Corporate responsibility

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

(l) Forest ethics and corporate responsibility

The panellist from the UN Research Institute for Social Development reflected on the institutional and policy dimensions of corporate responsibility.

Improving resource management at the corporate level corporate social responsibility strategies for commodity companies

In the ensuing discussion, questions were raised regarding the precise definitions of general terms such as corporate responsibility , corporate social responsibility and positive corporate contribution , and regarding the notion of a corporate responsibility for development, as well as UNCTAD's mandate in this regard.

Corporate responsibility has been established at the highest level.

Initiatives to promote corporate social responsibility should be voluntary.

Nevertheless, many corporate responsibility initiatives currently came directly from industry.

Programme Component D.6 SME Export Consortia and Corporate Social Responsibility

Other new pressures stemmed from the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) process.

It was also important to place corporate responsibility in its proper context.

Ms. Donna Katzin, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (A C.4 48 5)

Review of the Comparability and the Relevance of Existing Indicators on Corporate Social Responsibility

Given UNCTAD's new mandate in the area of corporate responsibility, it was proposed that it engage stakeholders in action oriented policy dialogue through the UNCTAD ICC Investment Advisory Council.

Second, focused priorities for future work should be set in areas such as policy space, corporate responsibility, financing for development, promotion of R D related FDI, and trade promotion.

Civil society and corporate sector, which would contribute to the initiative, ruled by principles of corporate responsibility and social, cultural, environmental and technical sustainability.

The various themes of the framework included trade policy, competition policy, investment policy, tax policy, corporate governance, public governance, infrastructure development and human resources development.

Promoting corporate responsibility and accountability and the exchange of best practices, as well as the active involvement of civil society, are also important aspects of building stable policy and institutional frameworks.

Yet at the same time, the corporate sector lobbies aggressively to gut environmental regulations, slash corporate tax rates, and avoid their own responsibility for ecological destruction.

Ensuring policy coherence is a major Government responsibility.

Total shareholder return (TSR) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) often seem completely divorced from each other.

Further reaffirms to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Further reaffirms to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

Corporate responsibility was reflected under subprogramme 2, in response to paragraph 58 of the São Paulo Consensus.

The European Union welcomed the ongoing international debate on corporate social responsibility, business ethics, accountability and transparency.

Investment Opportunities and Corporate Responsibility How Can Developing Countries and in Particular LDCs Better Benefit from FDI?

Personal criminal responsibility is not determined by Government policy.

14. Reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

IFPMA and its member organisations (as well as individual corporations) do carry out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.

A country in trouble retains primary responsibility for correcting policy.

It chairs key committees to establish corporate development and policy direction and to determine strategic orientation.

In accordance with the current evaluation policy, certain evaluations are mandatory at corporate and country levels.

The overall responsibility for the emancipation support policy resided with the State Secretary for Emancipation Policy.

12. Further reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

11. Further reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation

The flavor of the week in Rio is sustainability indexing for corporations, by way of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

In addition, the importance of ensuring corporate social responsibility, including with regard to the rights of workers, was stressed.

And some will oppose competition policy and strong corporate governance laws let Darwinian survival work its wonders.

Bayer's Program for Legal Compliance and Corporate Responsibility does, however, mention the Chemical Weapons Convention, export controls, and genetic engineering.

Developing countries demand not only that foreign investors should exercise corporate responsibility they need to be transparent in their operations.

The importance of ensuring corporate social responsibility and accountability, including with regard to the rights of workers, was also stressed.

And I found it fascinating that the social responsibility team was not formed as part of some grand corporate strategy.

An internal consultation identified the elements of a revitalized corporate strategy on advocacy work around socio economic policy.

And even more, policy makers and the corporate sectors would like to see how the world is changing.