A guidance on putting social responsibility into practice in every organization
is needed for the effective commitment of it. There could be three elements
which ISO 26000 releases for the integration of social responsibility throughout
the organization as follows: the organization itself, the stakeholders, and the
review and improvement of performance of voluntary initiatives.
In the first place, the organization has to be aware of the relationship of its
characteristics to social responsibility, understand its social responsibility,
determine relevance and significance of core subjects and issues to it with the
due diligence, assess its sphere of influence, and raise awareness and building
competency for social responsibility.
In the second place, it is indispensible for the organization to communicate
with its stakesholders within its sphere of influence including relevant and
significant dialogue about social responsibility. Communication is critical to many
different functions in social responsibility, and the organization is able to
enhance credibility with the informations relating to social responsibility which
are complete, understandable, responsive, accurate, balanced, timely, and
accessible.
In the third place, ongoing monitoring or observation of activities related to
social responsibility and reviewing the organization’s progress and performance
can help it enhance the reliability and improve the performance.
Finally, the guidance on ISO 26000 social responsibility shows that these paradigms are essential for the organization to be leaded to the voluntary
initiatives for social responsibility, and above all, the open-minded commitments
of the members of that organization are requisite for the integration of social
responsibility throughout the organization.