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Social Responsibility Practice of the Evolving Nature in the Sustainable Development of Arctic Maritime Operations

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This qualitative single-case study aims to explore how supply chain operations incorporate the social responsibility aspect in response to contextual influence and what possible effects does the implementing of social responsibility principles bring into SCM.

The study presents the implementation of social responsibility into SCM practices in the Russian Arctic context. Data from 22 semi-structured interviews, personal observations and archival materials are interpreted through the institutional logics approach.

The study reveals how social responsibility principles evolve in the existing SCM practice and enable supply chains to contribute to the needs of local communities in terms of the values of the society. The findings show that social responsibility initiatives in the existing SCM practice became possible after the satisfaction of economic and environmental concerns of cargo transportation in the Russian Arctic. Further, the case study indicates how contextual challenges make a company reconsider its core competencies and the role of supply chain practices to be more resilient and socially responsible. The findings reveal that social responsibility initiatives gain a more fertile ground for further development when they contribute also to strengthening financial performance in the supply chain.

More empirical studies on social responsibility in achieving SCM sustainability are suggested.

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    Antonina Tsvetkova

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Appendix: Mapping the Supply Chain of the Focal company’s Cargo Transportation

Appendix: Mapping the Supply Chain of the Focal company’s Cargo Transportation

Figures 6.1 and 6.2 illustrate the focal company’s geographical location and its physical flows of cargoes. Both figures present also the supply chain configuration, which remained the same after strategy implementation, but the SCM practice changed.

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Delivery of finished products from the location to the market

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Delivery of cargoes from suppliers towards the location

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Figure 6.1 maps the supply chain when delivering metal finished products from the manufacturing location to domestic and global markets: by railway to Dudinka port (Link 1), then by sea to the ports of Murmansk and/or Arkhangelsk (Link 3), then by railways to domestic customers (Link 4) or to Rotterdam/Hamburg ports to the international market by own vessels or third-party vessels (Link 5). Strategy implementation made it possible to use the eastern part of the Northern Sea Route to reach Asian ports (Link 6).

Figure 6.2 maps the supply chain when delivering industrial and commercial cargoes to the manufacturing location: by sea from the ports of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk (Link 3), along the Yenisei River only during the summer navigation by own barges (Link 2).

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Tsvetkova, A. (2020). Social Responsibility Practice of the Evolving Nature in the Sustainable Development of Arctic Maritime Operations. In: Pongrácz, E., Pavlov, V., Hänninen, N. (eds) Arctic Marine Sustainability. Springer Polar Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28404-6_6

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