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

(c) Social and environmental responsibility as an organization

Whose Corporate Social Responsibility?

In expected accomplishment (a), replace social issues with social development issues .

Gender responsibility has, thus, been increased among ministries and agencies.

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.

A further set of issues related to the impact of CSR practices on FDI and trade, and on national policy responses, including the CSR friendliness of a business location.

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.

Social reforms were established, help to the poor increased in housing benefits and school programmes.

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.

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

To flesh out its social policy, SZ I established a number of working groups, including one that focused on gender.

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

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.

After childhood, key treatment issues include residential care, job training and placement, sexuality, social skills, and estate planning.

Additional working teams were created to work on issues including gender, society, patient, and social issues and pharmacology and pharmacokinetics.

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.

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.

9.59 The Division for Social Policy and Development will deepen its capacity for policy and substantive support to the Commission for Social Development, including a more integrated approach to social inclusion and emerging issues related to social development.

The two missions share responsibility for security along the border between Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, moreover, have established close cooperation on Medevac and safety matters.

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

Box 4.

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 municipalities deal with a wide range of planning issues and welfare services, and are mostly free to engage in activities which are not explicitly restricted by law.

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?

Other activities have involved organising meetings and workshops, monitoring the follow up process to the 1995 World Social Summit for Development and lobbying activities in relation to the financing for development process and other social justice issues.