Corporate Social Responsibility [electronic resource]: Partners for Progress /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Roundtable Conference "Partners for Progress--Towards a New Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility"(2000 :Paris, France)
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Roundtable Conference "Partners for Progress--Towards a New Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility"
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2001.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is business's contribution to sustainable development. Today, corporate behaviour must not only ensure returns to shareholders, wages to employees, and products and services to customers, it must also respond to societal and environmental concerns. Local cultures are a countervailing force to the global economy and the struggle between the forces of global commerce and the interests of local cultures brings with it new politics. In overcoming the hurdles of social responsibility, all partners and sectors need to be committed to adhere to a coherent social strategy in the interest of society as a whole. Through partnerships with labour, NGOs, and communities, corporations contribute to tackling social exclusion and other inner city problems in order to define and implement innovative solutions for policy dialogue to meet the social challenges at the local level. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Corporate Social Responsibility experiences and practices at the local level. It illustrates that partnerships provide a powerful mechanism for helping firms become more socially responsible. It includes interventions from the Conference "Partners for Progress - Towards a new approach to Corporate Social Responsibility", held in Paris in November 2000 and is essential reading for policy-makers, NGOs, business, and all local actors involved in the issues of sustainable development.
FOREWORD; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART 1 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN AGLOBAL ECONOMY; Overview of discussions; Box 1. The Caux Round Table and the Global Reporting Initiative; Box 2. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprise; Box 3. Voluntary Guidelines for Action on CSR Communicationand Reporting; Box 4. The Lisbon Summit of 23-24 March confirmed the commitmentto a new economic and social agenda for the European Union; Philanthropy and social investment: the French perspective; The role of business in the social agenda; Internal stakeholders and high road companies
Making a positive impact on societyThe European Union's approach to corporate social responsibility; PART 2 STIMULATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSAT THE LOCAL LEVEL; Overview of discussions; Box 5. Telefonica de Espana: supportive relationships with SMES; Box 6. The Body Shop: The Community Trade Programme; Box 7. Polo Volunteers; Box 8. Levi Strauss & Co: Giving back to communities; Box 9. Global Citizen, Local Partner: Rio Tinto; Box 10. Connecting people as well as wire; Partnerships and SMEs: addressing social exclusion; Empowerment to the community through partnerships
Applying the broker model in LondonOvercoming the closure of the coal mines through active partnershipsfor local development; Welfare-to-Work: a smart solution for business; Combating exclusion through partnerships; PART 3 LINKING ETHICS AND FINANCE TO FOSTERSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; Overview of discussions; Box 11. Council on Economic Priorities: Shopping for a better world; Box 12. London's new mutual finance institution; Box 13. Self-Help Credit Union: creating ownership opportunities; Box 14. ShoreBank; Saving banks serving the community
Responsible investing: focus on sustainable developmentCONCLUSION; REFERENCES
Papers presented at a Roundtable Conference "Partners for Progress--Towards a New Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility," held Nov. 15, 2000, Paris, France.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152).
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is business's contribution to sustainable development. Today, corporate behaviour must not only ensure returns to shareholders, wages to employees, and products and services to customers, it must also respond to societal and environmental concerns. Local cultures are a countervailing force to the global economy and the struggle between the forces of global commerce and the interests of local cultures brings with it new politics. In overcoming the hurdles of social responsibility, all partners and sectors need to be committed to adhere to a coherent social strategy in the interest of society as a whole. Through partnerships with labour, NGOs, and communities, corporations contribute to tackling social exclusion and other inner city problems in order to define and implement innovative solutions for policy dialogue to meet the social challenges at the local level. This book provides a comprehensive overview of Corporate Social Responsibility experiences and practices at the local level. It illustrates that partnerships provide a powerful mechanism for helping firms become more socially responsible. It includes interventions from the Conference "Partners for Progress - Towards a new approach to Corporate Social Responsibility", held in Paris in November 2000 and is essential reading for policy-makers, NGOs, business, and all local actors involved in the issues of sustainable development.
Social responsibility of business