Responsible Business Guide: A Toolkit for Winning Companies
Responsible Business Guide: A Toolkit for Winning Companies
Responsible Business Guide: A Toolkit for Winning Companies
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RBG<br />
<strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Guide</strong>: A <strong>Toolkit</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Winning</strong> <strong>Companies</strong><br />
Contents<br />
<strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> (RBG) Working Group.......................................................................................................1<br />
Acknowledgements..................................................................................................................................................... 2<br />
<strong>Responsible</strong> Competitiveness - Simon Zadek................................................................................................................3<br />
The Real Role of <strong>Business</strong> in Society - Husain Dawood..................................................................................................4<br />
<strong>Business</strong> as Pillar of Prosperity - Georg Kell.................................................................................................................5<br />
Stakeholders Demand Responsibility - Ernst Ligteringen..............................................................................................5<br />
Center <strong>for</strong> International Private Enterprise - Sponsoring Partner..................................................................................6<br />
<strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Initiative -Technical Partner........................................................................................................7<br />
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants - Administrative Partner......................................................................8<br />
What Stakeholders Want..............................................................................................................................................9<br />
Using the RBG........................................................................................................................................................................9<br />
Introduction: Why RBG?.............................................................................................................................................10<br />
CSR is Nothing New............................................................................................................................................................. 10<br />
<strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong> is CSR................................................................................................................................................ 11<br />
Corporate Responsibility in the Present Context.........................................................................................................12<br />
Changing Expectations and <strong>Business</strong> Success..................................................................................................................... 12<br />
Time to Re-think <strong>Business</strong> models...................................................................................................................................... 13<br />
Evolution: Three "Waves" of CSR........................................................................................................................................ 14<br />
<strong>Companies</strong> and Consumer Demand <strong>for</strong> CSR....................................................................................................................... 15<br />
The Road to <strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong>..............................................................................................................................17<br />
<strong>Business</strong> as a <strong>Responsible</strong> Citizen........................................................................................................................................ 17<br />
Trustworthiness is the Golden Rule.....................................................................................................................................18<br />
Framework: Pillars of <strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong>................................................................................................................19<br />
The Essence of CSR..............................................................................................................................................................19<br />
RBF: <strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Framework Unpacked.............................................................................................................. 20<br />
Making the Decision........................................................................................................................................................... 21<br />
Checklist : Do we really want to be known as a <strong>Responsible</strong> <strong>Business</strong>?........................................................................... 22<br />
RBF Pillar 1: Governance and Management............................................................................................................... 23<br />
Decision-making and Values............................................................................................................................................... 23<br />
Accountability and Transparency........................................................................................................................................ 24<br />
Checklist 1: Does the company's Governanceand Management have the tools to ensure responsible behavior?............26
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