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Communities' Reflections on Oil Companies' Corporate Social Responsibility Activities in Utqiagvik, Alaska

机译:阿拉斯加乌特恰格维克社区对石油公司企业社会责任活动的思考

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This thesis explores the reflections of Utqiagvik community members on British Petroleum's Corporate Social Responsibility activities within the region of North Slope, Alaska. The term Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers to actions taken by corporations to improve the quality of life for its employees, local community members, and the environment, while also contributing to its own economic development. The thesis is driven by a guiding research question: how have the people of Utqiagvik responded to the CSR activities of oil companies whose oil extractive industry operations impact the region's social, economic, and environmental welfare? In particular, this thesis seeks to understand why CSR activities sometimes fail to achieve their purported goals. By interviewing residents from the community of Utqiagvik, I obtained perspectives on the impacts of oil development on the local environment and community, bringing to light the limits of current CSR activities, such that I might provide recommendations for rectifying CSR shortfalls. I argue that while oil companies' profit motives tend to restrict the potential of CSR activities, local people should be able to influence the types of CSR activities corporations pursue, given that they experience the local impacts of the industry. Based on my respondents' perspectives, I suggest that oil companies improve their risk-management approaches and communicate and discuss more effectively with local communities their current and planned developments and their intentions to minimize impacts, respect local culture and hire more local employees. The thesis concludes by offering recommendations to the oil companies regarding the nature and desired impacts of their CSR activities.
机译:本文探讨了Utqiagvik社区成员对阿拉斯加北坡地区英国石油公司企业社会责任活动的思考。企业社会责任(CSR)一词是指公司为改善其员工,当地社区成员和环境的生活质量,同时也为自身的经济发展做出贡献而采取的行动。这篇论文是由一个指导性研究问题驱动的:Utqiagvik人民如何应对石油公司的企业社会责任活动,这些公司的石油采掘业运营会影响该地区的社会,经济和环境福利?特别是,本论文试图理解为什么企业社会责任活动有时无法实现其声称的目标。通过采访Utqiagvik社区的居民,我获得了关于石油开发对当地环境和社区的影响的观点,揭示了当前CSR活动的局限性,以便为纠正CSR不足提供建议。我认为,尽管石油公司的获利动机往往会限制企业社会责任活动的潜力,但鉴于当地人会受到行业的本地影响,因此他们应该能够影响企业开展的企业社会责任活动的类型。根据受访者的观点,我建议石油公司改善其风险管理方法,并与当地社区进行更有效的沟通和讨论,以了解其当前和计划中的发展情况,并试图将影响最小化,尊重当地文化并雇用更多本地员工。本文最后通过向石油公司提供有关其CSR活动的性质和预期影响的建议。

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  • 作者

    Cao, Yu.;

  • 作者单位

    University of Alaska Fairbanks.;

  • 授予单位 University of Alaska Fairbanks.;
  • 学科 Political science.
  • 学位 M.A.
  • 年度 2018
  • 页码 81 p.
  • 总页数 81
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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