Purpose

Political Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), based on ideas about deliberative democracy, have been criticised for increasing corporate power and democratic deficits. Yet, deliberative ideals are flourishing in the corporate world in the form of dialogues with a broad set of stakeholders and engagement in wider societal issues. Extractive industry areas, with extensive corporate interventions in weak regulatory environments, are particularly vulnerable to asymmetrical power relations when businesses engage with society. This paper aims to illustrate in what way deliberative CSR practices in such contexts risk enhancing corporate power at the expense of community interests.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is based on a retrospective qualitative study of a Canadian oil company, operating in an Albanian oilfield between 2009 and 2016. Through a study of three different deliberative CSR practices – market-based land acquisition, a grievance redress mechanism and dialogue groups – it highlights how these practices in various ways enforced corporate interests and prevented further community mobilisation.

Findings

By applying Laclau and Mouffe’s theory of hegemony, the analysis highlights how deliberative CSR activities isolated and silenced community demands, moved some community members into the corporate alliance and prevented alternative visions of the area to be articulated. In particular, the close connection between deliberative practices and monetary compensation flows is underlined in this dynamic.

Originality/value

The paper contributes to critical scholarship on political CSR by highlighting in what way deliberative practices, linked to monetary compensation schemes, enforce corporate hegemony by moving community members over to the corporate alliance.

中文翻译：

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协商理想与霸权实践——采掘业的政治企业社会责任

目的

基于协商民主思想的政治企业社会责任（CSR）因增加企业权力和民主赤字而受到批评。然而，协商理想在企业界正在蓬勃发展，其形式是与广泛的利益相关者进行对话并参与更广泛的社会问题。采掘业领域在薄弱的监管环境下受到广泛的企业干预，当企业与社会交往时，特别容易受到不对称权力关系的影响。本文旨在说明在这种情况下，慎重的企业社会责任实践会以何种方式冒着牺牲社区利益而增强企业权力的风险。

设计/方法论/途径

本文基于对 2009 年至 2016 年间在阿尔巴尼亚油田运营的一家加拿大石油公司的回顾性定性研究。通过对三种不同的协商性企业社会责任实践的研究——基于市场的土地征用、申诉机制和对话小组——它强调这些做法如何以各种方式强化企业利益并阻止进一步的社区动员。

发现

通过应用拉克劳和莫夫的霸权理论，该分析强调了慎重的企业社会责任活动如何孤立和压制社区需求，将一些社区成员推向企业联盟，并阻止该领域的替代愿景得到阐明。特别是，这种动态强调了协商实践与货币补偿流动之间的密切联系。

原创性/价值

该论文通过强调与货币补偿计划相关的协商实践如何通过将社区成员转移到企业联盟来强化企业霸权，为政治企业社会责任的批判性学术做出了贡献。