Kovrigina T.A.

Purpose. To study corporate social responsibility of the Russian and foreign oil and gas companies on the territory of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (exemplified by YaNAO). Methods. Corporate social responsibility of domestic and foreign oil and gas companies including companies’ official websites monitoring is analyzed. The quality of corporate social responsibility and the scale of impact on social sphere of the region were assessed in 14 major directions. The analysis was based exclusively on public information provided on the official websites of the companies. Results. Gaps in 14 directions were identified in corporate social responsibility of the Russian and foreign oil and gas companies in YaNAO. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty lies in conducting the analysis, which allowed providing information about the level of corporate social responsibility of companies in oil and gas sector, about the scale of impact of their activities on social environment of the region. The analysis will become the impulse for the cooperation development with local communities and will ensure openness in discussing future programs, and ultimately, will encourage companies to improve their social policies.

The article is devoted to the study of human resources substitution in the energy industry. The relevance of the theme is determined by the fact that sanctions by some Western countries at this stage have limited the work of foreign oil and gas companies on the territory of Russia, which lowered the interest to work in our country for foreign-trained professionals. This situation makes the training to the FEC, which requires consolidation of the efforts of Governments, universities and businesses. Purpose. Determination of the main directions of personnel substitution in energy of the Russian Federation. Methods. The analysis of problems in terms of import substitution. Results. The analysis determined the existence of obstacles for foreign-trained professionals to work in Russia, as well as demonstrated reduction of interest to such personnel by the Russian companies. Problems were highlighted in the specialized higher and middle special education of engineers. Recommendations for public authorities, educational institutions and companies of the FEC to overcome them. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty and originality consists in the analysis of the problems of human resources substitution in the energy industry, as well as in the formulation of various recommendations with a view to the effective flow of import substitution processes in the domestic economy.

Topicality of the subject. Solution of long-range tasks that have crucial geopolitical importance for subarctic states due to the development of the Arctic region territories. This trend draws mass media attention to the problems connected with that region. Purpose. Research of the main trends of the Arctic region subject in the Russian and foreign mass media. Methods. The author monitored mass media including the Russian language newspapers, information agencies, Internet-editions and foreign media-resources of the USA, Canada, Norway and Denmark for the period from January 1, 2014 up to September 1, 2014. The author emphasized five topical segments and researched references to the topics. Results. Monitoring allowed determining amount of attention paid by editions to each segment of the Arctic region subject. Comparison of articles in national and foreign mass media gave a chance to consider the same subjects differently, to see different aspects of the issues, which are topical for the region. The author identified information trends connected with the development of the Arctic region and determine the most noticeable information grounds for the researched period. Based on the analysis of the researched data the author pointed out a drawback in description of a social aspect of the region development. Scientific novelty. Scientific novelty is in analysis of volumes of the Arctic region subjects in mass media, finding out gaps in covering certain topical segments.