Voluntary Codes

Features:

• What is a Voluntary Code?
• Public Consultation Draft -- Corporate Social Responsibility: An Implementation Guide for Canadian Business (closed)
• The Voluntary Codes Guide: A Guide for Their Development and Use
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• Framework For Evaluating Voluntary Codes - Print Version (PDF, 208 KB)
• Consumer Complaints Management - A Guide for Canadian Business - Print Version (PDF, 357 KB)
• Voluntary Codes Symposium, September 1996, Ottawa

Canadian Voluntary Code Studies from the symposium held in Ottawa, September 1996:

Executive Summaries of Studies Advertising Self-Regulation Codes of Practice: Australasian Experience Canada's Cable TV Industry... Canadian Care Labelling Program Protection of Personal Financial Information... Institutional & Public Administrative Aspects.. Electronic Funds Transfer Code The Gap Inc. Sourcing Principles & Guidelines Bike & Hockey Helmet Standards & Regulations Legal Aspects of Voluntary Codes... Investment Funds Institute of Canada... Voluntary Industry Self-Management in Ontario Political Economy of Voluntary Codes Canadian Chemical Producers' Association Standards and Voluntary Codes Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers' Council...

Canadian Voluntary Code Initiatives

Inventory of Canadian Voluntary Codes Accelerated Reduction/Elimination of Toxics Advertising Standards Canada Alcan Aluminium Ltd Corporate Code of Conduct The Body Shop (policy against animal testing) The Business Ethics and Stakeholder Relations Program... Cable Television Standards Council Canada's Climate Change-Voluntary Challenge... Canadian Automobile Association... Canadian Broadcast Standards Council-Violence... Canadian Care Labeling Program Canadian Chemical Producers Association... Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus Canadian Marketing Association Canadian Electricity Association... Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Program Canadian Standards Association (Environment)... Canadian Standards Association (Personal Info)... Canadian Tobacco Manufacturers' Council... Canadian Veterinary Medical Association... Child Labour Challenge Fund Competitive Telecommunications Association... Eco-Labelling & Environmental Choice Program Electronic Funds Transfer Working Group... TransFair Canada (coffee, tea etc.) The Gap, Inc.: Sourcing Principles and Guidelines Guidelines for Sale of Diamonds... International Code of Ethics for Canadian Business Investment Dealers' Association: Code of Ethics... Investment Funds Institute of Canada... Ontario Pollution Prevention Pledge Program Ontario Press Council... Sustainable Forest Management System...

International Voluntary Code Initiatives

Inventory of International Voluntary Codes Australian Consumer Affairs Division... Advertising Standards Authority: Codes of practice Consumers International-Consumer Charter... Supervision of Standards of Telephone... United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading... Rugmark Foundation (child labour)...