Promote Organisational Corporate Social Responsibility within Sustainable Business Practice
Overview
This standard is about supporting the implementation of organisational corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and guidelines. It includes being able to determine effectiveness of CSR policy, identifying opportunities for improving its application, and promoting CSR both internally and externally to an organisation. The standard promotes the benefits of a positive approach to the development of CSR.
This standard would be appropriate for:
1 A middle or senior manager with responsibility for implementing CSR policy
2 An owner or manager of a business seeking to improve CSR for the organisation
3 An individual with a specific brief to improve CSR
4 A consultant providing advice on the implementation of CSR
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1 monitor the relevant national and international legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements and the effect they have on your area of responsibility, including what will happen if you don’t meet them
P2 support the implementation of organisational CSR policies and
procedures to make sure your organisation meets all the necessary requirements
P3 establish that the relevant people have a clear understanding of the policies and procedures and the importance of putting them into practice
P4 monitor the way policies and procedures are put into practice and provide support
P5 encourage a climate of openness in support of CSR
P6 support the correction of any failures to meet the requirements
P7 support the further development of policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of failures in the future
P8 provide full reports about any failures to meet the requirements
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1 the requirements and importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR)
K2 legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in your sector, both national and international
K3 current and emerging social attitudes to management and leadership practice and the importance of being sensitive to these
K4 particular current and emerging social concerns and expectations that are relevant to your sector
K5 the ways in which other organisations deal with current and emerging social concerns and expectations
K6 the culture and values of your organisation and what effect they have on corporate governance
K7the processes for maintaining the relevant policies and procedures and making sure they continue to be effective and sustainable
K8 procedures to follow if CSR policies and procedures are not being met
K9 the different ways in which people may not meet the requirements and the risks of these actually happening
K10 the procedures for dealing with people who do not meet the requirements, including requirements for reporting