Social Responsibility: Advisory group presents recommendations on social responsibility to ISO

摘要

An international advisory group, convened by ISO and including representatives of business, government regulators, trade unions and consumers, has recommended two concrete steps to assist in determining whether or not to develop ISO standards or deliverables addressing the social responsibility of organizations. The group recommends ISO to:firstly, develop a technical report surveying the worldwide state of the art in social responsibility codes, guidelines and specifications, andsecondly, carry out a justification study with a view to the preparation for a management system guideline standard that specifically includes a process for the self-declaration of conformity by organizations and excludes conformity assessment involving third-party certification.