Bench Marks for Business Performance . This document proposes a new business philosophy fundamental to a responsible company's actions.
Global companies face a unique set of issues that go well beyond their traditional business focus .
The Principles call on companies to base their corporate policies on a vision of themselves as one of many stakeholders in the global community and to set high standards of conduct in relation to their employees, the environment and the communities wherever they operate. ICCR is a coalition of 275 Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish institutional investors. The Oregon Province of the Jesuits and the National Jesuit Corporate Investment Responsibility Committee, made up of representatives of the ten Jesuit provinces of the United States, participate with ICCR and support its efforts to make companies responsible for issues beyond pure profitability. We hope to make you aware of the Principles and allow you and others who are concerned about holding corporations accountable to ethical, social and environmental standards. This is your opportunity to critique and comment on the contents of the Principles.