Stakeholder 360®

Stakeholder strategies and socio-political risk detection

Robert Boutilier & co-authors

Robert Boutilier & co-authors

Articles, chapters, & proceedings
related to the Stakeholder 360 & the social licence

Boutilier, R.G. 2023. Understanding stakeholders and their influence, in F. Vanclay & A.M. Esteves (Eds.), Research Handbooks on Impact Assessment: Handbook on Social Impact Assessment and Management (Chapter 19). Edward Elgar.

Boutilier, R.G. and Thomson, I. 2022. The role of historical and international movements in determining the social licence, in G. Wood & M. Mete (Eds.), Palgrave Handbook of Social License to Operate and Energy Transitions (pp. 1-25). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74725-1_1-2 (Download)

Boutilier, R.G. 2021. From metaphor to political spin: Understanding criticisms of the social licence. The Extractive Industries and Society, 8(2), 100743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.05.022

Boutilier, R.G. and Bahr, K.S. 2020. A natural language processing approach to social license management. Sustainability, 12(20), 8441. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/20/8441/pdf

Boutilier, R.G. 2020. Narratives and networks model of the social licence. Resources Policy, 69, 101869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101869

Boutilier, R.G. 2018. Resource extraction, ethics, and social capital. In D. C. Poff, & A. C. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, online ed., Vol. 1: 1-5: Springer, Cham.

Boutilier, R.G. & Thomson, I. 2018. Social License to Operate. In D. C. Poff, & A. C. Michalos (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, online ed., Vol. 1: 1-5: Springer, Cham.

Boutilier, R.G. 2017. Raiding the honey pot: The resource curse and weak institutions at the project level. The Extractive Industries and Society, 4(2), 310-320.

Boutilier, R.G. 2017. What corruption and rent seeking in mining communities suggest about the curse of natural resources. Proceedings of the 5th International Seminar on Environmental Issues, Enviromine 2017 & 4th International Conference on Social Responsibility in Mining, Srmining 2017. November. Santiago, Chile: Gecamin Ltda.

Boutilier, R.G. & Zdziarski, M. 2017. Managing stakeholder networks for a social licence to build. Construction Management and Economics, 35(8-9), 498-513.

Boutilier, R.G., Henisz, W.J., & Zelner, B. 2016. A systems approach to stakeholder management, Chapter 19, in Handbook of Applied System Science, ed. Z. Neal, New York: Routledge.


Zdziarski, M. & Boutilier, R.G. 2016. Strategic challenges in stakeholder networks. Management Issues (Problemy Zarządzania), 14(4 64 t. 2), 62-79.

Boutilier, R.G. 2015. Book review: The social licence: How to keep your organization legitimate, Morrison, John. Palgrave Macmillan (2014), ISBN: 9781137370716. The Extractive Industries and Society, online 2015 doi:101016/j.exis.2015.01.002.

Boutilier, R.G. 2014. Frequently asked questions about the social licence to operate. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 32(4), 236-272.

Boutilier, R.G. & Black, L. 2013. Legitimizing industry and multi-sectoral regulation of cumulative impacts: A comparison of mining and energy development in Athabasca, Canada and the Hunter Valley, Australia. Resources Policy, 38(4): 696-703.

Boutilier, R.G., Black, L.D. & Thomson, I. 2012. From metaphor to management tool: How the social license to operate can stabilize the socio-political environment for business. Proceedings of the International Mine Management Conference 2012, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia: AusIMM The Minerals Institute of Australia.

Thomson, I. & Boutilier, R.G. 2011. The social license to operate, in SME Mining Engineering Handbook, ed. P. Darling, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Littleton, Colorado. (Download Spanish version/Descargar la versión en español with permission from the Society for Mining Metallurgy & Exlporation: smenet.org)

Boutilier, R. G. 2010. Globalization and the careers of Mexican knowledge workers: An exploratory study of employer and worker adaptations, Journal of Business Ethics, 88(2): 319-333.

Boutilier, R.G. & Thomson, I. 2009. How to measure the socio-political risk in a project, convention paper published in Proceedings of the XXVIII Convención Minera Internacional, AIMMGM AC, Veracruz, Mexico, October 28 to 31, 2009, pages 438-444. Canada.

Boutilier, R.G. 2007. Social capital in firm-stakeholder networks: A corporate role in community development. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 26: 121-34. (Downloadable from //ssrn.com/author=331926)

Boutilier, R.G. 2005. Views of sustainable development: A typology of stakeholders’ conflicting perspectives, in New Horizons in Research in Sustainable Organizations: Emerging Ideas, Approaches, and Tools for Practitioners and Researchers, eds. M. Starik, S. Sharma, with C. Egri and R. Bunch, Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf. (Downloadable from //ssrn.com/author=331926)

Boutilier, R.G. 2003. Case studies: Ethical exit strategies. Ethical Corporation Magazine, March 13.

Boutilier, R.G. & Thomson, Ian. 2003. Assessing the state of stakeholder relationships: The Stakeholder 360, Mining Environmental Management, 11(2), 12-15.

Svendsen, A.C., Boutilier, R.G., & Wheeler, D. 2003. Stakeholder relationships, social capital and business value creation. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Boutilier, R.G. 2002. The Stakeholder 360º: Measuring social capital, AccountAbility Quarterly, 19(2), 20-23.

Boutilier, R.G. & Svendsen, A.C. 2002. From conflict to collaboration: stakeholder bridging and bonding in Clayoquot Sound. Unpublished manuscript, Centre for Innovation in Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Svendsen, A.C., Abbott, R.M., Boutilier, R.G. & Wheeler, D. 2001. Pathways to competitive advantage, CA Magazine, 134(6): 29-30, 39.

Svendsen, A.C., Boutilier, R.G., Abbott, R.M. & Wheeler, D. 2001. Measuring the business value of stakeholder relationships: Part one. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Boutilier, R.G. 2000. From mass-market, to niche, to one-to-one: As society changes, so must the researcher’s techniques, Strategy Magazine, August 28, 2000, p. 30.