Pusenkova Nina , Nikitina Elena
Local Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility for Arctic Petroleum in the Barents Region [Text] / N. Poussenkova, El. Nikitina, W. R. Elana, W. Emma, B. F. Daniel // Arctic Review on Law and Politics. – 2016. – Vol. 7. – ¹ 2. – P. 152 – 178.
Publication Type:
Rubric:


ISSN 2387–4562

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is promoted and critiqued by many players involved in or opposed to petroleum exploration and extraction, although a common understanding of CSR’s theoretical and practical meanings rarely exists. This paper uses Arctic petroleum in the Barents region (Norway and Russia) to investigate local perceptions of CSR. We conducted open-ended, semi-structured interviews in four locations: Hammerfest, Murmansk, Komi Republic, and Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO). Interviewees included the local population, regional and local authorities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and petroleum company representatives. The field research suggests that those who gain directly from the petroleum industry and do not directly experience negative impacts were more inclined to be positive about the industry, although overall, general support for petroleum activity was high. In some cases, positive economic benefits resulted in greater tolerance of environmental risk. Sometimes, the industry and government were criticised by locals for failing to support a more equitable distribution of broader economic benefits. Rather than splitting along for-profit/NGO or indigenous/non-indigenous lines, our analysis suggests that those who are closer to the petroleum industry or its benefits, termed ‘insiders’, tend to be more positive than ‘outsiders’. This study is perhaps the first of its kind in its focus on local perceptions of CSR for Arctic petroleum across the Barents region. The findings of this study not only match with that of the previous literature on Arctic petroleum but also provide further practical and theoretical insights by indicating subtleties and nuances within the localities examined. 

Keywords: gas | Hammerfest | Komi Republic | Murmansk | Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) | Norway | oil | Russia |



OTHER PUBLICATIONS ON THIS TOPIC

Nikitina Elena , Kelman I., Sydnes A.K.
Norway-Russia disaster diplomacy for Svalbard // Safety Science. 2020. Vol. 130, P. 104896. DOI 10.1016/j.ssci.2020.104896.

Todorov Andrey
Russia in maritime areas off Spitsbergen (Svalbard): Is it worth opening the Pandora's Box? // Marine Policy. 2020. DOI 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104264. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308597X20309106?via%3Dihub#!. Published online: 22.10.2020.

Kopytin Ivan
Influence of Oil Prices on Stock Market Indexes in Russia and Norway [Text] / I.A. Kopytin // Studies on Russian Economic Development. – 2014. – V. 25. – ¹ 1. – ðð. 99 – 110.

Pusenkova Nina
Arctic Petroleum: Local CSR Perceptions in the Nenets Region of Russia [Text] / N. Pusenkova, J.S.P. Loe, I. Kelman, D.B. Fjartoft // Social Responsibility Journal. – 2017. – Vol. 13. – Issue 2. – Ð. 307-322

Golunov Sergei
Pandemic Borders of Post-Soviet De Facto States // Journal of Borderlands Studies. 2021. DOI 10.1080/08865655.2021.1943495. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08865655.2021.1943495?journalCode=rjbs20. Published online: 20.06.2021.

Crisis and new political agenda for the Korean Peninsula and the regional powers. V. Mikheev, A. Fedorovsky, eds. – Moscow: IMEMO, 2018. – 32 p.

Salitskii Alexander
Sanctions and import substitution as exemplified by the experience of Iran and China [Text] / A.I. Salitsky, X. Zhao, V.I. Yurtaev // Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences. – 2017. – Vol. 87. – No 2. – P. 205-212.

Volkov Aleksei
Ýêîíîìè÷åñêèå îòíîøåíèÿ Ðîññèè è Íîðâåãèè íà ñîâðåìåííîì ýòàïå [Ýëåêòðîííûé ðåñóðñ] / À. Ì. Âîëêîâ // Ìèðîâîå è íàöèîíàëüíîå õîçÿéñòâî. – 2018. – ¹ 2-3(45). – URL: http://www.mirec.ru/2018-02-03/economic-relations-between-russia-and-norway-nowadays

Karasev Pavel
Cyber factors of Strategic Stability // Russia in Global Affairs. 2020. Vol. 18, Issue 3 (71). P. 24-52. DOI 10.31278/1810-6374-2020-18-3-24-52.

Kopytin Ivan, Maslennikov Alexander, Sinitsyn Mikhail, Zhukov Stanislav , Zolina Svetlana
Will carbon tax constrain oil production in Ñanada? // Solovev D. (ed.) Smart Technologies and Innovations in Design for Control of Technological Processes and Objects: Economy and Production. FarEastÑon 2018. SIST book series. Springer, Cham. 2020. Vol. 138. Ñ. 793-803. DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-15577-3_73.

Illeritsky Nikita
Republic of Turkey gas complex development: Problems and prospects [Text] / G. O. Khalova, N. Y. Sopilko, N. I. Illeritsky // International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy. – 2019. – Vol. 9. – Issue 1. – P. 237-243. DOI: 10.32479/ijeep.7344.

Baranovsky Vladimir , Utkin Sergey
Europe as seen from Russia / V. Baranovsky, S. Utkin // Perspectives. – 2012. – V. 20. – Issue 2. – P. 63–82.

Ivanov Stanislav
Who is blocking the path to independence of Iraqi Kurdistan? [Text] / S. Ivanov // Revue Défense Nationale, 18 juin 2020. – Tribune ¹ 1179. – P. xx-xx.

Kosolapov Nikolay
E - Equality // Russia in Global Affairs. 2020. Vol. 18, Issue 1 (69). P. 80-84. DOI 10.31278/1810-6374-2020-18-1-80-84.

Golunov Sergei
Book review: Ilya Yablokov, Fortress Russia: Conspiracy Theories in Post-Soviet Russia [Cambridge and Medford, MA: Polity, 2018. 288 p.] // Political Studies Review. – 2020. – Vol. 18, Issue 4. – P. NP23-NP24. DOI 10.1177/1478929920903643.

Voronov Konstantin
Perceptions of Russia in the european North: signs of the times / K. Voronov //Russian politics and law. – 2010. – V. 48. – ¹ 6. – P.35-50.

Kanaev Evgeny
Deciphering the Eurasian Potential of Russia-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership [Òåêñò] / E.A. Kanaev // Russian Analytical Digest. – 2017. – No 209. – Ð. 5-8.

Sumsky Victor
Russia’s Forthcoming Summits with ASEAN and China [Òåêñò] / V. Sumsky // Thinking ASEAN. – 2016. – ¹ 11. – P. 9 – 11.

Kobrinskaya Irina
Update – Russia & The World: The Autumn of Our Discontent? [Text] / I. Kobrinskaya // New Perspectives. – 2018. – Issue 3. – P. 167-174.

Stepanova Ekaterina
Russia’s Regional Balancing and Interests in the Middle East: Benefits, Risks, and Implications for Europe // Orient - Deutsche Zeitschrift für Politik und Wirtschaft des Orients. 2021. Vol.62, Issue 4. P. 45-58.
Related publications


Comments (0)

No comments

Add comment







First news
Institute News
28/03/2024

“Polis. Political Studies” journal (No 2, 2024) published two articles, authored by IMEMO senior colleagues.

more...

27/03/2024

On March 27, 2024, a meeting of the Academic Council of IMEMO was held in the Academician Inozemtsev conference hall.

more...

Recently Published