Quota for the employment of disabled people in Russia: strategies for compliance
TitleQuota for the employment of disabled people in Russia: strategies for compliance.Subject areaHuman resource management.Study level/applicabilityThe case might be used in teaching International Management or Russian society at a Master's level, including MBA.Case overviewQuotas for the employment of disabled people exist in many countries, including Russia. Many companies in Russia, however, are “forced” to find “creative solutions” to avoid this quota. This attitude is caused not by the unwillingness of companies to support disabled people, but rather by their moral and technical unreadiness to do so. Using one example of a company providing freight services, the case illustrates this. The company is faced with additional challenges: it is a 100 percent subsidiary, dependant on its parent company in many respects – especially in financial matters.Expected learning outcomesStudents:learn some informal practices (legislative norms and networks) in the Russian business context;,discuss how organizations are faced with informal practices and establish problem solving techniques;andreceive some additional information on the business environment in Russia.Supplementary materialsTeaching notes.