ISO’s 2011 Article Writing Contest on ISO 26000

(ASQ is posting these papers with kind permission from the International Organization for Standardization, ISO Central Secretariat)

“Because social responsibility concerns us all, we challenged our fans and followers on Facebook and Twitter to write an article about what social responsibility meant to them and how ISO 26000 could help.

From Madagascar to the Philippines, from Armenia to Indonesia, the wealth of entries received was outstanding, as were the quality and originality of many of them. In addition to the winner, who impressed us with his thought-provoking views on the challenges Africa faces in implementing social responsibility, we have included in this dossier a number of participating articles.

The selection made here attempts to show some of the diversity of the entries received: from storytelling approaches to philosophical analysis, from experts to non-experts alike, from countries far and wide. Read below to learn more about what the world has to say about ISO 26000 and social responsibility.”

And the Winner is: Sowing a responsible future – the African challenge by José Rakotomanjaka

Other Entries include:

26,000 reasons for social responsibility by Yan Wolfson

A truly excellent company by Richard J Arbilon

An engine to put things in the right places by Narine Arustamyan

Anticipating social responsibility by Shahla Seifi and David Crowther

Benefits and expectations of implementing ISO 26000 by Sandi Nugroho, Emelda Sintia and Neni Widyana

Facilitating socially responsible activity by Susana and David Crowther

ISO 26000 – Key to a sustainable global economic fabric by Elisabeth de Sousa

ISO 26000 – A case for social responsibility against Milton Friedman by Newell Hampson-Jones

ISO 26000 to help foster human development by Eric Feront

It’s important to have faith by Dragana Petrovic