published Monday was the first international standard on social responsibility, ISO 26000. Guide to social responsibility.
After 5 years of hard and complex work, on Monday the International Organization for Standardization ISO will make a special ceremony to present the Standard to the world.
This standard is the international standard that has more to talk about from the beginning, that if is a guide and not a rule, if it is certifiable, which does not apply to small and midsize organizations, industry group that opposed the rule, as there was a consensus if there were some objections, but other management system, the National Institutes are violating the principles of the ISO to develop national regulations and as many comments certifiable.
Reflecting on the matter, and not to much to talk about when they first meet to develop a standard not only representatives of different countries and regions but converge people from different professions, different interests and different points of view. Apart from the traditional experience of the ILO and the tripartite where he had seen earlier workers, government and business together, is the first time where they converge 6 different types of interests, besides those already mentioned, NGOs, universities and consumers in developing of an international standard.
addition, with the participation of 450 experts from different countries, genders, races, religions, customs and occupations was not easy to achieve consensus, which is why it is rated as the largest group and complex technical ISO so far. For the development of the standard used innovative methods such as peer (developed countries and development through an equitable balance) , multi-stakeholder approach , funding for groups without resources, communication strategies, among others.
What were the main achievements with the adoption of ISO 26000:
- Get a universal definition of social responsibility
- recognize that social responsibility is not exclusive only more businesses and even large corporations
- Understand that the responsibility goes beyond compliance with the laws
- Defining the principles of social responsibility
- Clearly differentiate between social responsibility and philanthropy
- emphasize that to be socially responsible we must first recognize that organizations have social responsibility with its environment and its stakeholders
- provide tools on how to identify their stakeholders and how and why get involved with them
- know the 7 key areas of responsibility and social issues
- determine the relevance and importance of the issues linked to the core subjects
- far does the sphere of influence
- are the responsibility practices for integrating
- Reinforce the importance of communication and social responsibility reports
- On how to increase credibility, and review the performance and how to improve.
order to apply the ISO 26000 will have to understand:
- That, as it says his range is a standard not a standard guidelines and requirements
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- That is not for certification purposes
- That is not intended as a technical barrier to trade
- That does not inhibit the development of national standards more specific or
- That applies to all types of organizations regardless of size, location, or type
- That although all the core subjects are relevant to organizations all matters related to these matters are relevant
- What to prioritize the issues
- That each organization according to their type and location must evaluate their specific environment
And above all the issues, that being socially responsible goes there who have an isolated program liability social.
Expert member working group that developed the standard (2005-2010)
member advisory group to group chairman (2008-2009)
Alternate member of the group writing (2008-2009)
Moderator of the Contact Group of countries. (To date)
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