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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) and commitment to sustainable development have become integral elements of long-term corporate strategies across sectors and countries. The CSR policies of Russian vertically integrated oil companies (VIOCs) are of particular interest because these companies share some characteristics of international oil companies (IOCs) and the national oil companies (NOCs) of other petroleum-producing countries.

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Poussenkova, N., Overland, I. (2021). Corporate and Environmental Responsibility Among Russian Oil Companies. In: Pereira, E.G., Spencer, R., Moses, J.W. (eds) Sovereign Wealth Funds, Local Content Policies and CSR. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56092-8_31

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