10.26180/5d53499713a5d
JASON SING
JASON
SING
The political role of the corporation, stakeholder engagement, and law: A study of mining-Indigenous relations in Australia
Monash University
2019
Political role of the corporation
Stakeholder engagement
Power processes
Mining
Australia
Mining-Indigenous relations
Reflexive methods
Vulnerability
Racialised law
Law
Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Engagement
2019-08-13 23:36:53
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/The_political_role_of_the_corporation_stakeholder_engagement_and_law_A_study_of_mining-Indigenous_relations_in_Australia/9598712
This thesis presents a qualitative, exploratory study of mining-Indigenous relations in Australia. It contributes to knowledge through a novel investigation of the political role of the corporation that brings socio-legal studies into debates on business-society relations. I employed a multi-case study research design, and immersed myself in two Rio Tinto mining operations that come under contrasting land rights laws. I show how the political role of the corporation comprises co-evolving consensual and dissensual stakeholder engagement that mutually shape each other’s development. I then conclude that law shapes and is shaped by stakeholder engagement and, thus, is generative of mining-Indigenous relations.