Corporate responsibility

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

(l) Forest ethics and corporate responsibility

Where there was a need for corporate standards and regulatory enforcement, it was the responsibility of the particular Governments to act.

(a) To identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights

(a) To identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights

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.

The panellist from Panama said that the definition of corporate social responsibility (CSR) went beyond legal norms related to labour quality, environment and human rights and the implementation of standards (in particular ISO standards).

Participants reviewed a range of existing initiatives and standards that States, business and civil society had developed to strengthen corporate and State responsibility in the sector.

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

(c) Business Leaders' Initiative on Human Rights an initiative that brings together 10 companies for a three year period to explore the ways that human rights standards and principles can inform issues of corporate responsibility and corporate governance

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

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

It would also need to help poor countries cope with the quasi generalization of social and environmental responsibility standards that are increasingly shaping corporate practices and consumer demand.

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

Governed by established standards, the decentralized evaluations generate lessons for programme improvement and provide evidence for corporate accountability at country and corporate levels.

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

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

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.

Some business and other participants recognized a responsibility to respect international standards when national standards were lacking, particularly in the area of labour standards.

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.

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The SDGs offer a critical opportunity for the world to set clear, compelling standards for government and corporate behavior.

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.

The development and implementation of ProFi substantive (phase 2) applications has enforced corporate standards to be applied throughout the Office.

Participants discussed a range of approaches to corporate accountability for human rights, ranging from purely voluntary approaches to binding standards.

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.

The programme of work focused in particular on paragraph (a) of the Special Representative's mandate, which requests him to identify and clarify standards of corporate responsibility and accountability for transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights .

We have overhauled our legal system, and we are adopting high standards of good governance in the corporate and public sector.

Another major constraint is the increasing number of international and corporate production standards in terms of technology, health, quality and environment.

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

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.