What is Corporate Social Responsibility? - InnoTrain CSR

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3.10. International CSR requirements based on OECD and ILO
In short
Global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is based on requirements defined
as core labour standards for the field of employment by the International
Labour Organisation (ILO) and accepted by its 175 member states. In addition,
the guiding principles for multinational companies issued by the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are part of the most
common recommendations for the socially and ecologically responsible
shaping of globalisation.
Learning targets
� Get to know the international CSR requirements based on ILO and OECD
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Guidelines issued by international organisations are crucial in the economic core
activity and as a result essential for the company-wide CSR, especially for
multinational companies. For example, the core labour standards of the ILO as well
as the OECD guiding principles for multinational companies are considered essential
components for the strategic developments of globally oriented CSR.
The German federal government also relies on three basic pillars for the
development of the national CSR strategy: the ILO core labour standards, the OECD
guiding principles for multinational companies as well as the principles of the UN
Global Compact.
In 1998, the ILO core labour standards were politically upgraded, when the
"Declaration on the basic principles and rights of employment" was adopted by the
175 member states of the International Labour Organisation during its meeting.
The four basic principles of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are also
known as ILO core labour standards:
� Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining
� Abolishment of forced labour
� Abolishment of child labour
� Ban of discrimination at work and on the job
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