ABSTRACT
ISO 26000 is a set of guiding principles for businesses and organizations to use to steer them in a more socially responsible direction. It provides guidance to all types of organizations, regardless of their size or location, on:
- Definitions, principles, and core issues of social responsibility
- Social, political, environmental and cultural contexts of social responsibility
- Best practice guidelines of social responsibility
- Guidance on how to integrate, implement, and promote socially responsible behaviour both internally and externally
- Identifying and engaging with stakeholders
- Defining, implementing, evaluating commitments and performance of social responsibility
- Distributing other information relating to social responsibility
The Scope of Social Responsibility Certification is to ensure the followings:
- Understanding an organization’s social responsibility
- Integrating social responsibility throughout an organization
- Communications of social responsibility
- Improving organizational credibility
- Process for reviewing progress towards social responsibility
- Improving performance of social responsibility initiatives
- Evaluating voluntary initiatives for social responsibility