Concerned as a citizen about how businesses act?
Involved in social responsibility endeavors at your corporation?
The SRO* is for you. We’re a new international movement that is helping define and shape the evolving practice of social responsibility in corporations and other businesses and organizations.
We discuss standards for social responsibility, how social responsibility can be part of an organization’s focus on quality, and examples of best practices in social responsibility.
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- Posted April 10th, 2012 by ealtoro
Over the past few years, ASQ’s Social Responsibility initiative has sponsored service projects at the World Conference on Quality and Improvement. This tradition continues in 2012 as we educate attendees about the broad spectrum of social responsibility. This year’s activities focus on health and wellness, an important component to the ISO 26000: Social Responsibility Guidance [...]
- Posted March 28th, 2012 by ealtoro
In 2008, ASQ made a strategic decision to invest in the development and deployment of a social responsibility portfolio. A Social Responsibility Advisory Council was chartered to provide advice on strategic direction. At the 2009 ASQ SR Think Tank, participants from a variety of sectors noted that while essential, most organizations did not have a [...]
- Posted March 22nd, 2012 by ealtoro
A competition open to all has been launched to design a poster for World Standards Day (14 October) on the theme, “Less waste, better results – Standards increase efficiency”. The competition is organized by the World Standards Cooperation (WSC), which comprises the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International [...]
- Posted March 22nd, 2012 by ealtoro
ASQ Social Responsibility is in the process of developing the 2012 Pathways to Social Responsibility Report. The theme for this year is sustainable supply chain management. Each year we highlight 10-15 diverse organizations who are doing great things in the area of quality and social responsibility/sustainability. We are looking for brief case studies that highlight [...]
- Posted March 21st, 2012 by ealtoro
On April 2, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will host a public meeting for interested U.S. stakeholders to provide a briefing about recent developments in China, and to provide an opportunity for U.S. interests to share information and perspectives relating to social responsibility standardization in China. Full details are outlined in the ANSI press [...]
