50 bikes to be donated to Pittsburgh Boys & Girls Clubs

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 21, 2011—”Free wheeling” takes on a whole new meaning at the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement in Pittsburgh, May 16–18. Attendees of ASQ’s annual conference plan to give back to the community through a special build-a-bike initiative they hope will be the beginning of many exciting journeys for local kids.

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Conference will feature creator of “triple bottom line”

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 7, 2011— The creator of the triple-bottom-line concept is one of two featured keynote speakers at the first ASQ Pathways to Social Responsibility Conference, June 16–17, 2011, in San Francisco, Calif. Also speaking is a noted expert in the integration of corporate social responsibility into business strategies. Read more

ASQ and Manpower Professional have partnered to do research and produce a white paper on quality and social responsibility. ASQ and Manpower have worked with more than 1,000 members of the national quality community to establish benchmarks on quality in social responsibility among organizations in the United States. The study was to identify who in the organizations are the stakeholders; who are currently knowledgeable about the ISO 26000, and what changes organizations see regarding roles and responsibilities, company direction, as a result of the Standard. click here to view the white paper.

And join us for the webinar on Feb 23, 2011 from 12:30-1:30 central time. To register, click here.

ASQ and IBM have teamed up to develop a survey to discern how companies organize and operate social responsibility (SR) programs.

Many previous SR-related surveys focused on the scope and components of SR programs. These data have been well documented. A gap in the data not addressed by other surveys is what makes a company’s SR program successful.

This survey will focus on that exact question—what makes a company’s SR efforts successful? It will explore how a company that succeeds with its SR program organizes and operates, providing invaluable information for those who want to improve their own success. 

Questions will include topic areas such as leadership support, implementation, market differentiation, metrics, and more. The questions will capture the lifecycle of the SR program so we can view how an organization’s SR program matures over time.

Please be a part of this historic research project. To participate in the survey, click on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/asq-ibm

As a way to thank you for your participation, we will provide you with a complimentary copy of the executive summary of the research. More in-depth insight from this survey will be made available to SR Research Consortium participants and ASQ members so that they may adopt characteristics of successful programs and drive efficiencies into their existing programs. Click on the following link to join the SR Research Consortium: http://asq.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bPL1MWt4jbdMkQI

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 2, 2010—ASQ, the world’s largest community of quality resources and experts, now offers ISO 26000: Guidance on Social Responsibility, the new international standard on social responsibility (SR). The standard provides global guidance for both private and public sector organizations of all types. ASQ serves as the administrator for the U.S. Technical Advisory Group of subject matter experts that contributes to the development of the standard. The standard is available at a list price of $193.

The standard focuses on seven key aspects of social responsibility: organizational governance, community involvement and development, environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, labor practices and human rights. While ASQ embodies and supports all seven subjects, it initially is concentrating on the areas that will deliver the greatest value to the quality community: organizational governance; environment; and community involvement and development. For more information, click here.