Governance of environmental risk: New approaches to managing stakeholder involvement

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

卷:90

Article

Benn, Suzanne¹  Dunphy, Dexter¹  Martin, Andrew² 

[1] Univ Technol Sydney, Sch Management, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia

[2] Univ Sydney, Australian Ctr Climate & Environm Law, Fac Law, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

关键词: Governance;    Stakeholder relations;    Management theory;    Environmental risk;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.05.011

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Disputes concerning industrial legacies such as the disposal of toxic wastes illustrate changing pressures on corporations and governments. Business and governments are now confronted with managing the expectations of a society increasingly aware of the social and environmental impacts and risks associated with economic development and demanding more equitable distribution and democratic management of such risks. The closed managerialist decision-making of the powerful bureaucracies and corporations of the industrial era is informed by traditional management theory which cannot provide a framework for the adequate governance of these risks. Recent socio-political theories have conceptualised some key themes that must be addressed in a more fitting approach to governance. We identify more recent management and governance theory which addresses these themes and develop a process-based approach to governance of environmental disputes that allows for the evolving nature of stakeholder relations in a highly complex multiple stakeholder arena. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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