ISO has decided to move forward with the development of a Guidance document on Social Resposibility
ISO to go ahead with guidelines for Social Responsibility
Some information about the stakeholder positions are posted @
The ISO Public Comment Forum on Social Responsibility
One interesting and very strong worded position comes from IBM. Mr. John Hughes makes a strong case against such development. The whole text is available here: Report and Recommendations of the ISO Advisory Group on Social Responsibility: the IBM Response
but, one paragraph that caught my attention reads:
". . .New standardisation instruments would therefore be counter-productive to the basic goal of achieving improvements in SR. Even if an ISO SR guideline was introduced as a voluntary guideline, experience with IS 9000 and IS 14000 has shown that a large, indirect market-pressure on the enterprise to introduce such an instrument as a standard is then created, which results in an obligation to obtain certification of conformity. Certification by third parties to multiple management system standards inevitably adds layers of unnecessary bureaucracy without adding value to the enterprise and its stakeholders. In the end, it is the customer who pays through higher product or service costs. The market-driven imposition of a ‘voluntary’ SR guideline would inevitably result in a needless waste of precious resources better used for the SR programmes themselves. . . ."
I wonder if this represents the official IBM position about their ISO 9001 and 14001 certificates. Ouch! :mg:
ISO to go ahead with guidelines for Social Responsibility
Some information about the stakeholder positions are posted @
The ISO Public Comment Forum on Social Responsibility
One interesting and very strong worded position comes from IBM. Mr. John Hughes makes a strong case against such development. The whole text is available here: Report and Recommendations of the ISO Advisory Group on Social Responsibility: the IBM Response
but, one paragraph that caught my attention reads:
". . .New standardisation instruments would therefore be counter-productive to the basic goal of achieving improvements in SR. Even if an ISO SR guideline was introduced as a voluntary guideline, experience with IS 9000 and IS 14000 has shown that a large, indirect market-pressure on the enterprise to introduce such an instrument as a standard is then created, which results in an obligation to obtain certification of conformity. Certification by third parties to multiple management system standards inevitably adds layers of unnecessary bureaucracy without adding value to the enterprise and its stakeholders. In the end, it is the customer who pays through higher product or service costs. The market-driven imposition of a ‘voluntary’ SR guideline would inevitably result in a needless waste of precious resources better used for the SR programmes themselves. . . ."
I wonder if this represents the official IBM position about their ISO 9001 and 14001 certificates. Ouch! :mg: