Earning a social licence to operate : Social acceptability and resource development in Latin America

By S. Joyce, I. Thomson. 2000

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Social licence and mining: A critical perspective (2013, background): “…that appears to mimic other legal instruments, social licence becomes useful for extending the mining industry’s focus from the technical, production and financial imperatives of mining to also include social and community considerations—particularly the concept of ‘risk’ (Joyce and Thomson, 2000).”
Maintaining legitimacy of a contested practice: How the minerals industry understands its ‘social licence to operate’ (2014, background): “Since a social licence may be a prerequisite for a legal licence (Harvey, 2011), any vocal community opposition can exert both direct and indirect influence, particularly through affecting corporate reputation (Gunningham et al., 2004; Joyce and Thomson, 2000).”