July 2, 2021
Every undergraduate PR student knows from their first semester that understanding stakeholders is essential, yet some big corporations appear to have forgotten that basic principle.
An independent report in June castigated Woolworths for failing to properly consider the Aboriginal people of Darwin over a plan to build a widely-opposed giant Dan Murphy’s liquor store within walking distance of three “dry” communities.
The review, led by commercial lawyer Danny Gilbert, said Woolworths, and its liquor subsidiary Endeavour, failed in engagement with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities “on the significance of alcohol in the community and the complexities surrounding alcohol abuse”. The 144-page report came out a month after Woolworths had announced it would abandon its plan for the mega-store.
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