| Author | Mackay, Judith Karen |
| Note | A project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Professional Master in
Corporate Social Responsibility, School of Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Communicating ethical policy externally for the first time can make or break a corporate’s social reputation. Publishing a misguided policy is worse than not declaring any at all. Care has to be taken to correctly communicate a company’s ethical stance on issues material to business. With limited resources or expertise in-house, and few external partnerships, a company’s operational impacts and risks, both at home and overseas in supply chain, may not be visible. The apparel sector hosts multiple challenges, both in respect for labour, the environment and its natural resources necessary to assure sustainable production.
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how following ISO26000’s two key concepts of benchmarking and stakeholder engagement can identify material operational risks and impacts, which will enhance policy development, identify sustainable business practices, as well as building participative and open community relations in the ”sphere of influence” to adopt a continuous improvement business model. The standard provides a list of key elements to follow to asssure that a company’s policy development exercise is thorough and complete: included is the element of ”respect for the rule of law” which is revealed to be the backbone of ethical performance worldwide. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Project |
| School | School of Management (SOM) |
| Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Publication code=SM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chiu, Greg L.F. ; Welford, Richard |
| Examination Committee(s) | Sununta Siengthai |