As an organization does not understand the relevance of Human Rights will never be socially responsible
Following my active participation in the development process of ISO 26000 since its inception, a basic materials described in the future more standard called my attention, maybe because of my vocation but a professional humanist engineer, is the subject of Human Rights. That's why I would like to present a very personal vision of human rights and its relationship with the organizations and social responsibility through each of the major "stakeholders" ..
Human Rights and Social Responsibility
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is undoubtedly the first international initiative in social responsibility proclaimed and adopted in the year 1948 by General Assembly resolution 217 A (III ) United Nations on 10 December 1948. This being subsequently supplemented by the conventions on civil and political rights and Economic, social and cultural rights both passed in 1966 as International Covenants on Human Rights.
However, the first direct connection was when the year 1999 on the initiative of Kofi Annan established the Global Compact with their values \u200b\u200bconcerning human rights and labor practices, an initiative which remains 11 years after a major initiative in terms of corporate sustainability. Today
matter humamos rights, on the fundamental principle of being indivisible and interdependent, tangentially crosses all disciplines and fundamental practices of social responsibility and has links with all stakeholders of an organization (With senior management or organizational government, with partners, with their internal staff and contractors and consumers, competition, customer, community and of course as a result of the above, with the company.
human rights organization
An organization no matter the size, type, geographic location that you want to start on the issue of social responsibility and must comply with local laws must above all understand that the materials must respect and recognize both the importance and universality of human rights not only within your organization but through its sphere of influence that can have impact. Once the government understands this organization and set a public commitment, the road is much easier.
The human rights organization and the worker
To evaluate the impact of an organization on its stakeholders'll start with the most important and sometimes overlooked in an organization, the worker.
Perhaps this is the issue that should be more obvious because it already made the fundamental rights of workers are considered as human rights. According to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998 (specifically, the eight fundamental ILO Conventions). These rights are: freedom of association and effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, elimination of all forms of forced labor, abolition of child labor and elimination of dicriminicación regards employment and occupation much discussed topic these days and in particular respect sexual orientation of individuals.
In my opinion there are other human rights workers are linked to working practices, which are: working conditions in which it operates, social protection, the right to fair remuneration, social dialogue, health and safety at work, the right to breathe healthy environment el desarrollo humano y la formación en el puesto de trabajo y en materia de derechos humanos, igualdad de oportunidades para todos y un tema muy comentado recientemente, el derecho a la conciliación de la vida familiar y personal.
La organización y los derechos humanos del proveedor
Si bien es cierto que las actividades de los proveedores pueden tener un alto impacto en la responsabilidad social de la organización, no menos cierto es que una organización aunque no sea responsable directa de posibles abusos de los derechos humanos por parte de sus proveedores, o aplicación de practicas laborales injustas a sus trabajadores, pudiese llegar a ser cómplice de los mismos, por lo cual, la organización debería take all necessary measures to avoid such situations and should have considerable influence in these areas either through their purchasing decisions or through supervision to verify compliance with the Declaration of Human Rights, international conventions and national laws in the labor.
addition, the organization should respect the rights of providers through a fair and timely payment.
The organization and the human rights of consumers and customers expect
consumers and customers of an organization on human rights, first to be considered as such, read beings humans, who are entitled to be informed about what they buy and consume, that they attend and be respected and not see them as enemies or difficult customers when they complain and to respect the privacy that is further referred to in the Declaration Universal Human Rights in its Article 12. Additionally, there are the United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection which is the most important international document in the field of consumer protection
. The General Assembly adopted the Guidelines in 1985 by consensus. In 1999 expanded to include provisions on sustainable consumption.
The human rights organization
community that the community expects of the organization, there is a dialogue and a commitment to their needs, they do not contaminate or destroy the environment and habitat, to respect the traditions of our indigenous people, who understand the gaps and they can support, which respects the dignity of people in the community who are given employment opportunities and development and general respect their social, cultural and economic.
Finally and as a consequence of the above
The human rights organization and society
As a society we hope to respect civil and political rights, we do not degrade from any reason, environmental, economically or socially, we do not discriminate against or mistreat and above all that organizations, like us as responsible consumers, contribute to sustainable development respecting our planet for future generations.
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