Coal Seam Gas Mining and Stakeholder Management

Authors

  • Daisy Ann Jarrett The University of Newcastle

Keywords:

coal seam gas, fracking, environmental risks, cultural loss, social impacts, sustainability, ethics, social responsibility, stakeholder theory, management, legacy

Abstract

This paper discusses challenges presented to management teams of coal seam gas (CSG) companies as a result of undesirable social, environmental and cultural outcomes. In Australia, CSG mining is a developing non-renewable energy industry which impacts air and water quality, landscape, community health and traditional sacred sites. Consequently, business management in CSG is becoming increasingly difficult due to clash of values between business outcomes, government policy and community ethics. Using stakeholder theory, the paper argues that managers in CSG must view the communities surrounding CSG sites as definitive stakeholders rather than business nuisances. The paper concludes that the negative impact of CSG mining has no limited extent and the true magnitude of its effects are not yet known, creating an unstable management environment and unpredictable legacy issues.

Author Biography

Daisy Ann Jarrett, The University of Newcastle

Daisy Jarrett is a first year business, commerce student at the University of Newcastle, who hopes to specialise in international finance.

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2017-04-12

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Jarrett, D. A. (2017). Coal Seam Gas Mining and Stakeholder Management. Newcastle Business School Student Journal, 1(1), 41–50. Retrieved from https://novaojs.newcastle.edu.au/uonsbj/index.php/uonsbj/article/view/2

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2017)

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Case Study

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