Business for Social Responsibility
Founded in 1992, Business for Social Responsibility is an international membership organisation that provides information, and offers training and advisory services relating to CSR. Collaborative and networking opportunities are also available to members through a range of initiatives and events.
Business in Society Gateway Portal
The Gateway is an online resource centre that provides a mapping of Corporate Responsibility (CR) research, education and training and promotes awareness of CR knowledge material available, CR-related events and information & debates on current CR issues held at the European level and internationally.
Canadian Business Ethics Research Network
Canadian Business Ethics Research Network (CBERN) aims to promote knowledge-sharing and partnerships within the field and across private, governmental, voluntary and academic sectors. CBERN also aims to support work from inception to dissemination, from graduate student research and fellowship opportunities to promoting the projects of established professionals.
Canadian Business for Social Responsibility
Founded in 1995, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) is a non-profit, member-led organization that mobilizes Canadian companies to make powerful business decisions that improve performance and contribute to a better world. The globally recognized source for corporate social responsibility in Canada, CBSR is the Canadian representative in a world-wide network committed to corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Carbon Disclosure Project
The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is an independent not-for-profit organisation aiming to create a lasting relationship between shareholders and corporations regarding the implications for shareholder value and commercial operations presented by climate change. Its goal is to facilitate a dialogue, supported by quality information, from which a rational response to climate change will emerge.
The Caux Round Table
The Caux Round Table (CRT) is an international network of principled business leaders working to promote a moral capitalism. Focused around the ‘CRT Principles for Business’, this organisation raises awareness of senior business leaders and others about new approaches to tackle global poverty including legal and regulatory change in developing countries to improve the environment for productive investment of foreign and domestic equity capital.
The Conference Board
The Conference Board is a global, independent membership organisation that creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society. The board conducts research and analysis, convenes conferences, and produces publications. The Boards work focuses on bringing executives together to learn from one another.
Corporate Social Responsibility Europe
CSR Europe is a non-profit organisation that promotes corporate social responsibility.
This organisation has a strong focus on Stakeholder dialogue working to bring together businesses with experts from the non-business world or from business sectors that are unaccustomed to communicating with each other. CSR Europe has a strong relationship with the European Commission and is forum members of the European Commission's Multi Stakeholder Forum on CSR.
Dubai Chamber Centre for Responsible Business
The Centre aims to raise awareness of CSR, encourage businesses in Dubai to implement best practice standards, provide direct advice and tools to businesses, and to measure and document the awareness of CSR.
Ethic Intellgience
ETHIC Intelligence is the world’s leading certification agency in the field of anti-corruption. Our certificates attest to the quality and effectiveness of your anti-corruption policies and processes, offering you a unique opportunity to strengthen your anti-corruption efforts and to communicate on them credibly. The ETHIC Intelligence certification process is carried out in partnership with SGS, worldwide leader in inspection and certification, and is validated by the Basel Institute on Governance. The ETHIC Intelligence Certification Committee comprises internationally-recognized experts in the prevention of corruption, fraud, and money-laundering.
European Academy of Business in the Society (EABIS)
The European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) is an alliance of companies, business schools and academic institutions that is, with the support of the European Commission, committed to integrating business in society issues into the heart of business theory and practice in Europe.
European Business Ethics Network
European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) is a not-for-profit association whose members include business people, consultants, public sector managers, academics and students. The organisation works to promote values-based management, ethical leadership and increased awareness about companies' responsibility in society and has a strong ‘events’ focus in this regard.
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a coalition of governments, companies, civil society groups, investors and international organizations that aims to strengthen governance by improving transparency and accountability in the extractives sector. The EITI sets a global standard for companies to publish what they pay and for governments to disclose what they receive.
Tax Justice Network
An independent organisation dedicated to high-level research, analysis and advocacy in the field of tax and regulation. Works to map, analyse and explain the role of taxation and the harmful impacts of tax evasion, tax avoidance, tax competition and tax havens. The organisation’s objective is to encourage reform at the global and national levels. We are not aligned to any political party.
The Institute for Ethial Business Worldwide
Part of the University of Notre Dame, the Institute was created in 2001 with the vision to advocate ethical business conduct in a global setting.
The Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a multi-stakeholder process and independent institution whose mission is to develop and disseminate globally applicable Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. These guidelines are for voluntary use by organisations for reporting on the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of their activities, products, and services. Started in 1997 by CERES, the GRI became independent in 2002; it is an official collaborating centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and also works in cooperation with Global Compact.
The Institute for Global Ethics
The mission of the Institute for Global Ethics is to promote ethical behaviour in individuals, institutions, and nations through research, public discourse, and practical action. A non-sectarian, non-partisan, global research and educational membership organisation. The parent organisation is based in the United States with two additional trusts, one in the UK and a further organisation operating in Canada.
The International Business Ethics Institute (IBEI)
The Institute was founded in 1994 in response to the growing need for trans-nationalism in the field of business ethics. The Institute promotes business ethics and corporate responsibility through two key program areas; public awareness and dialogue about ethics issues, and company assistance in establishing effective ethics programs.
International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF)
The Business Leaders Forum is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1990 to promote responsible business practices that benefit business and society and that contribute to sustainable development. With a membership of over 80 member companies from around the world, the focus of IBLF work is primarily, but not exclusively in developing and transitional countries.
International Labour Organisation and NATLEX
The International Labour Organisation is the UN specialised agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognised human and labour rights. It was founded in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles. The ILO formulates international standards in the form of Conventions and Recommendations setting minimum standards of basic labour rights. It also provides technical assistance and promotes the development of independent employers' and workers' organisations.
International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics
The International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE) is a world-wide professional association focusing on the study of business, economics, and ethics.
ISBEE supports a cross-disciplinary approach with the participation of both academics and practitioners. It holds conferences and programs to encourage sharing of ideas and experiences, including the World Congress of Business, Economics, and Ethics, held every four years.
NATLEX
NATLEX
is the database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department. Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, indexed by keywords and by subject classifications.
Publish What You Pay
Founded by Global Witness, and NGOs including Oxfam and Save the Children, the Publish What You Pay campaign aims to help citizens of resource-rich developing countries hold their governments accountable for the management of revenues from the oil, gas and mining industries. This coalition of over 200 NGOs worldwide calls for the mandatory disclosure of payments made by companies to all governments for the extraction of natural resources.
Social Accountability International
Social Accountability International (SAI) is a US based, non-profit organisation dedicated to the development, implementation and oversight of voluntary verifiable social accountability standards. They work to improve workplaces and combat sweatshops through the expansion and further development of the currently operative international workplace standard, SA8000, and its associated verification system.
The Society for Business Ethics (SBE)
The Society for Business Ethics is an international organisation of scholars engaged in the academic study of business ethics. Founded in 1980, SBE conducts an annual meeting for the presentation of research, and issues a newsletter with information of interest to members. The journal Business Ethics Quarterly (BEQ) is published by the Society for the dissemination of the most important scholarship in the field, along with other publications, including the Ruffin Lecture Series.
TRACE International
TRACE International, Inc. (TRACE) is a non-profit membership association that pools resources to provide practical and cost-effective anti-bribery compliance solutions for multinational companies and their commercial intermediaries (sales agents and representatives, consultants, distributors, suppliers, etc.).
Transparency International (TI)
An international non-governmental organisation devoted to combating corruption, and forming a coalition between civil society, business, and governments. TI is made up of a secretariat and national chapters and works both at the national and international level to curb both the supply and demand of corruption. Chapters are active in more than 90 countries world-wide, each adapting to the specific conditions of their country of location. The Secretariat supports the national chapters in their efforts and facilitates exchanges of information within the network
The United Nations Global Compact
In an address to The World Economic Forum on 31 January 1999, Kofi Annan challenged business leaders to join an international initiative – the Global Compact – that would bring companies together with UN agencies, labour and civil society to support nine principles in the areas of human rights, labour and the environment. Operational in 2000 the Global Compact seeks to advance responsible corporate citizenship so that business can be part of the solution to the challenges of globalisation.
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is the foremost global community of business, political, intellectual and other leaders of society committed to improving the state of the world. The Forum is an independent international organisation incorporated as a Swiss not-for-profit foundation and has NGO consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Partnering Against Corruption (PACI)
The PACI's mission is to develop multi-industry principles and practices that will result in a competitive level playing field, based on integrity, fairness and ethical conduct. The PACI places the private sector in a unique position to guide governments' and international organizations' strategies and policies on anti-corruption and has built strong relationships with the key players and institutions from the global anti-corruption landscape.
Business Ethics: Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA
Provides links and information to useful articles and publications, case studies, corporate codes of ethics, professional organisations and associations, resources and centres and additional ethics resources.
National Organisations outside the UK
Business Ethics Institute of Malaysia
Business Ethics Institute of Malaysia (BEIM) is an organisation committed to promote ethics through education, inculcation and nurturing of values such as honesty, fairness, integrity and self-regulation among businesses.
Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics
The Business Roundtable Institute for Corporate Ethics is an independent stand-alone entity established in partnership with Business Roundtable—an association of 160 CEOs of leading corporations. The mission of the Institute is to embed ethics into the everyday business decision-making and practice of organizations through executive education programs, practitioner-focused research and outreach activities.
Centre for Business Ethics Bentley College
The Center for Business Ethics (CBE) is a leading research and educational institute in the field of business ethics. The CBE seeks to advance knowledge, stimulate public discourse and disseminate best practices among a global network of executives, ethics and compliance professionals, academics, researchers and students of business.
Cercle d'Ethique des Affaires - Cercle Européen des Déontologues (CEA-CED) Cercle d'Ethique des Affaires is a non-profit business network founded in Paris in 1989. The organisation draws particular attention in the business community of French speaking countries and is composed of several separate associations and departments including the Research Centre for Business Ethics and the European Ethics Officers' Association.
Dubai Chamber – Centre for Responsible Business
The Centre’s mission is to raise the level of awareness, and encourage standards of good practice in organisational ethics, corporate responsibility and governance through the provision of research, training and advisory work for Dubai Chamber members and stakeholders.
Ethics Centre CA (Canada)
EthicsCentre CA is dedicated to promoting and maintaining an ethical orientation and culture in Canadian organisations. Its mission is to champion the application of ethical values in the decision-making process of business and other organisations.
Ethics and Compliance Officer Association
Founded in 1992, the Ethics Officer Association (ECOA) is the professional association for managers of ethics, compliance and business conduct programs. The organisation is non-consulting and not-for-profit and is currently leading an effort to develop a Business Conduct Management System Standard through the International Standards Organisation (ISO) process.
Ethics Institute of South Africa
The Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicSA) is an independent, nonpartisan, not-for-profit organisation. Its mission is to promote and advance ethical practices in South Africa – in the professions, business, and public policy, and among individuals. To this end, we serve as a resource, facilitate ethics initiatives, and partnerships with private and public institutions, as well as individuals. Initiated and developed by South Africans with a view to local requirements and conditions.
Ethics Resource Center
The Ethics Resource Center (ERC) is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organisation whose vision is a world where individuals and organisations act with integrity. The ERC tries to achieve its aims through inspiring action in others at an individual and organisational level with a strong emphasis on education and partnership formation.
The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE)
SCCE is dedicated to improving the quality of corporate governance, compliance and ethics. SCCE’s roles include: facilitating the development and maintenance of compliance programs; providing a forum for understanding the complicated compliance environment; and offering tools, resources and educational opportunities for those involved with compliance.
SCCE exists to champion compliance standards, corporate governance and ethical practice in the business community, and to provide the necessary resources for compliance and ethics professionals and others who share these principles.
St James Ethics Centre
St James Ethics Centre is a fully independent not-for-profit organisation which provides a non-judgemental forum for the promotion and exploration of ethics and ethical decision-making. The Centre works with business, professions, community groups, governments and individuals aiming to encourage and assist individuals and organisations to include the ethical dimension in their daily lives
Beta Gamma Sigma Center for
Ethical Business Leadership
Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) is the international honor society for the world’s best business schools – those accredited business schools with more than 600,000 members worldwide – and boasts the world’s largest network of business school alumni. Members hold management positions at every level of responsibility in the world’s top companies. BGS joins and informs the discussion about ethical business by focusing on those leadership strategies and actions that can make ethical business behavior fundamental to good business.
Harvard Business School Corporate Responsibility Initiative
The Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative seeks to study and enhance the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility. It is a multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder effort dedicated to:
research conducted by Harvard faculty, fellows, and students, in collaboration with external practitioner experts and organizations; dialogues and workshops that convene leaders from business, government, civil society, academia, and the media around emerging trends and critical dilemmas in corporate social responsibility; education that builds relevant skills among the next generation of public and private sector leaders; and outreach that shares research findings and conclusions from dialogues with policymakers, business leaders, academics, investors, and the media.
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