The Moral Case Against Social License to Operate
Article from: OGEL 1 (2020), in Social Licence to Operate (SLO)
Abstract
Companies' need to gain and maintain "social license to operate" (SLO) is widely taken for granted, particularly in the extractive industries such as mining and oil and gas. The concept of SLO is not clearly defined, but in general it's understood as approval of a corporation's operations by local communities and various constituent groups. Such approval is believed to be contingent on the corporation achieving various social goals (such as contributing to charity, reducing income inequality, and fighting climate change), in addition to producing and trading material values to create ...