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International Co-operative Alliance1 ICA AMERICAS REGIONAL CONFERENCE Costa Rica, July 2008 Convenience and Scope of Social Responsibility as Public Policy Iain Macdonald Director-General ICA
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International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Social Responsibility not Corporate Social Responsibility
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International Co-operative Alliance
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Bertelsmann Stiftung Growth Prosperity Political Stability Justice Equal Opportunity Shaping a fair and balanced process of Globalisation
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International Co-operative Alliance Where is democracy?
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International Co-operative Alliance Jane Nelson - Harvard CSR – a way a company manages its overall impact on and contribution to society: core business operations and investments strategic philanthropy and community investment public policy dialogue, advocacy and institution building
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International Co-operative Alliance The Economist « the proper guardians of the public interest are governments which are accountable to all citizens……………… »
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International Co-operative Alliance Bad Governance Weak Governance Indifferent Governance or lack of political will
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International Co-operative Alliance OCDC Economic – alleviating poverty and stimulating economic growth Democratic – providing a framework for democratic participation Social – building social capital and trust, bridging ethnic, religious and political divides and providind social services
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International Co-operative Alliance Co-operative Values Democracy Solidarity Self help Self responsibility Equity Equality
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International Co-operative Alliance CSR The ICA’s Statement of Co-operative Identity is the basis of co-operative operation throughout the world Co-ops driven by their values have in many ways been pioneers of socially responsible business However, The movement has not done all it could in measuring the co-operative difference Co-ops are not reporting CSR in a consistent way
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International Co-operative Alliance ICA’s Global 300 CSR approach We are attempting to developed a measure which incorporates the best aspects of mainstream CSR reporting while taking account of the co-op difference
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International Co-operative Alliance
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