Meaningful dialogue outcomes contribute to laying a foundation for social licence to operate

Mercer-Mapstone, L; Rifkin, W; Louis, W; Moffat, K

Meaningful dialogue outcomes contribute to laying a foundation for social licence to operate

Mercer-Mapstone, L

Rifkin, W Louis, W Moffat, K

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Publisher:: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Resources Policy, 2017, 53, pp. 347-355
Issue Date:: 2017-09-01

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dc.contributor.author	Mercer-Mapstone, L https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7441-6568
dc.contributor.author	Rifkin, W
dc.contributor.author	Louis, W
dc.contributor.author	Moffat, K
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T03:33:54Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T03:33:54Z
dc.date.issued	2017-09-01
dc.identifier.citation	Resources Policy, 2017, 53, pp. 347-355
dc.identifier.issn	0301-4207
dc.identifier.issn	1873-7641
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/162676
dc.description.abstract	Social Licence to Operate (SLO) has become an important part of discourse in the extractive industries. It has been argued that attaining a social licence requires meaningful stakeholder engagement and, more specifically, dialogue. The links between social licence and dialogue have not been the subject of much research in the resource context. To address this gap, we examined empirically the perceptions of stakeholder engagement practitioners involved in the extractives industries regarding the outcomes that can result from dialogue in SLO engagement processes. Dialogue, when meaningful, was seen to potentially result in sixteen outcomes some of which were trust, relationships, perceptions of fairness, social acceptance, shared decision-making, and legitimacy. Many of these outcomes have previously been proposed to be integral to the development of SLO in both the academic and popular literature. This article, then, offers a synthesis of and an empirical foundation for such recommendations, and in doing so can inform the design of engagement strategies. We also offer a conceptual contribution to the social licence literature by proposing that some of these central factors of SLO, and outcomes of dialogue, be reconceptualised to add a layer of depth to our understanding of processes in this context. Finally, this investigation reveals areas that future research and development of practice in SLO stakeholder engagement can address.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Resources Policy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.07.004
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy, 1605 Policy and Administration
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences
dc.title	Meaningful dialogue outcomes contribute to laying a foundation for social licence to operate
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	53
utslib.for	0914 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Provost
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dc.date.updated	2022-10-25T03:33:53Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	53

Abstract:

Social Licence to Operate (SLO) has become an important part of discourse in the extractive industries. It has been argued that attaining a social licence requires meaningful stakeholder engagement and, more specifically, dialogue. The links between social licence and dialogue have not been the subject of much research in the resource context. To address this gap, we examined empirically the perceptions of stakeholder engagement practitioners involved in the extractives industries regarding the outcomes that can result from dialogue in SLO engagement processes. Dialogue, when meaningful, was seen to potentially result in sixteen outcomes some of which were trust, relationships, perceptions of fairness, social acceptance, shared decision-making, and legitimacy. Many of these outcomes have previously been proposed to be integral to the development of SLO in both the academic and popular literature. This article, then, offers a synthesis of and an empirical foundation for such recommendations, and in doing so can inform the design of engagement strategies. We also offer a conceptual contribution to the social licence literature by proposing that some of these central factors of SLO, and outcomes of dialogue, be reconceptualised to add a layer of depth to our understanding of processes in this context. Finally, this investigation reveals areas that future research and development of practice in SLO stakeholder engagement can address.

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