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What is Corporate Social Responsibility? - InnoTrain CSR

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questions. In doing so, the answers and contributions can again be documented by<br />

the moderator or written down on little cards by the attendees themselves.<br />

Specifically, the moderator asks the following questions:<br />

�<br />

� How does the local community recogn<strong>is</strong>e th<strong>is</strong>?<br />

� How do our customers recogn<strong>is</strong>e th<strong>is</strong>?<br />

� How do the employees or their family members and friends recogn<strong>is</strong>e th<strong>is</strong>?<br />

� How do our suppliers and business partners recogn<strong>is</strong>e th<strong>is</strong>?<br />

� How do the banks recogn<strong>is</strong>e th<strong>is</strong>?<br />

� How do competitors recogn<strong>is</strong>e th<strong>is</strong>?<br />

� <strong>What</strong> effects does th<strong>is</strong> have on the industry?<br />

� <strong>What</strong> effects does th<strong>is</strong> have on the environment?<br />

As soon as th<strong>is</strong> round of questions has been answered and the keywords are neatly<br />

presented for all attendees on flipchart papers or small cards, the moderator will ask<br />

the group to determine the opposite of the individual points:<br />

� How can such a scenario be avoided?<br />

� <strong>What</strong> should our company therefore do to act sustainably?<br />

From the attendees perspective, the responses to the final brainstorming represent<br />

the requirements for sustainable development and <strong>CSR</strong> of the company. These<br />

requirements can be formulated as guidelines and proposed to the management.<br />

Exerc<strong>is</strong>e 8.4. (approximately 45 minutes)<br />

In your seminar group, moderate an "Instruction for being unsustainable" for a<br />

company of your choice, for example one from the practical examples contained in<br />

th<strong>is</strong> compendium.<br />

Additional information and resources<br />

Methodensammlung – In 7 Schritten zum Nachhaltigkeitsbericht (Vienna 2006)<br />

Wallner + Schauer GmbH – Sustainability consultants<br />

http://www.nachhaltigwirtschaften.at<br />

Further information from Portugal<br />

http://www.ipq.pt/backFiles/Encontro_DesenvSustentavel/empresas_sustentave<strong>is</strong>.pdf<br />

https://bdigital.ufp.pt/dspace/bitstream/10284/221/1/artigo16.pdf<br />

The project "<strong>InnoTrain</strong> <strong>CSR</strong>" <strong>is</strong> organized by GILDE GmbH and has been funded with support from the European Comm<strong>is</strong>sion. Th<strong>is</strong> publication reflects the<br />

views only of the author, and the Comm<strong>is</strong>sion cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. 12/2010<br />

,<br />

<strong>InnoTrain</strong> <strong>CSR</strong><br />

www.csr-training.eu

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