EU: what framework for CSR strategies in trade businesses?

Credibility. “The public credibility of the existing CSR schemes to a large extend depends on union acceptance and engagement” declared Alke Boessiger, Uni-Commerce representative, at the conference organized by Eurocommerce on April 27th. According to the trade union, international framework agreements are the best way to implement CSR strategies: “CSR as practiced by some corporations is too often used to paint themselves in a positive light. They produce their own codes on their own terms, with little or no monitoring or follow up.”
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he public credibility of the existing CSR schemes to a large extend depends on union acceptance and engagement” declared Alke Boessiger, Uni-Commerce representative, at the conference organized by Eurocommerce on April 27th. According to the trade union, international framework agreements are the best way to implement CSR strategies: “CSR as practiced by some corporations is too often used to paint themselves in a positive light. They produce their own codes on their own terms, with little or n

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