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Divergent stakeholder views of corporate social responsibility in the Australian forest plantation sector
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Gordon, M and Lockwood, M and Vanclay, F and Hanson, D and Schirmer, J, Divergent stakeholder views of corporate social responsibility in the Australian forest plantation sector, Journal of Environmental Management, 113 pp. 390-398. ISSN 0301-4797 (2012) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.016
Abstract
Although the Australian forest plantation industry acknowledges that there is a role for corporate social
responsibility (CSR) in forest management, there is confusion as to what this constitutes in practice. This
paper describes the conflicts between internal and external stakeholder views on CSR in plantation
forestry. We conducted in-depth interviews with key informants across three plantation management
regions in Australia: Tasmania, the Green Triangle and south-west Western Australia. We interviewed
a range of stakeholders including forest company employees, local councils, Indigenous representatives,
and environmental non-government organisations. CSR-related initiatives that stakeholders believed
were important for plantation management included the need for community engagement, accountability
towards stakeholders, and contribution to community development and well-being. Although
there was wide support for these initiatives, some stakeholders were not satisfied that forest companies
were actively implementing them. Due to the perception that forest companies are not committed to CSR
initiatives such as community engagement, some stakeholder expectations are not being satisfied.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
Research Group: | Environmental Science and Management |
Research Field: | Natural Resource Management |
Objective Division: | Environment |
Objective Group: | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation |
Objective Field: | Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation not elsewhere classified |
Author: | Gordon, M (Mrs Melissa Turner) |
Author: | Lockwood, M (Associate Professor Michael Lockwood) |
Author: | Hanson, D (Dr Dallas Hanson) |
ID Code: | 80706 |
Year Published: | 2012 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 15 |
Deposited By: | Geography and Environmental Studies |
Deposited On: | 2012-11-08 |
Last Modified: | 2017-10-31 |
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