The Corporate Responsibility Code Book
3rd Edition
Published on 13. November 2015
Book
Hardback
572 pages
978-1-907643-94-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Corporate Responsibility Code Book has become the go-to guide for companies trying to understand the landscape of corporate responsibility and searching for their own, unique route towards satisfying diverse stakeholders. There is no one-size-fits-all approach. A company may face quite different challenges if it operates in more than one part of the world. And yet stakeholders, especially consumers and investors, are keen for some degree of comparability with which they can evaluate corporate performance. There are countervailing forces at work within corporate responsibility: on the one hand is the need for convergence in order to simplify the large numbers of codes and standards; and, on the other hand, the need to foster diversity and innovation.
Many of the best codes of conduct and standards are not well known, while some CR instruments that are well disseminated are not terribly effective. Some comprehensive codes of conduct achieve nothing, while other quite vague codes of conduct become well embedded into the organization and foster innovation and change. This landmark book explains the best CR instruments available, and distils their most valuable elements.
In the fully revised third edition, Deborah Leipziger widens her lens to provide detailedanalysis of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Gender EqualityPrinciples and ISO 26000 while updating other key tools such as the Equator Principles, the OECD guidelines and GRI's new G4 framework.
The codes in this book cover a wide range of issues, including human rights, labour rights,environmental management, corruption and corporate governance. The book also includeshow-to (or process) codes focusing on reporting, stakeholder engagement and assurance.
Many of the best codes of conduct and standards are not well known, while some CR instruments that are well disseminated are not terribly effective. Some comprehensive codes of conduct achieve nothing, while other quite vague codes of conduct become well embedded into the organization and foster innovation and change. This landmark book explains the best CR instruments available, and distils their most valuable elements.
In the fully revised third edition, Deborah Leipziger widens her lens to provide detailedanalysis of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Gender EqualityPrinciples and ISO 26000 while updating other key tools such as the Equator Principles, the OECD guidelines and GRI's new G4 framework.
The codes in this book cover a wide range of issues, including human rights, labour rights,environmental management, corruption and corporate governance. The book also includeshow-to (or process) codes focusing on reporting, stakeholder engagement and assurance.
Reviews / Votes
This book about Corporate Responsibility is the most authoritative, comprehensive, informative- and yes, practical-guide for corporations, governments, and human communities worldwide that has ever been written ... Leipziger deserves our applause for collecting, describing, and interpreting these CR codes that deliver a central message to corporations, governments, and human communities everywhere: "Ready, aim ... comply!" - http://www.williamcfrederick.com/current-book-reviews.html - William C. Frederick, February 2016More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Saltaire
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1019 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-907643-94-1 (9781907643941)
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Deborah Leipziger
The Corporate Responsibility Code Book
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09/2017
3rd Edition
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The Corporate Responsibility Code Book
E-Book
09/2017
3rd Edition
Routledge
€125.99
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Deborah Leipziger
The Corporate Responsibility Code Book - Second edition
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07/2010
2nd Edition
Greenleaf Publishing
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Person
DEBORAH LEIPZIGER advises companies around the world on human rights issues and played a key role in the development of several key standards, including Social Accountability 8000.
Content
Foreword Sir Mark Moody Stuart
A note to readers
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Introduction to the third edition
Executive summary of corporate responsibility initiatives
1. Values, principles, norms, codes and standards
Part 1: Global Initiatives
2. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
3. The UN Global Compact
4. ISO 26000
Part 2: Human rights
5. IFC Performance Standards to be included Part II Human Rights
6. The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
7. The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
Part 3: Labour rights
8. International Labour Organization: Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
9. Social Accountability 8000
10. Fair Labor Association: Workplace Code of Conduct
11. Ethical Trading Initiative: Base Code
12. Other major initiatives in the clothing industry
Part 4: Health issues
13. ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
Part 5: From environment to sustainability
14. The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Part 6: Combating corruption
15. The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
16. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
17. The Business Principles for Countering Bribery
Part 7: Corporate governance
18. The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
Part 8: Company codes of conduct
19. Shell's General Business Principles
20. Johnson & Johnson's 'Credo'
Part 9: Framework and sectoral agreements
21. Framework agreements
22. Sectoral agreements
23. The Equator Principles
24. The Principles for Responsible Investment
Part 10: Gender
25. The Gender Equality Principles
Part 11: Implementation
26. AccountAbility 1000 Series: AA1000 AccountAbility Principles Standard 2008
27. AccountAbility 1000 Assurance Standard
28. The Global Reporting Initiative29. ISO 14001
Part 12: Visions for the future
30. An emerging consensus
A note to readers
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Introduction to the third edition
Executive summary of corporate responsibility initiatives
1. Values, principles, norms, codes and standards
Part 1: Global Initiatives
2. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
3. The UN Global Compact
4. ISO 26000
Part 2: Human rights
5. IFC Performance Standards to be included Part II Human Rights
6. The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
7. The Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
Part 3: Labour rights
8. International Labour Organization: Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy
9. Social Accountability 8000
10. Fair Labor Association: Workplace Code of Conduct
11. Ethical Trading Initiative: Base Code
12. Other major initiatives in the clothing industry
Part 4: Health issues
13. ILO Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the World of Work
Part 5: From environment to sustainability
14. The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
Part 6: Combating corruption
15. The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
16. The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
17. The Business Principles for Countering Bribery
Part 7: Corporate governance
18. The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance
Part 8: Company codes of conduct
19. Shell's General Business Principles
20. Johnson & Johnson's 'Credo'
Part 9: Framework and sectoral agreements
21. Framework agreements
22. Sectoral agreements
23. The Equator Principles
24. The Principles for Responsible Investment
Part 10: Gender
25. The Gender Equality Principles
Part 11: Implementation
26. AccountAbility 1000 Series: AA1000 AccountAbility Principles Standard 2008
27. AccountAbility 1000 Assurance Standard
28. The Global Reporting Initiative29. ISO 14001
Part 12: Visions for the future
30. An emerging consensus