Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies

This note looks at how companies engage with stakeholders in areas with high social or political tensions. It argues that most social risk-mitigation strategies often exacerbate tensions and risks to the companies. The note offers a checklist of ri...

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Main Author:	Zandvliet, Luc
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BRANCHES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMMUNITY PROJECTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS COMPANY CORPORATE CULTURE CORPORATION CORPORATIONS DEMOCRACY EMPLOYMENT FIELD VISITS LAWYERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/5141070/redefining-corporate-social-risk-mitigation-strategies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11279

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spelling	okr-10986-112792021-04-23T14:02:54Z Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies Zandvliet, Luc BRANCHES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMMUNITY PROJECTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS COMPANY CORPORATE CULTURE CORPORATION CORPORATIONS DEMOCRACY EMPLOYMENT FIELD VISITS LAWYERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TRANSPARENCY This note looks at how companies engage with stakeholders in areas with high social or political tensions. It argues that most social risk-mitigation strategies often exacerbate tensions and risks to the companies. The note offers a checklist of risk indicators and a set of questions companies can use to gauge the state of relations with communities and other stakeholders. The real risk to corporations is not whether they take measures to benefit local communities, but the types of relations they build-not so much what they do, but rather how they do it. 2012-08-13T14:38:24Z 2012-08-13T14:38:24Z 2004-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/02/5141070/redefining-corporate-social-risk-mitigation-strategies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11279 English Social Development Notes; No. 16 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	BRANCHES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMMUNITY PROJECTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS COMPANY CORPORATE CULTURE CORPORATION CORPORATIONS DEMOCRACY EMPLOYMENT FIELD VISITS LAWYERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TRANSPARENCY
spellingShingle	BRANCHES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP COMMUNITY PROJECTS COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMS COMPANY CORPORATE CULTURE CORPORATION CORPORATIONS DEMOCRACY EMPLOYMENT FIELD VISITS LAWYERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES TRANSPARENCY Zandvliet, Luc Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies
relation	Social Development Notes; No. 16
description	This note looks at how companies engage with stakeholders in areas with high social or political tensions. It argues that most social risk-mitigation strategies often exacerbate tensions and risks to the companies. The note offers a checklist of risk indicators and a set of questions companies can use to gauge the state of relations with communities and other stakeholders. The real risk to corporations is not whether they take measures to benefit local communities, but the types of relations they build-not so much what they do, but rather how they do it.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Zandvliet, Luc
author_facet	Zandvliet, Luc
author_sort	Zandvliet, Luc
title	Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies
title_short	Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies
title_full	Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies
title_fullStr	Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies
title_full_unstemmed	Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies
title_sort	redefining corporate social risk mitigation strategies
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
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