Standards for Corporate Social Responsibility

Math Göbbels

Chapter 11 in The Challenge of Organizing and Implementing Corporate Social Responsibility, 2006, pp 173-190 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Since the Second World War organizations have increasingly been subject to strong social pressure to account for the adverse consequences of their activities as profit-seeking corporations. This development, inter alia referred to as corporate social responsibility (CSR), has resulted in organizations and industries being held directly responsible for their actions and any damage caused to society. Because of these developments many organizations have been compelled to consider a more socially acceptable way of doing business. Against the background of the less prescriptive role of national governments, society and its international representatives — governmental organizations such as the UN and non-governmental organizations such as Greenpeace and Oxfam — are urging corporations to take action.

Keywords: Corporate Responsibility; International Standard Organization; Global Reporting Initiative; Sustainability Reporting; Global Compact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230626355_11

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