Instead of CSR, we should have PSR (personal social responsibility).

(c) Social and environmental responsibility as an organization

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

One can also argue for PSR on the grounds that asking for CSR becomes a way of passing the buck evading personal responsibility for doing good.

But there are strong arguments in favor of CSR as well.

A further concern related to the question of the social responsibility of firms and how this could be operationalized through appropriate management systems.

Finally, CSR can be simply a matter of advertising.

UNCTAD could look at economic development as part of CSR.

Nonetheless, the policy framework needed to facilitate CSR.

Initiatives to promote corporate social responsibility should be voluntary.

Chinese consumer prices rose about 6.5 over the past year, while US consumer prices rose only about 3.5 .

He gave further examples of his company's commitment to CSR.

There is also an added advantage in replacing CSR with PSR there is virtue in diversity of approaches to altruism.

How is a consumer going to walk through this minefield?

The United States had become the world s consumer of last resort.

The purpose of the regulation is to provide pertinent information to the consumer.

The Ministry of Social Affairs is responsible for the creation of better possibilities for fitness sport and competitive sport for the disabled, and to solve other social issues related to sport movement.

Some will hold the EU and the measures imposed by Brussels responsible for the outbreaks of social unrest.

Finally, the discussion turned to some of the legal consequences of firms' participation in CSR initiatives.

These services are grouped together in a dedicated programme for the promotion of CSR and business partnerships.

Therefore, we don't find the moral, emotional, psychological and political space to distance ourselves from the reality of social responsibility.

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

But PSR is more like President George H.W. Bush s metaphor of a thousand points of light.

Each will consider his or her CSR view the best.

In this context, the issue of CSR as a protectionist advice to hinder free trade was also aired.

Another way to approach it is to attempt to grasp changing consumer behavior analytically.

Mr. Didier Philippe, Director, CSR and Micro Enterprise Acceleration Program, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Hewlett Packard

For a developing country such as ours, we agree that the primary responsibility for socio economic development in our country rests with us.

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

Ms. Akşit (Turkey) said that the primary responsibility for opening women's shelters rested with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

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

The sad case of the American consumer is a classic example of how this plays out.

Consumer products in China try very hard to capture the Olympic concept in their product.

In Brčko District, a department was formed within the Government for health care, public security and other services, which is responsible for, inter alia, child protection and social welfare.

One discussant said that the essence of CSR was the promotion of human decency in business.

Social responsibility is an ethical framework which suggests that an entity, be it an organization or individual, has an obligation to act for the benefit of society at large.

Young people are committed to the principles of corporate social responsibility, as well as setting up environmental enterprises such as ecotourism and the wider adoption of green technologies.

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 group recommends that the standardized disclosure should give the consumer an understandable measure of long term risk.

The University of Michigan s Consumer Sentiment Index fell in June 2008 to its lowest level in decades and has since recovered only insignificantly.

The Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights and the Ministry for the Family, Social Protection and Solidarity had shared responsibility for drafting the report currently before the Committee.

What are the lessons that can be learned from the area of corporate social responsibility, both in terms of approaches and in terms of disseminating best practices?

Geographical differences and government social policies that have been more favorable to urban and industrial sectors may be also be to blame.

If the banks were ever really held accountable for the social costs of their behavior, the bill would far exceed 300 400 billion.

Other important issues included Corporate Social Responsibility and a development oriented coherence between national development strategies and decisions emanating from international financial institutions.