Codes, Standards and Benchmarks

Considers issues of regulation: self, industry, government or international law.

First corporate responsibility framework published

Business in the Community

A significant step forward in the relationship between business, society and the environment has been made...

Standards and Assurance in Corporate Social Responsibility: An emerging landscape

British Standards Institution

Corporate Social Responsibility - it's the latest trend from the fashion houses of management consulting and a business trend that's here to stay...

An ethical framework for financial services

Financial Services Authority

The FSA has constructed a framework of principles, supported by more detailed rules and guidance, and developed a risk-based approach to regulation...

The Global Compact and the Challenges of Corporate Citizenship

The Global Compact

The United Nations Global Compact initiative has grown rapidly since the overwhelming response to Secretary-General Kofi Annan's speech...

Bringing Concrete Expression to Corporate Responsibility: The Fundamental Role of Sustainability Reporting

Global Reporting Initiative

Companies looking for a quick fix to vexing corporate responsibility woes they might find themselves in, should look elsewhere...

Regulation by rules versus regulation by values

John Kay

The free market approach is reluctant to interfere with freedom to trade...

The OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises: One tool of Corporate Social Accountability

Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

The current wave of globalisation and in particular the role of foreign investment as one of the main motors of this has reopened the policy debate about the international rights and obligations of multinational enterprises...