Monday, December 19, 2011
Tweet[IWS] EIRO: Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility by European Commission [9 December 2011]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
Commission issues new Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility [9 December 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2011/11/articles/eu1111011i.htm
n October 2011, the European Commission issued a new Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility, redefining the concept. It urges companies to address employment and social issues such as training, youth employment, dialogue with employee representatives, employee health and well-being, gender awareness and diversity management within the context of the Europe 2020 strategy, and to see such initiatives as a key part of the solution to Europe’s economic crisis.
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