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ILO
 Restructuring
for corporate success. A socially sensitive approach. Edited
by Nikolai Rogovsky. 2005,
Today, more than ever before, civil society as well as the market
are demanding that enterprises exercise a socially sensitive approach
to the way they conduct business and treat their workers, particularly
during the process of restructuring. Often, however, there is little
social dialogue or consideration of affected employee’s interests
during the downsizing process. This book offers valuable tools and
guidance on how companies can minimize the social costs during these
periods of restructuring while maximizing economic output.
Replete with numerous examples and case studies featuring good practice,
this book demonstrates how many companies around the world have
managed restructuring in a socially sensitive manner with global
success. A positive outcome, the volume highlights, is largely determined
by the quality of labour-management relations, which has been proven
to mitigate the negative effects of restructuring.
Strategies such as counselling, training, internal and external
job searching, mobility, severance packages are presented in detail,
as well as an analysis of the various stages of the workforce reduction
process and the ideas and principles behind socially sensitive enterprise
restructuring.
ILO.
As
one employer to another... What's all this about EQUALITY? Geneva:
ILO, 1998.
This document describes the guidelines designed by employers to
influence gender-related issues. It outlines enterprise-based development
actions and it particularly establishes the steps enterprises should
follow to achieve such objective.
Both legal and profit-related issues are tackled regarding the promotion
of gender equality.
Information
note on corporate social responsibility and international labour
standards. Governing Body Meeting. Geneva, November, 2003.
UNDP
UNDP
and the Business Sector. Working together to fight poverty.
Other publications
Alli,
Sérgio; Sauaya, Thais. Como
fortalecer a responsabilidade social nas relações
entre grandes e pequenas empresas. São
Paulo: Ethos Institute, 2004.
Practices founded in trust, sustainability, ethic principles and
transparency are the basis of socially responsible relationships
among firms of different sizes, which can bring about benefits and
growth. This manual describes the experience of more than 50 organisations
of various sizes that have had successful relationships among themselves
in Brazil.
Belik,
Walter. Como
as empresas podem apoiar e participar do combate à fome.
São Paulo: Ethos Institute, 2003.
This document was written as a result of the Programa de Hambre
Cero (No Hunger Programme) launched by Brazilian President Luiz
Inácio da Silva. It proposes a business role committed to
social causes, the role companies and their executives should play
as social agents inserted in a society with certain characteristics,
the eradication of hunger, with the ultimate goal of achieving further
social development and environmental preservation.
This manual works as an instrument to stimulate entrepreneurs to
participate in such mobilisation, proposing a series of strategies
that they can follow to contribute to such objective, such as: creating
employment exchanges, micro credit, offering students their first
jobs through employment exchanges, supporting poor families.
Bonomi, Gonzalo; Brennan, Luis; Varela, Pablo. Responsabilidad
social empresarial en el marco de las relaciones laborales.
(Enterprise social responsibility in the framework of labour
relations). Montevideo: UCUDAL. , 2003.
This monograph has the objective of focusing on the subject of corporate
social responsibility in the context of labour relations, exposing
related experiences.
Camarotti,
Ilka; Spink, Peter. O
que as empresas podem fazer pela erradicação da pobreza.
São Paulo: Ethos Institute, 2003.
This document focuses on the problems suffered by the Brazilian
society, particularly those related to social exclusion and poverty.
The paper proposes actions that entrepreneurs - as agents in society
- could carry out in order to contribute to social development.
Finally, various experiences conducted by different companies to
aid poverty eradication and promote social inclusion are presented.
CEMCEC.
O
que as empresas podem fazer pela educação.
São Paulo: Ethos Institute, 1999.
This paper studies the different action measures that can be taken
by the business sector in order to aid the public education system
in Brazil. After making an overview of the educational system, some
actions are suggested to be carried out by entrepreneurs.
As a first approximation, education must take place inside the company
itself; this means educating their own employees. As a second stage,
working with schools and secretaries of education as a means of
boosting team work and therefore helping in the design of public
education policies.
Cruz,
Renato. O
que as empresas podem fazer pela la inclusão digital.
São Paulo: Ethos Institute, 2004
This document is based on the business action geared to digital
inclusion. The experiences presented range from the donation of
PCs and equipment, education, voluntary work as well as the inclusion
of disabled people.
In addition, emphasis is placed on the positive result of digital
inclusion at enterprises, not only because it promotes a more efficient
use of technological resources, but also because there are benefits
concerning knowledge management, manpower qualification, increase
in workers' self-esteem and trademark strengthening. At the same
time, individuals acquire knowledge, historical, political and ethical
conscience.
ETHOS
Institute. A
responsabilidade social das empresas no processo eleitorall.
São Paulo: Ethos Institute, 2002.
With the democratic opening, new habits and behaviours begin to
be adopted by the society. The Industrial Federation of São
Paulo sees the need of building a transparent relationship between
candidates to public positions and entrepreneurs. It sparks off
a debate on the ethical issue of how economic power influences the
electoral process, on the need for transparency in entrepreneurs
and the political class, particularly at the time of elections.
It has a broader vision of the private sector, not only concerned
with its business but also engaged in the pursue of a fairer and
more supportive society.
This is why this document presents subjects such as the financing
of electoral campaigns of political parties, such as defining the
candidate to support by following the values and ethical principles
of the company. On the other hand, it seeks to make it clear that
the enterprise can make other contributions to strengthen democracy.
ETHOS
Institute. Indicadores
Ethos de responsabilidade social empresarial.
São Paulo, Ethos Instsitute, 2004.
The indicators of corporate responsibility serve as a tool to assess
and guide corporate behaviour on subjects related to social responsibility.
Therefore, other aspects are evaluated, such as: values and transparency,
labour force, environment, suppliers, consumers and customers, government
and society.
These instruments are a tool to promote corporate self-assessment
and orient the planning of activities in the organisation as well
as the planning of objectives for each subject and the necessary
steps to achieve them, in such a way that a higher level of corporate
social responsibility is obtained.
FIESP. Responsabilidade social empresarial. Panorama e perspectivas,
2003.
Pesquisa Realizada pela Fiesp, no ano de 2003, com o intuito de
informar, incomodar, provocar e contaminar positivamente a todos
sobre o tema da Responsabilidade Social Empresarial.
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GEMI.
Clear
advantage: building shareholder value. Washington:
GEMI, 2002.
This document describes a tool to measure business performance in
the areas of environment, health and safety (EHS).
This guide contains a series of data and tools to assist managers
in unlocking the value contained in activities they are required
to perform but frequently regard as a cost of doing business - rather
as an opportunity to better position the enterprise.
Finally, it proves the positive relationship between better performance
of this indicator (EHS) and the added shareholder value for the
company.
Gil,
Marta (Coord.) O
que as empresas podem fazer pela integração das pessoas
con deficiência. São Paulo:
Ethos Institute, 2002.
A more including society recognises the existence of differences
inside it. To achieve so, it is necessary to change cultural and
behavioural aspects of society. The joint work of enterprises and
government bodies, as well as of other organisations, contributes
to the ultimate goal of living in a more including society.
Within this framework there is a vast field of entrepreneurial action.
It can be developed through recognising the potentialities that
disabled people have, offering them the necessary condition for
vocational development. This paper presents concrete measures as
well as experiences carried out by companies in Brazil with the
purpose of contributing to this goal.
IOE.
Employers'
handbook on child labour: A guide for taking action. Geneva:
OIE, 1998.
This Handbook serves as a guide to employers and their organisations
to take positive action on the elimination of child labour. The
intended actions aim to influence the development of national policies
on child labour; offer assistance to draw up lines of action to
be taken by sectoral industrial associations and small and middle-sized
enterprises; cooperate with NGOs in the design of appropriate training
programmes for child workers; influence public opinion regarding
children's rights and the relationship between skills development
and economic development. The objective of this Handbook is then
to aid and assist the initiatives of the International Organisation
of Employers members. It offers a framework for individual employers
and their organisations to devise their own approaches and give
an answer to the specific challenges they face.
IOE.
Corporate
social responsibility. An IOE approach.
Geneva: IOE, 2003.
No matter the different meanings of concept of corporate social
responsibility (CSR), its fundamentals remain the same. they are
positive voluntary initiatives by business that look to go beyond
legal compliance in a diverse range of social, economic and environmental
areas.
This Position Paper reflects a consensus view of the most representative
organisations of the private sector on what CSR is, what it means
to business and why it is, and will remain, an important feature
for business going forward.
IOE.
Codes
of Conduct. Geneva: IOE, 1999.
This document is an inactive of the IOE to contribute to the debate
on the codes of conduct that guide business activities.
Enterprises around the world have become increasingly involved in
the discussion about the development and implementation of voluntary
initiatives by which they commit themselves to be guided by stated
principles. One of these initiatives is the development of private
codes of conduct which are targeted to improve the living and working
environment of their workers. The IOE welcomes such voluntary contributions
by business which seek to establish and maintain appropriate standards
of employment.
Jenkins, Rhis. Promoting
socially responsible business in developing countries.
Geneva: UNRISD, 2000.
This document examines the advantages of corporate codes of conduct
(mainly transnational corporations) and also their limitations,
particularly their influence on developing countries where transnational
corporations operate. In spite of the limitations of codes, they
can offer and have given benefits to all stakeholders. Codes of
conduct should be considered a political confrontation space and
not a solution to the problems arising from a globalised economic
activity.
Responsabilidad
social de la empresa. Contenidos y excesos.
(Corporate social responsibility. Contents and excesses).
CIES Bulletin. Barcelona.
This document deals with the new regulations and actions that have
come up after the stock market scandals of 2002. Thus, the role
to be played by enterprises, entrepreneurs and their organisations
in the communities to which they belong, is being rethought. The
following pages present, in the first place, the managerial approach
about responsibility; secondly, the contributions of texts by the
EU and, finally, an account of some of the risks associated with
a biased vision of business life, particularly the subordination
of efficiency to other subjects and the flexibility of the rights
of property.
Responsabilidad
social de la empresa: una inversión rentable. (Corporate
social responsibility: a profitable investment). Corma Bulletin.
Santiago, Chile: Fundación Chilena de la Madera. n.3, Dec.
2003.
Nowadays, enterprises are active members of society, so they have
to be ready to meet the demands of the community, not only those
related to the quality of their products but also issues related
to the environment and social aspects. The following article gives
an account of some of the experiences carried out by enterprises
in Chile as a means of getting involved in the search for a further
social development, initiatives that are part of the enterprise's
policies.
Rudovski, Nicolai. Corporate
community envolvement programmes: partnerships for jobs and development.
Geneva: ILO/International Institute for Labour Studies, 2000.
This document describes the causes behind the increasing involvement
of enterprises in the pursue of social welfare. This is based on
growing internal and external pressures that affect the performance
environment of the enterprise. Thus, through actions developed in
the social field, the company obtains greater economic benefits.
This can be achieved through further firm prestige, reassessment
of sources of competitive advantages and changes in the attitude
of employers and employees. Not only does the enterprise obtain
benefits, but also the community is benefited as a whole.
Steering Group of the Global Principles Network. Principles
for global corporate responsibility: bench marks for mesuring business
performance. Pretoria, 2002.
This document describes a particular way to promote corporate social
responsibility that consists of the company's links with the community.
The principles of a responsible global corporation are based on
reference points for them that are related to the community and
ecosystems, environmental preservation, decent work defence, management
of strict codes of conduct and human rights defence.
This can be achieved through enterprise policies that seek to strike
a balance between their business objectives and those of workers,
suppliers and communities. They are also based on ethical values
and they take into account inclusion, integrity, honesty, justice
and transparency.
Teixedo, Soledad; Chavarri, Reinclina; Castro, Andrea. Responsabilidad
social: 12 casos de estudio empresariales en Chile.
(Social responsibility: 12 business case studies in Chile).
Santiago de Chile: Fundación ProHumana, 2002.
This publication provides a detailed description of the work that
enterprises, trade unions and entrepreneurial organisations are
developing with regards to social issues: their historical background,
actions, plans and projects, as well as the perceptions of stakeholders.
Universidad
de Buenos Aires. Experiencias
empresariales y responsabilidad social. (Business
experiences and social responsibility). Buenos Aires: Centre
for Labour Sociology Studies, 1998.
This document is a transcription of a round table organised by the
Centre for Labour Sociology Studies. It had the following objectives:
to present experiences developed by companies which, apart from
being successful from the financial point of view, have implemented
innovating organisational cultures, by creating value chains through
adding quality to their goods and a social value to their activities.
This means that they have voluntarily decided to carry out charity
actions earmarked to the most feeble or fragile sectors of the society.
The intention is to analyse - from a political perspective - the
relationship between these experiences and the general interest.
Utting, Peter. Business
responsibility for sustainable development.
Geneva: UNRIS, 2000.
This paper assesses the current situation of business activities
regarding corporate social responsibility. This is particularly
analysed with regards to developing countries.
Although the concept of corporate social responsibility has gained
increasing adherence on the part of entrepreneurs and senior managers,
the document highlights the incipient and piecemeal nature of change.
It goes on to examine whether there are forces or an enabling environment
in place that might permit a scaling up of initiatives associated
with corporate responsibility. Some of the more powerful forces
that drive corporate responsibility are identified.
Weingrill,
Carmen (Coord.) Práticas
empresariais de responsabilidade social.
São Paulo: Ethos Institute, 2003.
The entrepreneurial sector has great financial, economic and technological
resources and it exerts key political influence, it finances electoral
campaigns and has privileged access to government members. That
extraordinary force also implies great responsibility.
Several Brazilian entrepreneurs recognise the need to earmark business
actions towards reversing the environmental hazard situation, the
awful distribution of income, the low quality of public services,
corruption and violence, not only in discourses but also in practice.
To achieve so, it is necessary to incorporate policies and practices
based on ethical criteria.
This handbook aims at promoting efficient practices related to management
and the relationship between the enterprise and the community. It
also seeks to enhance successful experiences developed by enterprises
with the purpose of contributing to social welfare.
Wilson, Andrew. Making
community investment work. Geneva:
ILO/International Institute for Labour Studies, 2000.
This paper examines how successful companies in the United Kingdom
are using corporate community investment (CCI) initiatives to promote
employment opportunities.
The paper shows how business management is responding to theses
challenges in the way in which they manage and organise their CCI
activities. It considers the full range of ways in which companies
can take action, whether through their business principles by respecting
diversity and providing equality of opportunity; developing the
skills and abilities of employees; creating training and employment
opportunities outside the company. The paper then considers five
case studies and finally the lessons they teach.
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