<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Eve, Geoffrey</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sustainability reporting in the oil sands: A narrative analysis of energy company approaches to sustainable development</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social issues</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10/2012</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://search.proquest.com/pqdtglobal/docview/1180828817/4E5531BA3354431FPQ</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trent University Faculty of Arts and Science </style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peterborough, ON </style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Given the lack of public trust and recent notable environmental problems in the Alberta oil sands industry, I have proposed the question: ' Should the energy industry operating in the oil sands follow and commit to a more normative approach of the natural-resource-based view in their sustainable development strategies, and thereby become more responsible corporate stewards? ' Through a narrative analysis of sustainability reports for four energy companies operating in the oil sands, I have discovered that most disclosures of sustainable development are textually conceived to appear as normative motivations demonstrating moral obligations to stakeholders. However, these disclosures are disguising firm instrumental business-as-usual practices. Sustainable development is defined by companies through the natural-resource-based view, where environmental issues can be solved through eco-efficiency practices. I suggest why energy firms may have to change their strategies towards achieving sustainable development in their operations based on a more normative approach, and how to achieve it.</style></abstract><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alberta oil sands </style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910983946</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OSEMB</style></custom4></record></records></xml>