have been taken worldwide by organizations such as national standards institutes, the ISO 26000 text and adjacent ISO … credibility of their CSR claims. Also, it offers suggestions for certification organizations, national standards bodies and policy … makers that want to encourage the adoption of CSR standards, ISO 26000 in particular. Social implications – This paper may …

interpretations of CSR and formulate a critique on the standard’s definition of CSR. Methodology/Approach – This paper aims to examine … position it vis-à-vis other contemporary interpretations of CSR and formulate a critique on the standard’s definition of CSR …

. Findings – The results of the study show that “environmental” pressures and standards are widely accepted and implemented for … supply management in the Korean electronics industry. However, “social” pressures and standards are still not commonly used … standards is to identify risks and problems in the supply chain, and to avoid or at least reduce the consequences for the final …

voluntary standards, or private regulations, on the social and environmental performance of business and finance, to promote … responsibility (CSR) standards which now influence significant amounts of international trade and investment, thereby presenting new … these standards, which can be categorised to inform policy development: governments prepare, prefer, promote and prescribe …

protective labour standards in that regard. State action and strategic decisions of major actors are strongly influenced by …

findings show that institutional arrangements (legitimacy, regulation, standards, and socio-economic environment) have emerged …

of Software and Systems Engineering standards amongst such very small organizations is extremely low. A key factor in the … literature explaining this lack of quality standards adoption is the perception by small and very small organizations that such … standards have been developed for large multi-national companies and not with small and very small organizations in mind. The …