Cultivating Patriotism—A Pioneering Note on a Russian Dimension of Corporate Ethics Management

Abstract

Corporate codes of conduct address various issues, some of which can be country-specific. A tentative analysis of the content of 42 codes of the leading Russian private companies implies that about a quarter of them consider patriotism, which generally matches the significant attention paid to this issue in Russian society. Of 10 companies with the biggest annual revenue, four (40%) consider patriotism in their codes. The main topics are pride in a company’s relevance to state development, initiatives, and interests, as well as care for the veterans of the World War II. The present study implies that patriotism can be an important dimension of corporate ethics management in some countries.

Hotel Naming in Russian Cities: An Imprint of Foreign Cultures and Languages between Europe and Asia

“…Generally, this theory traces the roots of societies' openness, as well as the open world shaping and feeling (in this case, an open world is not equal to the contemporary understanding of the globalized world). However, cosmopolitanism does not seem to be an acceptable explanation of the findings of this study because of the well-shaped identity of the Russian society and the strong feeling of patriotism [58][59][60][61][62]. The registered imprint of foreign cultures and names can be explained partly by the global nature of the entire hospitality industry and the naming practices preferred by some international hotel chains existing on the Russian market.…”