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Published: Tuesday, November 8, 2005 - 22:00 The Bangkok meeting was attended by experts from 54 ISO member countries (45 of which were participants, and nine of which were observers), plus 24 international liaison organizations, including the ILO. In all, 350 people attended the meeting, a significant increase from the working group’s first meeting, which was held in March in Brazil. One of the principle achievements of the Bangkok meeting was the development of a structural outline for ISO 26000. The standard will be structured as follows: The content of the clauses will be drafted by three task groups over the next two to three months, according to a process designed by the working group to ensure balanced representation of all stakeholder groups. Responsibility for drafting the content for the normative references and terms and definitions clauses hasn’t yet been assigned. The working group also agreed on a draft project plan that targets the publication of a draft ISO 26000 in November or December 2007, a final draft in September 2008 and a finalized international standard in October 2008. “Because ISO 26000 must reflect an international consensus among all the stakeholder categories impacted by social responsibility, the working group includes people of very different backgrounds and experience,” says Jorge E.R. Cajazeira. “We are now pulling together as a team and while the road ahead includes its share of challenges, the working group has the will to tackle and overcome them, because we know our work is important.” The next ISO 26000 meeting will be held in May or June 2006 in Lisbon, Portugal. For more information, visit www.iso.org. Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads. So please consider turning off your ad blocker for our site. Thanks, For 40 years Quality Digest has been the go-to source for all things quality. Our newsletter, Quality Digest, shares expert commentary and relevant industry resources to assist our readers in their quest for continuous improvement. Our website includes every column and article from the newsletter since May 2009 as well as back issues of Quality Digest magazine to August 1995. We are committed to promoting a view wherein quality is not a niche, but an integral part of every phase of manufacturing and services.ISO Lays Foundation for New Social Responsibility Standard
The International Organization for Standardization Working Group continued moving toward forming a new international standard on social responsibility at a recent meeting in Thailand. The group agreed that ISO 26000 will give organizations harmonized, internationally agreed-upon guidance for social responsibility (SR), drawing on best practices and the relevant declarations and conventions of the United Nations and its constituents, most notably the International Labor Organization. The standard will not be used for certification purposes.
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