This Website was the one used and maintained by the
ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility during its development of
ISO 26000, Guidance on social responsibility.
It is being retained as a reference source because of the wealth
of background and archive material it contains. However,
it will no longer be updated since it is now replaced by
the regularly updated
"Social responsibility" section under "Management standards"
on ISO Online at www.iso.org/sr
ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, has decided to launch the development of an International Standard providing guidelines for social responsibility (SR).
The guidance standard will be
published in 2010 as ISO 26000 and be voluntary
to use. It will not include requirements and will
thus not be a certification standard.
There is a range of many different
opinions as to the right approach ranging from
strict legislation at one end to complete freedom
at the other. We are looking for a golden middle
way that promotes respect and responsibility based
on known reference documents without stifling
creativity and development.
Our work will aim to encourage
voluntary commitment to social responsibility
and will lead to common guidance on concepts,
definitions and methods of evaluation.
The need for organizations in both public and private sectors to behave in a socially responsible way is becoming a generalized requirement of society. It is shared by the stakeholder groups that are participating in the WG SR to develop ISO 26000: industry, government, labour, consumers, nongovernmental organizations and others, in addition to geographical and gender-based balance.
ISO has chosen SIS,
Swedish Standards Institute and ABNT,
Brazilian Association of Technical Standards to
provide the joint leadership of the ISO Working
Group on Social Responsibility (WG SR). The WG
SR has been given the task of drafting an International
Standard for social responsibility that will be
published in 2010 as ISO 26000.
We invite you to come and learn
more about SR.
We also welcome you to support the ISO SR Trust Fund.
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