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COSORE Handbook - Inhalte und Struktur
Pedro M. das Neves
Munich, 23rd October
| Some founding Assumptions… |
| Develop a tool for consultants and SME managers in order to: |
- Help understand CSR as a concept
- Help to visualize CSR benefits for the company, according to different business perspectives
- Support the identification of a tailored CSR strategy/ CSR activities to be implemented within the company, according to existing mission and vision/ stakeholders social demands
- Guide the definition and implementation of a CSR plan
- Help to monitor performance through an adapted version of the Balanced Scorecard
- The tool offers a complete "step by step" process, suitable to help SMEs to implement social responsible activities and to proof the quality and the effects of these activities.
- It’s up to the SME manager with the support of the consultant to decide, according to different cases, which steps need a deeper analysis work, and which ones can be undertaken easily and in a quicker way.
| Why this step by step approach? |
Convincing, Mobilizing and Introducing CSR in an SME
a) CSR in Small Businesses: Why and for what?
Why CSR?
National Framework of CSR
Benefits for SMEs
Examples of Companies active in CSR
Literature...
b) Presenting the COSORE-CSR-Instrument
Structure of the instrument
Timetable for the realization
Who should be part of the CSR-Implementation-Team?
| Step 1 - Deepening and Reflecting CSR and its benefits |
- Coverage of enterprise data
- Discussing and defining the understanding of CSR
- Sampling examples of good practices of CSR
- Discussing the benefits of CSR
- Showing the general effects of CSR on different perspectives of business
| Step 2 - Linking CSR with Business Activity |
- Developing Mission, Vision and Strategic Themes of the company
- Developing the CSR Perspective/Strategic CSR-Themes
- Defining Stakeholders and their social demands on the company
| Step 3 - Recognizing and Selecting CSR-Dimensions of the SME |
- Defining state of the art: CSR in the company
- Elaborating CSR-short list
| Step 4 - Planning, Structuring and Netting the CSR-Engagement |
Deriving CSR-BSC:
- Strategic Objectives
- Measures and targets
- (Take care for measures)
- (Specify the targets)
- Defining initiatives and those responsible
- (Specify the initiatives)
Map the CSR-strategy
- Linking CSR-BSC with the engagement of teams/individuals
| Step 5: Monitoring, Evaluating and Adapting Activity-Transfer |
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