mobility and the politics of place: tensions and transactions between corporations and communities...
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PhD Project Presentation IMER seminar 29.11.2013TRANSCRIPT
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Mobility and the politics of placeTensions and transactions between corporations and communities in the global economy
IMER presentation 29.11.2013
Tarje I. Wanvik, Dept. of Geography, University of Bergen
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ContentMaster findings
Curiosity killed the career…
PhD research questions
Main hypotheses
Existing research
Theoretical base
Empirical base
Methodological base
Statoil health facility, Mamuju,
Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Stakeholder management
Company
Oil and gas
regulator
National governme
nt
Local Governme
nt
Local Communit
y
CSR
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Curiosity killed the career”I would say that CSR curbs inquiries of bribes or other forms of corrupt practices. We don’t bribe, but instead we want to create something that lasts”
(CEO Company B, interview 08.11.12).
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“CSR ties our company to the local communities. And vice versa. We build common trust and tolerance of each other’s different roles and
responsibilities. It is like with friends: you have to get to know
them before you can do something together”
(CEO, Company B)
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All fine…But how are the social investments received and perceived by the local communities?
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PhD Research objectives
I will examine how Norwegian companies abroad and their expatriate personnel are received and perceived within the local communities they operate. Are they subject to territorialising forces, and if so, are they responding relevant to local expectations?
Second, I will explore the different mediating and mitigating activities employed by all parties following the encounters of such polarised realities, formulating three main hypotheses:
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Main hypotheses
1. Corruption is a consequence of the lack of reciprocity between transnational companies, expatriates and the local community
2. Corporate Social Responsibility activities may curb expectations of corruption and other irregular resource transfers, and contribute to a more transparent and accountable reciprocity between companies, expatriates and communities.
3. Both companies and local communities develop strategies of attachment and detachment in the intersection of hyper mobile corporate activities and more place bound local communities.
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Reciprocity mismatch
CompanyNational scale
Global scale
Local scale
Corru
ption
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Reciprocity mismatch
CompanyNational scale
Global scale
Local scale
CSR
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Existing research
Transnationalism and globalism:Labour migration (south-north, south-south)
Expats in gated communities (cultural shocks and adjustments, urban landscapes, management literature)
Technology-driven mobility (cyber societies, virtual mobilisation, networks)
The shrinking world of tourism
Missing: The dialogue between companies, expats and local communities – tensions and transactions caused by mobility and inequalities
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Existing research
CSRProfitability studies for companies, triple bottom line
Motivational base
Missing:
Grounding effects of social investments
Reality checks of social investments on the ground
Strategic choices
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Existing research
CorruptionEconomic costs for companies (management)
Structural explanations and causes (political science)
Morality and social exchange (anthropology)
MissingLinking frictions caused by mobility and inequalities, with corruption and social investments
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Theoretical base
Geographies of globalisation: Dwelling
Spatial capital
Mobility
Assemblages: territorialisation and de-territorialisation
Grounding: attachment and detachment
Social investments, trust and knowledge
Socio-spatial tensions
Scales
Politics of place
(Heidegger, Stock, Levy, Cailly, Massey, De Landa, Cresswell, Tuan, Grimen, Agnew, Said, Amin)
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Empirical base
Norwegian companies in Indonesia and Canada
Norwegian expatriate communities
Local communities; NGOs, local governments or authorities, CSOs and other interest groups
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Methodological base
Case studies
Interviews
Document analysis
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Achievements
What I hope to achieve is a broader understanding of
Corporate Social Responsibility and social investments
How corporations and expats are responding to local expectations
How social investments are effecting local communities
Finally, I want to examine if social investments have an impact on expectations of corruption and other irregular resource transfers from companies to communities.