After developing the resolutions, JCI passed the “JCI Commitment to Action to Advance CSR Through the United Nations Global Compact” at the 2007 World Congress in Antalya, Turkey.   In January 2008, JCI signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the UN Global Compact.   In other words, JCI decided addressing CSR and the UN Global Compact because they are aligned with the JCI Mission statement, i.e., they empower young people to create positive change.
  2-What is CSR?   
Corporate and Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept that encourages companies to integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations and in their interactions with their stakeholders on a voluntary basis.   CSR seeks to create prosperity, support social cohesion and preserve a healthy environment. It promotes economic, social and ethical responsibility, as well as the system of social market economy.   Specifically, CSR encourages voluntary actions that businesses can take, over and above compliance with minimum legal requirements, to address both their own competitive interests and the interests of wider society.
  3-UN Global Compact?  
  What is it?   The Global Compact is a framework for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption . As the world's largest, global corporate citizenship initiative, the Global Compact is first and foremost concerned with exhibiting and building the social legitimacy of business and markets.   Business, trade and investment are essential pillars for prosperity and peace. But in many areas, business is too often linked with serious dilemmas - for example, exploitative practices, corruption, income equality, and barriers that discourage innovation and entrepreneurship. Responsible business practices can in many ways build trust and social capital, contributing to broad-based development and sustainable markets.    The Global Compact is a purely voluntary initiative with two objectives:   - Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world - Catalyse actions in support of broader UN goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)   To achieve these objectives, the Global Compact offers facilitation and engagement through several mechanisms: Policy Dialogues, Learning, Local Networks, and Partnership Projects.   The Global Compact is not a regulatory instrument – it does not “police”, enforce or measure the behavior or actions of companies. Rather, the Global Compact relies on public accountability, transparency and the enlightened self-interest of companies, labour and civil society to initiate and share substantive action in pursuing the principles upon which the Global Compact is based. The Global Compact involves all the relevant social actors: governments, who defined the principles on which the initiative is based; companies, whose actions it seeks to influence; labour, in whose hands the concrete process of global production takes place; civil society organizations, representing the wider community of stakeholders; and The United Nations, the world's only truly global political forum, as an authoritative convener and facilitator.   The Ten Principles   The Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption enjoy universal consensus and are derived from:   - The Universal Declaration of Human Rights - The International Labour Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development - The United Nations Convention Against Corruption   The Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment, and anti-corruption:   Human Rights   Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.   Labour Standards Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour; Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.    Environment   Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges; Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.                                 Anti-Corruption   Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.    For more information, access www.unglobalcompact.org   To see the 2008 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between JCI and the UN Global Compact, access http://www.jci.cc/about/en/externalrelations/formalrelations
 
  4-Local Projects (Best Practices)
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  5-CSR for Companies     CSR Activities   Communication   Why - purpose What - which CSR activities Who - interested parties When - reason How - presentation Where - media   Stakeholder   Identification & surveillance Dialog & participation Communication   Employee Activities   Prevention Retention Integration   CSR – Innovation   New processes New products / services & business models with a CSR-profile   Management, Vision & Values   Good leadership Politics, procedures & guidelines for CSR Ensure that CSR is used as the normal practice   Customer Activities   Demands from customers Customer dialog Product labeling   Environmental Activities   Pollution prevention Minimize waste Reduction of material & energy consumption Environmental management   Community Activities   Partnerships Cooperation with educational institutions Support of the local community Charity & sponsoring   Supplier Activities   Risk evaluation Guidelines Standards for suppliers Cooperation  
  6-JCI Recognition Program: JCI Socially Responsible Company (JCI SRC) of the Year Award