Putting social license to operate on the map: A social, actuarial and political risk and licensing model (SAP Model)

Resources Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2017, Pages 46-55

  Bice, Sara ^a   Brueckner, Martin ^b   Pforr, Christof ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actuarial risk; Corporate social responsibility; Extractives; Mining; Political license; Risk framework; Social license

Indexed keywords

MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); EXTRACTIVES; POLITICAL LICENSE; RISK FRAMEWORKS; SOCIAL LICENSE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINING; MINING INDUSTRY; MODELING; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85020041027     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.05.011     Document Type: Article

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