Faculty
Inara Scott
Senior Associate Dean
Law

Inara Scott

541-737-4102

inara.scott@bus.oregonstate.edu

Faculty
Inara Scott
Overview
Overview
Background
Publications

Overview

Biography

Nationally recognized for her work in AI-responsive pedagogy, Inara is an innovative academic leader dedicated to building student success and increasing impact across higher education. As Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning at 's College of Business, Inara works to build responsive, relevant, and engaged classrooms committed to active and inclusive pedagogies. In her academic research, she investigates the intersection of sustainability and capitalism, particularly through an interrogation of the role of law in shaping capitalism and democratic structures.

Career Interests

Inara Scott practiced law for over a decade before joining the faculty at . Inara’s research at State centers on sustainable business, clean energy, and legal and policy implications of capitalism and climate change. In her administrative roles for the College of Business, she has served as the Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning Excellence, the College Hearing Officer, and is currently serving as Senior Associate Dean. She studies and writes on pedagogy in higher education and inclusive teaching, and has been nationally recognized for her work in the area of AI-responsive pedagogy. 

 

 

Background

Education

JD, Lewis and Clark Law School (2000), Summa Cum Laude, Notes and Comments Editor, Environmental Law

MS, Recreation and Leisure Studies, State University of New York at Cortland (1998)

BA, History and Women's Studies, Duke University (1994), Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

Manager, Rates and Regulatory Affairs, NW Natural (2007-2010) Represented utility in complex negotiations and proceedings before the and Washington Public Utility Commissions, including resource acquisition and integrated resource planning.

Assistant General Counsel, Portland General Electric (2005-2007) Represented utility in proceedings before Public Utility Commission and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, complex rulemaking proceedings implementing utility tax measures, and negotiating transactional agreements for gas pipelines.

Associate, Ater Wynne LLP (2001-2005) Practiced commercial, business, and energy law. Advised people’s utility districts, investor-owned utilities, and cooperatives on regulatory compliance, including FERC hydropower licensing and compliance, and contracts with the Bonneville Power Administration.

Additional Information

Looking for a good book? If you're interested in energy policy, business and sustainability or social change, you can find Inara's recommendations, and what's on her bedside table, on Goodreads:

Publications

Academic Journal
Business Law

“Sanctuary Corporations: Time for Liberal Corporations to Get Religion?”

Spurred on by the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policies, the “sanctuary” movement has seen rapid growth in both religious and secular contexts. Some businesses have publicly expressed their support for undocumented people, but what happens if these businesses run afoul of immigration laws? Following the logic of Hobby Lobby v. Burwell, we argue that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act could provide a shield for businesses, provided they act out of a sincere religious belief. We also discuss the heightened role of religion in today’s legal landscape, and how this may ultimately be a dangerous result for civil society.
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1102-1144 pages 2018 Academy Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Inara Scott Elizabeth Brown View on:

Academic Journal
Business Law

“Redefining Corporate Social Responsibility in an Era of Globalization and Regulatory Hardening”

Through our analysis of corporate trends, regulations, and case law from the United States, European Union, China, and India, we argue that the process of legalization and redefinition of CSR through a shareholder primacy lens may, troublingly, undermine the very notion of corporate social responsibility. In the face of these trends, this article redefines CSR with a reference to a fresh commitment to corporations’ social and ethical responsibility to society.
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167-218 pages 2018 Wiley Gerlinde Berger-Walliser Inara Scott View on:

Academic Journal
Business Law

“Energy Policy: No Place for Zero-Sum Thinking”

Environmental law and environmental protection are often portrayed as requiring trade offs: “jobs versus environment,” “markets versus regulation,” “enforcement versus incentives.” The authors explore the meaning and the role of zero-sum environmentalism as a first step in moving beyond it.
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10328-10351 pages 2017 Inara Scott Shalanda Baker Robin Craig John Dernbach Keith Hirokawa Unknown Sarah Krakoff Jessica Owley Melissa Powers Shannon Roesler Jonathan Rosenbloom JB Ruhl Jim Salzman David Takacs View on:

Academic Journal
Business Law

“Redefining and Regulating the New Sharing Economy”

While proponents of regulating the sharing economy suggest a need to protect public health, workers, and incumbent businesses, to ensure localities are made whole for the use of public services, opponents of regulation argue that government intervention will stifle innovation and undermine economic and community benefits. The problem with both sides of this argument is that advocates and detractors alike often fail to address the wide differences among the practices and business entities that currently fall under the same umbrella. To address this inappropriate conflation and the resulting confusion among consumers and regulators alike, the goal of this article is to define the sharing economy as it now stands and to create a taxonomy that distinguishes and differentiates the various types of business entities that have been lumped into it. This article then proposes regulatory responses to the differing categories in the taxonomy based on the risks they present.
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553-751 pages 2017 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law Inara Scott Elizabeth Brown View on:

Book
Business Law

“Off Grid Solar and the Global Compact”

In remote rural areas, off-grid solar lighting may be the first step on a path to education and sustainable growth. However, serving this market can be difficult for established businesses accustomed to working in developed markets. This chapter offers research-based insight into the best practices for operating in subsistence markets, with a particular emphasis on how these practices are implemented by enterprises providing off-grid solar lighting.
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2017 Greenleaf Publishing Inara Scott