Det svarta guldet : en studie om transnationella oljeföretags samhällsansvar i utvecklingsstater med oljetillgångar
(2010) MRSG20 20101Human Rights Studies
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
- Abstract
- The relationship between vast resources of oil and development has repeatedly provento be a problematic one, and the reality shows that development states who are (un)blessed with the resource always have struggle with economic growth, civil wars, human rights torts and social development. TNC:s with oil interests claims that oil and development do match and that their presence in development states increases the state’s chance to development. The problem I will focus on in this essay concerns even might make the situation worse for the oil rich development state. I discuss if and how TNC:s should have a greater social responsibility for the states they’re exploiting in, both in a legal and moral way. The conclusion of the study is that... (More)
- The relationship between vast resources of oil and development has repeatedly provento be a problematic one, and the reality shows that development states who are (un)blessed with the resource always have struggle with economic growth, civil wars, human rights torts and social development. TNC:s with oil interests claims that oil and development do match and that their presence in development states increases the state’s chance to development. The problem I will focus on in this essay concerns even might make the situation worse for the oil rich development state. I discuss if and how TNC:s should have a greater social responsibility for the states they’re exploiting in, both in a legal and moral way. The conclusion of the study is that TNC:s do have a corporate social responsibility when they’re active in oil rich states, partly because the fact that human rights concerns everyone in the world and due to the TNC:s large economic assets and therefore their capability of contributing to development. (Less)
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- author
- Wiklund Stjärnfeldt, Johanna LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MRSG20 20101
- year
- 2010
- type
- L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
- subject
- keywords
- Lundin Oil, Sudan, Human Rights, TNC, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mineral curse, Oljehandel, Mänskliga rättigheter
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1608560
- date added to LUP
- 2010-06-16 13:03:57
- date last changed
- 2014-09-04 08:27:47
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