ISO 26000

· Introduction to ISO 26000 :

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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) launched the development of the future International Standard giving guidelines on Social Responsibility: ISO 26000.

ISO 26000 is not a certification or a contract contrary to ISO management system standards. It is not appropriate to regulate or penalize companies.

It is intended to any kinds of organizations, which are not forced to use it, just encouraged.

Ø What are the objectives of the ISO 26000?

- Help organizations to operate in a socially and responsible manner.

- Provide guidelines on how to get Social Responsibility.

- Help companies to identify and engage stakeholders.

- Help companies to highlight performance results.

- Enhance customer satisfaction and trust.

- Establish coherency with other ISO standards.

The guidance standards will be published at the end of 2010.

· Team members :

Maxime M, Emilie L, Florian M and Mathieu N have helped us to learn more about ISO 26000.

· Bibliography :

If you are curious and if you want to go further on this subject have a look to these links.

- www.indianet.nl

- http://isotc.iso.org

- www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5h2LLoNLzw