Corporate Social Responsibility and the Oil Industry in the Russian Arctic: Global Norms and Neo-Paternalism |
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| Authors: | Laura A. Henry Soili Nysten-Haarala Svetlana Tulaeva Maria Tysiachniouk |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Associate Professor, Department of Government and Legal Studies, Bowdoin College, 9800 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA;2. Professor of Commercial Law, University of Lapland, Finland and Professor of Law, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. P.O. Box 122, FI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland;3. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and the University of Lapland, PO Box 122, vFI-96101 Rovaniemi, Finland;4. Postdoctoral Researcher, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University and the Centre for Independent Social Research, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Examining the oil and gas industry in the Russian Arctic, this article investigates the gap between corporate social responsibility (CSR) as articulated in corporate offices and implemented at the local level. In Russia, global CSR norms interact with weak formal institutions and the strong informal expectations of state officials and local communities that companies bear responsibility for welfare and infrastructure. As a result, the concept of citizens as ‘stakeholders’ is underdeveloped. Instead, local residents remain subjects within a neo-paternalist system of governance that mimics some elements of the Soviet past. Compensation for damages to indigenous peoples has blurred legal obligations and the voluntary nature of CSR. However, the CSR in the region is constantly developing and formal methods of compensation may assist in clarifying the scope and practice of CSR. |
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