Definitely the answer is not, however, can develop standards for social responsibility (SR) and basic materials which establish guidelines and recommendations on how to embed social responsibility into the strategic planning of an organization, how to develop these strategies and how to align them with programs existing in an integrated manner that includes all subjects and themes of social responsibility, and how to identify best practices and then integrate them into management systems and procedures, as well as the daily practices of an organization.
You can make rules on how to manage the RS, as reported, communicate and monitor results to achieve improved organizational performance in terms of RS.
But that did not mean never to normalize social responsibility, let alone its implementation. Like the fact that there are quality standards, environment, health and safety and many other means that can not normalize any of these issues.
International Standards and other standards ...
When we talk about rules of RS is important to note that there are international standards approved by recognized bodies such as ISO to respond to a consensus of 162 member countries and other existing standards are developed for specific sectors as a result of interest from organizations or group of organizations.
All these rules, whether international or not, are voluntary.
Among the international standards covering all core subjects in the RS is only the ISO 26000 to be approved as an International Standard in December 2010, this standard provides guidance to organizations (regardless of size, your location or type ) on how to integrate social responsibility into the daily practices of an organization. This rule is not a management system standard, or is planned or is appropriate for purposes of certification or contractual use.
In the case of standards developed for specific sectors, we can distinguish two types: those whose content covers all the core subjects of social responsibility, if they are not international standards are applied by many countries. Among these include:
• AA 1000 Series Accountability, developed by the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability. " This rule represents the first proposal to improve accountability and performance of organizations in the social and ethical.
• SGE 21 Standard for the Evaluation of Ethical and Socially Responsible organizations developed by Forética Spain. This is the first European standard establishes the requirements to be met by an organization to integrate its management strategy and social responsibility, and so far, is the only standard that allows management to achieve certification in Ethics and Social Responsibility.
Moreover, a number of standards that deal with some of the core SR subjects that like the above, there are international but are of international and were developed by organizations or group of organizations specific interests and are certifiable. These include:
• SA 8000 Social Accountability. Try rights issues human and labor practices. This standard was developed by the Social Accountability International. and handles the management concept of social responsibility, specifically in relation to human rights workers.
• OSHAS18001 Management System Occupational Health and Safety. Requirements. Was developed by a group of organisms from different countries, most certification bodies.
• EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme, which is a voluntary regulation of the European Union recognizes those organizations that have implemented an EMS (Environmental Management System). Within
related standards with social responsibility, there are other series of international standards ISO-based management and continuous improvement and are of a certifiable:
Systems • ISO 9001 Quality Management. Requirements.
• ISO 14001. Environmental Management Systems. Requirements with Guidance for Use
• ISO 27001 Information Technology. Security techniques. Management Systems Information Security. Requirements.
• Management Systems ISO 22000 Food Safety. Requirements for any Organization of the Food Chain.
Additionally, there are other ISO Series Standards ISO 9000 and 10000 relating to quality. These are standards related to the RS guidelines, specifically in the case of the sustainability of organizations, the newly revised standard ISO 9004-2009 Management for Sustained Success of an Organization - An Approach to Quality Management in order support the achievement of sustained success of any organization and for customers, consumers and fair business practices, such as:
• ISO 10001, Quality management - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for Codes of Conduct organizations.
• ISO 10002, Quality management - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for the Treatment of Complaints in Organizations.
• ISO 10003, Quality management - Customer satisfaction - Guidelines for Dispute Resolution Organizations external to
• Regarding the environmental issue, a large number of standards ISO 14000 Series Environmental Management for performance evaluation and labeling, including: ISO 14004
• General Guidelines on Principles, Systems and Supporting Techniques.
• The ISO 14015 environmental assessment and environmental labels on (14020-General principles-14 024 14 021 Type II Type I - 14025 Type III).
Within COPANT developed by regional standards (Commission Pan American Standards) include those relating to accessibility to buildings for persons with disabilities. And the ISO / IEC / COPANT 71-2001 Guidelines for standards drafters consider the needs of the elderly and persons with disabilities.
In the area of \u200b\u200bnational standards, a variety of countries have developed or are developing national standards related to social responsibility, some of them prior to the ISO 26000 and other matters arising from it within them include: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Spain, France, Israel, England, Mexico and Portugal among others. Which is totally accepted by the ISO and so has been stated in ISO 26,000. "This International Standard is not intended to prevent the development of national standards which are more specific, more stringent or different types
Mr. Perla Puterman S.
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