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Islam and Corporate Responsibility, 2007
July, 2007
This document is solely for internal use. No part
of it may be circulated, quoted, or reproduced
for distribution outside DCCV without prior
written approval.
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Content

• Generations of CSR
• The Big Picture
• UN Global compact
• What next?

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Generations of CSR
Source Fredrick, 1998
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Big Picture
From 1993 to 2003, religious discrimination
complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) increased 75.
(source BSR) Companies that support employees'
religious practices across a range of beliefs are
less vulnerable to legal challenges involving
charges of discrimination and harassment 48 of
U.S. workers reported that they had talked about
faith in their workplace (Business week, 1999)
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Islam in the UK

• Queen Elizabeth I asked the Ottoman Sultan for
  assistance against the Spanish Armada
• 1649, came the first English version of the
  Qur'an, by Alexander Ross.
• The first large group of Muslims in Britain
  arrived about 300 years ago. They were sailors
  recruited in India to work for the East India
  Company,
• The next wave of Muslim immigration to Britain
  followed the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869
• The first mosque in Britain is recorded as having
  been at 2 Glyn Rhondda Street, Cardiff, in 1860.
• Today about 2-4 of the population are Muslims.

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Big Picture
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Standards Indices

• Inspirational Principles Codes of Practices
• Amnesty International
• The SIGMA Project
• Global Compact
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Management Systems, certification schemes
  reporting Frameworks
• EFQM framework for CSR
• SA 8000
• Accountability 1000 (AA1000)
• ISO14000
• ISO 26000
• EMAS
• Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
• Value Management System
• Rating Indices
• Dow Jones Sustainability Index
• FTSE 4 Good

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The Global Compact

• Human Rights
• Principle 1 Businesses should support and
  respect the protection of internationally
  proclaimed human rights and
• Principle 2 make sure that they are not
  complicit in human rights abuses.
• Labour Standards
• Principle 3 Businesses should uphold the freedom
  of association and the effective recognition of
  the right to collective bargaining
• Principle 4 the elimination of all forms of
  forced and compulsory labour
• Principle 5 the effective abolition of child
  labour and
• Principle 6 the elimination of discrimination in
  respect of employment and occupation.
• Environment
• Principle 7 Businesses should support a
  precautionary approach to environmental
  challenges
• Principle 8 Undertake initiatives to promote
  greater environmental responsibility and

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Human Rights
The Quran emphasizes the value of human life by
equating one life with that of the entire people
(Quran 532)
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Labour Rights
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Environment
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Anti-Corruption
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The Global Compact

• Human Rights
• Principle 1 Businesses should support and
  respect the protection of internationally
  proclaimed human rights and
• Principle 2 make sure that they are not
  complicit in human rights abuses.
• Labour Standards
• Principle 3 Businesses should uphold the freedom
  of association and the effective recognition of
  the right to collective bargaining
• Principle 4 the elimination of all forms of
  forced and compulsory labour
• Principle 5 the effective abolition of child
  labour and
• Principle 6 the elimination of discrimination in
  respect of employment and occupation.
• Environment
• Principle 7 Businesses should support a
  precautionary approach to environmental
  challenges
• Principle 8 Undertake initiatives to promote
  greater environmental responsibility and

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What next?

• International Rating systems
• Local conditions
• Companies dont neglect it

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• Thank You