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BUSINESS RESPECT
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Arguments against CSR and some answers
Definitions of Corporate Social Responsibility
Discussion
The Global Reporting Initiative - is it fit for purpose?
Translations
Companies in the News
Case studies of managing a crisis
Odwalla
Johnson & Johnson
and Tylenol
Exxon Valdez
Snow Brand Milk
Products
Emerging Issues
Drugs companies and AIDS
When to quit a bad country
AA 1000 - A standard for ethical performance
Accountability 1000 (AA1000) is the work of ISEA - the Institute for Social and Ethical Accountability. ISEA (also known as AccountAbility) is an international membership organisation, based in the UK. It exists to encourage ethical behaviour in business and non-profit organisations.
AA1000 is promoted as a standard for the measuring and reporting of ethical behaviour in business. It provides a framework that organisations can use to understand and improve their ethical performance, and a means for others to judge the validity of claims to be ethical.
It aims to assist an organisation in the definition of goals and targets, the measurement of progress made against these targets, the auditing and reporting of performance and in the establishment of feedback mechanisms.
The involvement of stakeholder groups is crucial to each stage of the process. AA1000 can be used to underpin the quality of specialised accountability standards or as a stand-alone system.
The standard is designed both for internal and external audit procedures. It may be used by organisations of any size, whether single or multi site, and by public, private and non profit organisations.
For further information about ISEA or AA1000 see their website, at http://www.accountability.org.uk
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