Principles
With thanks to Michael Kane whose directory on corporate responsibility is now online at www.csrwire.com/directory.
National Programmes
United States and the United Kingdom:
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights; 2000: www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/2931.htm
U.S.-based business policy organisations:
CERES www.ceres.org
CERES Principles www.ceres.org/our_work/principles.htm
International business policy organisations:
Caux Round Table Secretariat www.cauxroundtable.org
Caux Principles www.cauxroundtable.org/PRIN4.HTM
Ethical Trading Initiative www.ethicaltrade.org
ETI Base Code www.ethicaltrade.org/pub/publications/basecode/main/
Business organisations:
Institute of Directors in Southern Africa www.iodsa.co.za
King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa (online): www.ecgi.org/codes/country_pages/codes_south_africa.htm
Monitoring organisations:
Global Reporting Initiative www.globalreporting.org
GRI Guidelines www.globalreporting.org/about/inigcompact.asp
Social Accountability International www.sa-intl.org
SA 8000 Standard www.cepaa.org/SA8000/SA8000.htm
Foreign policy and public policy organisations:
Fund for Peace www.fundforpeace.org
Human Rights and Business Roundtable Statement of Principles www.fundforpeace.org/programs/hrbrt/hrbrt.php
International Foundation for Education and Self-Help www.ifesh.org
Global Sullivan Principles http://globalsullivanprinciples.org
Professional organisations:
Institute of Social and Ethical AccountAbility www.accountability.org.uk
AA 1000 Framework www.AccountAbility.org.uk/aa1000/
International organisations:
The United Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
UN Global Compact www.unglobalcompact.org/Portal/
Draft Fundamental Human Rights Principles for Business Enterprises (February 2002) www1.umn.edu/humanrts/principlesW-OutCommentary5final.html
International Labor Organisation www.ilo.org
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work www.ilo.org/public
Tripartite Declaration of Principles Concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/multi/tridecl/decl.htm#decl
OECD www.oecd.org
OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
Resources for comparing principles, initiatives, programs and organisations:
Business for Social Responsibility www.bsr.org
BSR Resources www.bsr.org/BSRResources
European Corporate Governance Institute www.ecgi.org
Corporate Governance Codes and Principles: www.ecgi.org/codes/all_codes.htm
Global Reporting Initiative and Related Initiatives and Organisations
www.globalreporting.org/about/initiatives.asp
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility www.iccr.org
Global Codes of Conduct www.iccr.org/issue_groups/accountability/resources.htm
International Institute for Sustainable Development http://iisd.ca
Sustainable Development Principles: http://iisd1.iisd.ca/sd/principle.asp
Social Venture Network www.svn.org
Standards of Corporate Social Responsibility: www.svn.org/initiatives/standards.html
U.S. Council for International Business www.uscib.org
Compendium of Corporate Responsibility Initiatives
www.uscib.org/index.asp?DocumentID=2602
|
