Diagnosing and anticipating social issue maturation: Introducing a new diagnostic framework

McGrail, Stephen; Halamish, Eyal; Teh-White, Katherine; Clark, Megan E.

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2012.10.001

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“…The growth of animal welfare studies, media stories, and advocacy groups over the past few decades is indicative of a social issue that is maturing (i.e., gaining increasing community acceptance; McGrail et al ). An understanding of social issue maturation is essential to understand how animal welfare has developed as a social license issue over recent years.…”

Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Social maturity is a concept designed to allow industries to predict future challenges. There are 6 core phases to social issue maturation: observation, emergence and theorization, popularization, challenge, governance, and normalization (Hill et al , McGrail et al ). In early phases, an issue is termed immature and is a niche concern.…”

Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…At this stage, knowledge is still forming and there is a tendency for issues to be highly contested (e.g., among relevant experts). Once the issue has matured, new social expectations and associated norms have become more deeply embedded in society, and there is broad agreement between experts (McGrail et al ). At this stage, an industry not demonstrating alignment with these new social expectations and norms will likely face sanctions (e.g., the example of captive killer whales).…”

Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In these instances, community concern for animal welfare has matured to a degree that legislators deemed it necessary to intervene. This is evidence that the longer an industry avoids its critics, whether through secrecy, deception, or simple avoidance (Teh‐White ), the more mature an issue becomes in the public eye and the more likely legislators are to act (McGrail et al ).…”

Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

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Animal welfare, social license, and wildlife use industries

Hampton¹,

Teh-White²

2018

J Wildl Manag

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Many wildlife use industries are facing criticism from animal welfare groups. In some recent cases, opposition to contentious practices (e.g., kangaroo [Macropus spp.] harvesting) has achieved widespread community support and industries have lost market access or regulatory approval. The concept of social license to operate has become an important focus for many natural resource management fields, but there is ostensibly less awareness of its role in animal industries. To regard this contemporary threat to traditional wildlife management as more than inexplicable requires some delving into social sciences. We use the example of the declining harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) harvest in Canada to illustrate how poorly addressed animal welfare concerns can erode social license and decimate even ecologically sustainable wildlife use enterprises. We argue that other consumptive wildlife use industries, such as North American fur harvesting and kangaroo harvesting in Australia are at risk of loss of social license if animal welfare concerns are not addressed proactively and effectively. When faced with opposition from animal advocacy groups, many wildlife use industries have traditionally been reactive and have been reluctant to engage with stakeholders who possess seemingly irreconcilable differences. Instead, industries have often resorted to secrecy or deception, or have steadfastly defended their current approaches while attacking their critics. We suggest that a more effective approach would be for industries to proactively engage with stakeholders, establish a shared vision for how their industry should operate, and support this vision by transparently monitoring animal welfare outcomes. Proactive management of community expectations surrounding animal welfare is essential for the maintenance of social license for wildlife use enterprises. © 2018 The Wildlife Society.

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Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Rise Of Animal Welfarementioning

confidence: 99%

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Animal welfare, social license, and wildlife use industries

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Teh-White²

2018

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“…For example, SLO has been used to describe societal acceptance of resource development in industries as diverse as forestry (Edwards and Lacey, 2014;Wang, 2005), pulp and paper manufacturing (Gunningham et al, 2004), agriculture (Williams and Martin, 2011), and alternative energy generation including wind and geothermal energy (Carr-Cornish and Romanach, 2012;Corvellec, 2007;Hall et al, 2013). Further to this, the actors engaging with and applying the term have now extended beyond practitioners in industry to include academics and research organisations (CSIRO, 2013;Gale, 2012), non-government organisations (The Wilderness Society, 2013) and consultants (Black, 2013;Thomson and Joyce, 2006;McGrail et al, 2013). Of particular interest to this research are the developments made in the Australian context and how industries understand and use the term within their own operations (Black, 2013;Moffat et al, 2011;.…”

Section: Background: Slo In Australian Energy Industriesmentioning

confidence: 99%