Development and Society

Corporate Social Responsibilities - Related Links

• Government of Canada
• Other Governments
• International and Regional Organizations
• Academic / Research Institutions
• Other Organizations / Associations
  • Canada
  • Other countries

• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
  • Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs
  
  
• Export Development Corporation (EDC)
  • Code of Business Ethics
  
  
• Industry Canada
  • Compendium of Voluntary Codes
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  
  
• Public Works and Government Services
  • Canadian General Standards Board
  • Voluntary Standards for the labelling of foods obtained or not obtained through genetic engineering
  • Standards Council of Canada
    Canadian Standards Strategy
  
  

Other Governments

• United States
  • Bureau of Labor, Human Rights and Democracy Compendium of Codes
  • Secretary of State - Model Business Practices
  • Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Government Ethics
  • No Sweat Initiative
  
  
• United Kingdom
  • Ethical Trading Initiative Website

International and Regional Organizations

• European Parliament
  • Resolution on Codes of Conduct
  
  
• International Labour Organization
• International Organization for Standardization
• Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Inter-American Convention Against Corruption
  
  
• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
  • Convention on Combating Corruption
  • Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
  • Corporate Responsibility Activities
  
  
• United Nations
  • Code of Athens (Public Relations Code of Ethics)
  • Global Compact
    New and improved website and highlights 9 principles: Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), the International Labour Organizations (ILO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) working with business to establish principles to address labour, human rights, environmental issues.
  
  

Academic/Research Institutions

• Centre for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia
  An interdisciplinary research centre which studies a diverse range of topics, including health care practices, business and professional procedures, new information technologies and environmental issues.

• Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism, University of Waterloo
  Concentrating on global business practices, codes of corporate conduct.

• Clarkson Centre of Business Ethics, University of Toronto
  The Centre enables organizations to understand the relationship between economic performance, social performance, and ethical behaviour and to develop practical management tools which enable organizations to benefit from this understanding.

• Eramus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  Multinational Corporations and Human Rights

• Fraser Institute
  "Free the World" website

• Memorial University of Newfoundland
  Ethics/Social Responsibility and Environmental Institutes and Centres

• Ottawa University
  Business Ethics and Corporate Stakeholder Relations Program

• Schulich School of Business, York University
  Centre for Research on Work and Society

Other Organizations / Associations

Canada

• Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters Canada

• Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Policy
  Encouraging organizations to take into account the ethical dimensions in making their business decisions and developing policies and practices.

• Canadian Centre for Philanthropy
  Developed code of conduct for philanthropic and charitable organizations

• Canadian Standards International

• The Centre for Innovation in Corporate Responsibility
  Assists businesses in redefining and realizing responsible international business practice; works in partnership with businesses working in or with developing countries to enhance business performance through sound corporate citizenship and responsible international business practices focused on sustainable human development.

• Conference Board of Canada: Canadian Centre for Business in the Community
  Established to assist organizations advance their ethics policy and practices as an integral part of their corporate culture.

• EthicScan Canada Limited
  A Toronto-based business ethics, research and consulting clearing-house that monitors the social and environmental performance of 1500 companies, including transnationals, operating in Canada.

• Fair Trade Online
  An affiliate of OXFAM Canada, and the European fair trade label movement FLO seeking an alternative model of consumer ethics and corporate responsibility.

• The Institute on Governance

• International Center for Human Rights and Democratic Development

• The North-South Institute
  An independent Canadian institute which conducts research on Canada's relations with developing countries and on a wide range of foreign policy issues, including corporate social responsibility.

• World Medical Association - International Code of Medical Ethics

• KPMG Integrity and Ethics page

Other Countries

• Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR)

• The Caux Round Table (CRT)
  Addresses issues of global corporate responsibility in the context of the global social, political, economic and technological changes.
  Caux Round Table Principles for Business

• Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES)
  CERES Principle

• Corporate Citizenship Company
  London-based research consultancy on all aspects of world class corporate social responsibility.

• Council on Economic Priorities
  A U.S.-based international research organization that analysis of the social and environmental records of corporations.

• The Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency (CEPAA)
  Developed Social Accountability 8000, a voluntary standard for workplace conditions and a system for independently verifying factories' compliance, based on human rights norms established by the UN.

• The Ethics Resource Center (ERC)
  Based in Washington, DC., the Center's mission is to be a leader and catalyst in fostering ethical practices in individuals and institutions.

• Global Business Responsibility Centre
  U.S. based association that aims to help companies achieve sustained commercial success in ways that honor high ethical standards and benefit people, communities, and the environment.

• Global Reporting Initiative
  A broad-based coalition of international NGOs, business and research interests designing a globally applicable guidelines for preparing enterprise-level sustainability reports.

• Institute of Business Ethics
  A UK-based organization that that encourage the highest standards of corporate behaviour by companies, publicises the best ethical practices and demonstrates that business ethics involve positive initiatives as well as constraints.

• International Business Ethics Institute

• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  Commercial Crime Services
  The UN-business Global Compact in action

• Investor Responsibility Research Center
  A not-for-profit institution in Washington, DC that provides research, software products and consulting services to nearly 500 subscribers and clients representing institutional investors, corporations, law firms, and other organizations.

• Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum
  An international not-for-profit organisation that promotes socially responsible business practices that benefit business and society and which help to achieve social, economic and environmentally sustainability.

• Transparency International