Responsibility and Accountability for the Implementation of Sustainable Development in an Indonesian Mining Company

This paper investigated the use of written language as a representation of the concept of responsibility and accountability. These concepts are considered core concepts in sustainability practice. This study focused on the actors involved and actions taken by a mining company in implementing sustainable development.This study adopted discourse analysis as text from Fairclough's (1995) Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework. The study's data was textual disclosures published on the company websites. The analysis focused on the presence and absence of actors and the types of actions presented in the disclosures. The investigation of actions was based on textual processes for further examination. The procedure was derived from Halliday's (1985) [39] 'experiential meaning' that portrays how texts represent the reality of actions. The results suggested the company was represented as the actor of actions in the concrete and abstract dimension of actions. The practice of sustainability was represented through the textual presentation of actions related to social and environmental issues. The findings also revealed numerous instances of disclosing information on awards obtained by the company. This information demonstrated public recognition of the company's sustainability practices and was valuable information to present.