Social Responsability

CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) is a concept relating to the contribution that companies must take to the development of modern society. Over time, this contribution has been theorized several different schools of thought. Initiatives "responsible" companies have been named by a variety of terms: corporate citizenship, corporate philantropy, corporate societal marketing, community affairs, community development, etc..

We joined the UN, Global Compact

Global Compact acts as a guide for companies that are moving towards CSR. The program presents the action that subsumes a set of 10 universal principles, shared by 4 areas of interest:


Companies must:

Human Rights:

1. to support and respect human rights;
2. to make sure they are not complicit in human rights violations.

Work standards:

1. to support the right to free association;
2. to help eliminate all forms of forced labor;
3. to help eradicate the phenomenon of enrollment of children in the workforce;
4. to help eliminate discrimination in employment and the occupation.

Environment:

1. anticipatory approach to environmental issues;
2. to promote responsibility towards the environment;
3. encourage development and diffusion of technologies that do not degrade the environment;

Fight against corruption:

1. to combat all forms of corruption, including bribery and blackmail.

United Nations recommend companies to integrate the Global Compact principles in their strategy of action and to promote in all areas of influence.

Integration of the 10 principles involves three stages. Thus, the company:

• Is committed to the principles, as part of the Global Compact.
• Draw up plans for implementing the principle.
• Annual reports to the Global Compact progress in implementation, according to Communication on Progress Guidelines.

Usefull links:

• Global Compact official website
  Know the benefits and how a company may join Global Compact
• Corporate Register.com
  You can access an archive to find over 11000 reports of CSR