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November 1998 Insights Issue #28
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Sites for Sore Eyes
What type of information is available on the Internet about the
emerging field of corporate social responsiblility? The currently
limited research agenda means that the Net is a key resource for
up-to-date material on this topic.
A wide array of sites covers all aspects of the debate, from company
reports to NGO campaigns. Even so, the information is often unshaped and
there is a need for more good sites dedicated to corporate
responsibility. This brief guide flags some key web addresses. A useful
starting point for any search is the CCINet, the 'Corporate Community
Involvement' site www.charitynet.org/CCInet/index.html
hosted by the Charities Aid Foundation.
This convenient 'one stop shop' provides links to corporate reports
on their social activities, various organisations working independently
on corporate responsibility, and ideas on best practice. Other relevant
sites include:
- www.tomorrow-web.com/network/rolodex.html
a link to corporate environmental reports and contact details of
other organisations
- The SustainAbility website www.sustainability.co.uk
includes an introduction to the triple bottom line agenda, and
details of recent publications and articles from this cutting edge
consultancy group.
- A prominent source of academic and business thinking on corporate
responsibility is Warwick's Corporate Citizenship Unit site at www.wbs.warwick.ac.uk/bpccu
- The International Labour Organisation www.ilo.org
is a self-selecting point of information on labour standards, and
contains a search engine for specific topic areas.
- The Ethical Trading Initiative site www.ethicaltrade.org offers
briefings from recent seminars and details of upcoming events
relating to labour standards and codes of conduct.
- UK Social Investment Forum at www.arq.co.uk/ethicalbusiness/uksif/
is a good resource for ethical investment watchers, with a
miscellany of event reports and article.
- www.neweconomics.org/iu/iu-index.htm
the New Economics Foundation site offers revealing insights into the
state of the art of social auditing
- www.globalnet.co.uk/~traidcraft/
- home page of Traidcraft. One part of the site rounds up social
auditing benchmarks, another has a handy summary of fair trade
principles and current campaigns to encourage big UK retail chains
to sell ethical goods.
- www.wri.org is the World
Resources Institute site. An indispensable gateway to the US
corporate scene, it also has blue-chip links to like-minded sites
round the globe.
Liz Humphrey |
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