Presentation by Iain Macdonald ICA DirectorGeneral to 14
Presentation by Iain Macdonald ICA Director-General to 14 th ICA-Americas Regional Conference, Lima, 20 July 2006 Social responsibility: the base of co-operative success? International Co-operative Alliance 1
« Co-operative Values – a competitive asset in a globalised economy » International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
Ø In short, honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others are values which may be found in all kinds of organisations that they are particularly cogent and undeniable was in co-operative enterprise. ” International Co-operative Alliance
Social Economy Enterprises Ø Social Aims Ø Enterprised Focussed Ø Local Ownership International Co-operative Alliance
Ø q q q Co-operative values: Self help Self responsibility Democracy Equality Equity Solidarity International Co-operative Alliance
Ø to challenge conventional UK enterprise by building a commercially successful family of businesses that offers a clear co-operative advantage International Co-operative Alliance
Ø Ø Ø re-establishing the co-operative advantage successful co-operative business and the 21 st century membership, participation and securing the co -operative movement's legacy effective management for change and development national, regional and local structures the social economy and cooperation International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
www. ica. coop International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
Visibility Ø Ø Ø Ø Among co-operatives themselves! With media, particularly the business media – international and national With business generally To government and policy makers generaly, internationally, regionally, nationally and within industry sectors To academic and research institutions To business advisers, accounting/legal etc To the broader community International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
q Community Building q Environmental Sustainability q Healthy Living q Co-operative Learning q Social Responsibility International Co-operative Alliance
q Governance q Involvement inthe Community q Managing Human Resources q Protecting the Environment q International Solidarity International Co-operative Alliance
« International co-operation as a vehicle for challenging the assumptions and excesses of free market globalisation » International Co-operative Alliance
International Co-operative Alliance
- Slides: 19