Local Governance as a Complex System

Hamann, Ralph; Kapelus, Paul; Sonnenberg, Dan; MacKenzie, Andrew; Hollesen, Paul

doi:10.9774/gleaf.4700.2005.su.00010

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“…Fourie and Eloff (2005) point to the collective nature of much of this activity; it has not just been activity by individual firms, but a generalized business commitment to pursue goals of democracy, peace and sustainable development. It has even been argued (Egels 2005;Hamann et al 2005b) that in some African contexts multinational firms have wanted to shape their own political and so-called stakeholder environment, in order to have a responsible local context with which to deal.…”

Section: Corporate Citizenshipmentioning

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Modelling the Firm in its Market and Organizational Environment: Methodologies for Studying Corporate Social Responsibility

Crouch

2006

Organization Studies

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The study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) can best be mainstreamed within the wider social science literature if it is defined as firms voluntarily assuming responsibility for their externalities, thereby setting the puzzle of how this can be reconciled with the maximization of shareholder value as the central challenge of the subject. Means of resolving the puzzle require modelling the firm interacting with its environment as both a market actor and as an organization, and in particular through the interaction between these two. Such an approach has no need of a separate concept of 'stakeholders'. The analysis develops through the firm's relations with actual and potential political action (raising the separate issue of corporate citizenship), and the tastes of consumers, investors and employees-the last raising interesting implications for principal-agent theory.

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Section: Corporate Citizenshipmentioning

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Modelling the Firm in its Market and Organizational Environment: Methodologies for Studying Corporate Social Responsibility

Crouch

2006

Organization Studies

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“…The challenges which mining multinationals face in gaining legitimacy and achieving positive impacts on local communities in often unstable regional or national contexts are well documented (Banerjee, 2001; Eweje, 2006; Frynas, 2005; Hamann et al, 2005). The selected firm (anonymised as MIN) was a mining company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world (UNDP, 2013).…”

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Conflicts in the framing of conflicts: The case of community investment in a mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

María

Goodman

2022

J of Intl Development

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Conflict in firm–community relations is widespread and persistent. Diverse cultures and mindsets, particularly among extractives companies and local communities, pose a particularly challenging environment. Previous research offers insights into how to categorise and resolve conflicts. However, this paper addresses conflicts where the actors involved disagree on the frame of the conflict, thereby rendering the associated solutions inappropriate for one or both of the parties involved. We use examples from the Social Community Fund of a mining firm in the DRC to nuance previous work on conflict frames and develop a revised model that has implications for theory and practice.

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“…44 Pegg also notes that the so-called CSR leaders of the world simultaneously lobby against proposed codifications of what they currently claim to do; in responding to the World Bank's Extractive Industries Review, CSR leaders like BP, Shell and Statoil signed a letter rejecting the proposed prohibition on the forced resettlement of local communities in oil-producing areas. 45 Recognizing that CSR activities in the developing world has and can lead to improvements for communities, but are largely dictated on corporate terms and in line with corporate goals, it is of little surprise that the rhetoric often fails to match reality, 46 where people living around these vast riches do not share in the benefits that come and are often worse off with these projects than without them. 47…”

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The Social License: Empowering Communities and a Better Way Forward

Syn¹

2014

Social Epistemology

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The term social license is generally understood as an intangible representation of ongoing approval or acceptance of a project by affected communities, which can be withdrawn at any time, distinct from a legal or regulatory license granted by a government. This paper looks at the concept through the lens of the extractive sector in the developing world and explores the history of violations of land and human rights of indigenous and rural communities living around these resources. While corporate actors often maintain that acquiring a social license is voluntary and different from obtaining consent, this paper suggests instead that the idea of a license that can be withdrawn represents an assertion of power by people whose land and human rights have been consistently violated, and a recognition of that power by the corporate sector. This article will explore the relationship between the need for a social license and institutional characteristics related to land rights; the FPIC and CSR constructs as responses to such issues and their limitations; and whether and why the social license construct may be used as an empowerment tool for communities to assert their rights and obtain the protection they have been long denied.Juliette Syn is a legal and international development professional who specializes in human rights and development. Her areas of emphasis include natural resource management, customary and statutory land tenure, administration and reform, social justice and legal empowerment, and equitable economic development. She has worked on these issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, Liberia, and South Sudan. Correspondence to: Juliette

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Local Governance as a Complex System

Cited by 33 publications

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Modelling the Firm in its Market and Organizational Environment: Methodologies for Studying Corporate Social Responsibility

Modelling the Firm in its Market and Organizational Environment: Methodologies for Studying Corporate Social Responsibility

Conflicts in the framing of conflicts: The case of community investment in a mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Social License: Empowering Communities and a Better Way Forward

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