The Frontier of Social MediaThe business of sustainability How is Social Media Evaluation Used? 10...
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The business of sustainability
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The Frontier of Social MediaMining & Social Risk
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6%
3%
6%
35%
3%
6%
6%
23%
35%
42%
No details available
Technical challenges
Revenue sharing
Commercial issues
Adverse weather
Health & Safety
Land Access
Permitting issues
Environmental concerns
Lack of social acceptance
Causes of delay*
Extreme weather
Less than a third of mining projects were delivered on schedule
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Mining project delays (2008 – 2012)
*Does not sum to 100% due to multiple causes of delays
Non technical causes
30%
24%
46%
0% 50%
Delivered onschedule
No delayreported,project inprogress
Delayed
Other causes
Source: ERM Analysis
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Risk Defined
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$Social Business Risk
(SBR)Unacceptable
Acceptable
Business Social Risk(BSR)
High $
Low $
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Social Risk Conceptual Model
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Information
Media
Interest Group Politicians
Communication(SBR)
BSR
Mining Company
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Social Media Network
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Language is the basis for Understanding Risk
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Topics, posts, hashtags, re-tweets, videos, likes, shares, public comments etc.
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Risk Psychology Determines Project Acceptance
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Risk Culture• Compatibility with
cultural • Compatibility with
visions of ideal community
• Compatibility with personal identify
Risk Characteristics• Probability of occurrence• Inequality of impacts• Probability of long-term
impacts• Controllability of impacts• Complexity/unknown
/uncertain impacts• Permanency of impacts• Level of impact
(catastrophic?)• Vulnerability• Exposure• Degree of personal harm• Cumulative effects
Risk Feelings• Stigma• Involuntary risk• Affect heuristic• Dread
Institutional Trust• Transparency• Competency• Reliability• Care• Honesty• Fairness
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Risks are Not Linear
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Trust
Risk 1 Acceptability
Risk 2 Acceptability
Risk 4 Acceptability
SBR
Risk 3 Acceptability
Project A
BSR
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Social Risks are not Geographically Constrained
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How is Social Media Evaluation Used?
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• Develop and implement a targeted and context-informed strategy to minimize Business Social Risk
• Monitor changes in social media to determine if how effective the strategy is
• Integrate into existing public affairs programs
• Achieve Goal: Lower a business’ social risk due social opposition and concern
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Thank You
Erik CarlsonSenior Project Manager(612) [email protected]