Corporate Social Responsibility of Petroleum Companies: Possible Risks and Legislative Initiatives Necessary to Stimulate CSR Development in Kazakhstan
Article from: OGEL 2 (2010), in Kazakhstan
Abstract
This article is about the specific aspect of subsoil users' activity that each government, law and decision maker, and every business unit should pay attention to, called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), with a particular emphasis placed on the oil and gas companies operating in Kazakhstan. It also proposes some legal mechanisms necessary to stimulate this concept. Is CSR a responsibility of the government before the nation to provide all conditions, regardless of what business activity the state is involved in? Or - Is it a responsibility of the companies, whose activities ...