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stratfor.com PUBLIC POLICY INTELLIGENCE REPORT 04.06.2006

Ending the CSR Debate
Bart Mongoven

note: the text here came from an email from stratfor.com - which requires you to pay to access most of their content ... the mark-ups here are my own - i didn't see any point leaving in links that i couldn't use. [the text is in usa english. sorry.]

The debate over the moral responsibilities of corporations to society has taken on a more solid form with the release of the first draft of the standard known as ISO-26000. When finished, the standard -- drafted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) -- can be used by corporations to determine (and prove) that they are acting in a socially responsible manner. The standard will not be published until 2008, and the current draft reportedly is in a highly unfinished form, with many significant questions still to be answered. Nonetheless, the release of the draft marks a turning point in the long-running debate.

there is debate about whether "corporate social responsibility" even exists ... and what, if anything, it might actually mean.

the idea of an international standard for corporate social responsibility intrigues me greatly. (hence, i suppose, this post :)

trust is getting bandied about a bit now and then as an important - even crucial - factor in corporate success. at the very worst in the form of 'branding' [or as i put it recently, blanding]
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stratfor.com PUBLIC POLICY INTELLIGENCE REPORT 04.06.2006

Ending the CSR Debate
Bart Mongoven

note: the text here came from an email from stratfor.com - which requires you to pay to access most of their content ... the mark-ups here are my own - i didn't see any point leaving in links that i couldn't use. [the text is in usa english. sorry.]

The debate over the moral responsibilities of corporations to society has taken on a more solid form with the release of the first draft of the standard known as ISO-26000. When finished, the standard -- drafted by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) -- can be used by corporations to determine (and prove) that they are acting in a socially responsible manner. The standard will not be published until 2008, and the current draft reportedly is in a highly unfinished form, with many significant questions still to be answered. Nonetheless, the release of the draft marks a turning point in the long-running debate.

there is debate about whether "corporate social responsibility" even exists ... and what, if anything, it might actually mean.

the idea of an international standard for corporate social responsibility intrigues me greatly. (hence, i suppose, this post :)

trust is getting bandied about a bit now and then as an important - even crucial - factor in corporate success. at the very worst in the form of 'branding' [or as i put it recently, blanding]
( Read more... )