Handel & maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen : samenhang in duurzame ontwikkeling : handelsmi

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Title	Handel & maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen : samenhang in duurzame ontwikkeling : handelsmissies
Authors	M. Theuws, R. van Os
Year	2010
Publisher	SOMO
Place	Amsterdam
Pages	6
ISBN	978-90-71284-57-1
Series title	SOMO Memo
Series number	Mei
Organisation	SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
Subject	Economic Development and Trade
Keywords	enterprises, ethics, sustainable development
Abstract	In 2010, SOMO published a series of memos which focus on the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and trade. The first publication in the serie examines CSR aspects of trade missions. The Dutch government sees CSR as an 'export article', and its ambition is to integrate CSR into all government activities to promote trade, with specific attention to trade missions. But are these intentions actually converted into policy, and to what extent does compliance take place? Experience in recent years has shown that CSR is still not given a sufficiently structural and integrated place on the agenda of trade missions. The memo discusses the limitations which are blocking adequate realisation of the proposed policy. At the end of this memo, SOMO makes a number of recommendations which contribute to a more coherent government policy, in which sufficient account is taken of CSR aspects in activities to promote trade, in this case trade missions.
Language	Dutch
Category	General
Document type	Report
Rights	© 2010 SOMO
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