What is Corporate Social Responsibility? - InnoTrain CSR
What is Corporate Social Responsibility? - InnoTrain CSR
What is Corporate Social Responsibility? - InnoTrain CSR
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The guiding principles of the Organ<strong>is</strong>ation for Economic Co-operation and<br />
Development (OECD) for multinational companies are a set of rules for the socially<br />
responsible and environmentally conscious corporate management. The OECD<br />
principles were last updated in 2000 and contain recommendations for the following<br />
main areas of responsibilities of companies:<br />
� Basic duties of companies (sustainable development, compliance with human<br />
rights, promotion of local capacities)<br />
� Information policies (<strong>is</strong>suing of a business report, d<strong>is</strong>closure of information<br />
about socially and environmentally relevant questions)<br />
� Employment policies (compliance with the core labour standards of the<br />
International Labour Organ<strong>is</strong>ation)<br />
� Environmental policies (set up of environmental management systems and<br />
ensurance of transparent environmental reporting, orientation on the<br />
precautionary principle)<br />
� Combating corruption (rejection of bribes, transparency about the measures<br />
used to combat corruption)<br />
� Consumer interests (ensurance of fair business, marketing and advert<strong>is</strong>ing<br />
practices as well as safety and quality of the goods and services)<br />
� Research and technology (protection of intellectual property, know-how<br />
transfer)<br />
� Competition (observance of the rules of fair competition, renunciation of the<br />
set up of anticompetitive cartels)<br />
� Taxation (contributing to the public finances of the host countries, compliance<br />
with tax laws)<br />
Additional information and resources<br />
International Labour Organ<strong>is</strong>ation (ILO)<br />
http://www.ilo.org<br />
http://www.ilo.org/public/portugue/region/eurpro/l<strong>is</strong>bon/index.htm (in Portuguese)<br />
Organ<strong>is</strong>ation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)<br />
http://www.oecd.org<br />
OECD information about Germany<br />
http://www.oecd.org/country/0,3731,en_33873108_33873402_1_1_1_1_1,00.html<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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