly, Ketchen, & Slater, ) and the institutional theory (Vashchenko, ).…”

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CEO letters: Social license to operate and community involvement in the mining industry

de‐Miguel‐Molina

Chirivella-González

García‐Ortega

2018

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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This paper aims to analyse how the discourse of CEO letters and other factors influence community involvement and Social Licence to Operate (SLO) in the mining industry. The analysis is based on qualitative information disclosed in sustainability reports and CEO letters from 32 mining firms. Content analysis was undertaken to obtain data for the study, and then a regression analysis and a multiple correspondence analysis were used to test the hypotheses defined in the study. The results indicate that the CEO discourse influences how a firm expresses the importance of gaining its SLO, the philanthropic activities in which companies become involved and the destinations of the investments in the communities in which they operate. The results also show changes in the discourse between 2011 and 2015, which are, in part, explained by the difficult situation experienced by the sector during this period. The paper contributes to the Corporate Social Responsibility literature by integrating different theories from this field into the SLO framework. The analysis carried out and the results obtained are useful for both CEOs and Sustainability Managers, especially in managing their relationships with the communities where they operate or intend to operate.

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CEO letters: Social license to operate and community involvement in the mining industry

de‐Miguel‐Molina

Chirivella-González

García‐Ortega

2018

Business Ethics: A Eur Rev

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“…Open-ended responses to interview questions not only meet the need to understand the concerns of stakeholders but also provide the context in which further data about face-to-face network alliances can be solicited. From that, the stakeholder network can be constructed [41], which makes it possible to use centrality scores to weight stakeholders by their influence over the opinions of others [42]. Such weightings are strategically important because they reveal which stakeholder engagement initiatives, with precisely whom, would do the most to reduce opposition while strengthening support.…”

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A Natural Language Processing Approach to Social License Management

Boutilier¹,

Bahr

2020

Sustainability

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Dealing with the social and political impacts of large complex projects requires monitoring and responding to concerns from an ever-evolving network of stakeholders. This paper describes the use of text analysis algorithms to identify stakeholders’ concerns across the project life cycle. The social license (SL) concept has been used to monitor the level of social acceptance of a project. That acceptance can be assessed from the texts produced by stakeholders on sources ranging from social media to personal interviews. The same texts also contain information on the substance of stakeholders’ concerns. Until recently, extracting that information necessitated manual coding by humans, which is a method that takes too long to be useful in time-sensitive projects. Using natural language processing algorithms, we designed a program that assesses the SL level and identifies stakeholders’ concerns in a few hours. To validate the program, we compared it to human coding of interview texts from a Bolivian mining project from 2009 to 2018. The program’s estimation of the annual average SL was significantly correlated with rating scale measures. The topics of concern identified by the program matched the most mentioned categories defined by human coders and identified the same temporal trends.

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“…This reveals the subtle complexities involved in the sustainable corporate practices and, hence, requires context-specific exploratory (as well as applied research) studies to be conducted [5]. In a project context, the social dimension basically encircles the three broader themes, i.e., welfare of the workforce, well-being of the community (where the project is being executed) and the end users of the project [37,40].…”

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A Construct Validation Approach for Exploring Sustainability Adoption in Pakistani Construction Projects

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Sustainable Project Management (SPM) is a novel theme in construction industries of developing countries and very little is known (so far) about the sustainability performance of construction projects in those settings. Accordingly, the quantitative measurement of SPM as a higher-order construct is not well established and lacks a holistic approach and homogenous taxonomy of indicators. This study explores the SPM practices of construction firms by validating SPM as a second-order construct in the Pakistani construction industry. Data were obtained from 146 construction firms, which were then analyzed using partial least square structure equation modeling. Results of the first and second level measurement model assessments showed that construction firms practice SPM, with varying degrees of attention paid to three sustainability aspects. Environmental dimension surfaced as the most important, in-terms of practice and social sustainability as least. The analysis of the second-order measurement model yielded significant results, thus, validating the higher-order structure of SPM. This study contributes to the field by presenting one of the first studies of its kind by focusing on the sustainability practices of construction firms by using a higher-order design of SPM construct within the context of developing countries.

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Managing stakeholder networks for a social license to build

Cited by 31 publications

References 92 publications

CEO letters: Social license to operate and community involvement in the mining industry

CEO letters: Social license to operate and community involvement in the mining industry

A Natural Language Processing Approach to Social License Management

A Construct Validation Approach for Exploring Sustainability Adoption in Pakistani Construction Projects

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