Frequently asked questions about the social licence to operate

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 263-272

  Boutilier, Robert G ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

extractive industries; social licence; stakeholder influence; stakeholder networks; stakeholders

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ETHICS; MINING INDUSTRY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84906729759     PISSN: 14615517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2014.941141     Document Type: Article

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