Description
This book analyzes the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The focus is on the territories of the Arctic rim where the current and future oil and gas activities in the Arctic are and will be located. The book raises a number of questions inclu
Table of Contents
1 Introduction Part I The Arctic: context, framework and methodology 2 Framing oil and gas in the Arctic from a sustainable development perspective 3 Climate change and consequences for the Arctic 4 Corporate social responsibility: the economic and institutional responsibility of business in society 5 Framework and methodology: regulation and discourse analysis as a research strategy Part II Legal and institutional framework: case studies 6 Legal and institutional framework: a comparative analysis 7 Expanding oil and gas activities on the North Slope of Alaska 8 Oil and gas activities at the Mackenzie Delta, in Canada’s Northwest Territories 9 Going North: the new petroleum province of Norway 10 The Russian model: merging profit and sustainability Part III Comparisons and managerial implications 11 Human rights and indigenous peoples in the Arctic: what are the implications for the oil and gas industry? 12 Perceptions of Arctic challenges: Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia compared 13 Managerial implications
