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Something on Corporate Values & Social Responsibility

Read it on the moring train, note down some takeaways here:

What key issues a company must address to become a socially responsible.

1. Start with Values, First you have to develop and build consensus and understanding around a clear set of values and operating principles. This should be in the hearts and minds of every employee.
2. Second, Commit from the top of the company.
3. Move to a more formal process of determining what structure, benchmarks, and measurements are needed to evaluate your progress toward achieving a set of goals based on your values.
4. Next, you need to think about how changes will happan operationally- who is responsible for what, where are the conflicts, challenges, roadblocks etc.