Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-corruption
(former Commission on Business in Society) 

Mandate

The Commission has two main functions:

• to define the role of business in the context of globalization and changing societal expectations, and develop world business views on key corporate responsibility issues; and  
• to encourage self-regulation by business in confronting issues of extortion and bribery, and to provide business input into international intitatives to fight corruption.  

Projects for 2011

• Provide world business input in major international initiatives on corporate responsibility including:
  - the work of the UN Special Representative on business and human rights
  - the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility
• Convey global business priorities for the revision of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
• Develop an ICC perspective on the "business case" for corporate responsibility, based on company experience and existing research.       
• Further develop the Commission's work on supply chain responsibility.  
• Provide business input to stregthen the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) implementation process.  
• Make recommedations for revisions to the ICC rules on anti-corruption to take into account UNCAC  
• Promote a key anti-corruption training tool, known as "RESIST" that guides company employees on how to react when faced with bribe solicitation.  
• Develop guidelines on Gifts and Hospitality.  
• Develop further collaborative action with the UN Global Compact on subjects of common interest.  

Click here for access to the Commission's Fact Sheet 2011