In a global recession, the need to be a responsible corporate citizen takes on even greater importance. It’s why GE’s fifth annual Citizenship Report, which was issued today, includes an in-depth discussion on the relationship between business and society during the current downturn — and more than 20 essays from global thought leaders on critical issues such as water, human rights, climate change, labor practices, education and healthcare.
Do the right thing: This year’s Citizenship Report includes feedback from our Stakeholder Advisory Panel on our reporting process; an update on GE’s human rights statement of principles implementation; updated metrics on all critical performance areas; and summaries of healthcare, energy and water products that address global needs -– such as those that will be used in the desalinization plant being constructed above.
At its core, the report provides a type of annual scorecard that evaluates GE’s work vs. its commitments on a wide range of business issues, corporate responsibility initiatives, and stakeholder engagement. Charting that progress is vitally important as it ensures that the company measures its responsibility commitments with the same rigor that it uses in its business units. However, it’s the dialogue with subject matter experts in fields both within and outside of GE’s business world that provides objective feedback — and helps to strengthen GE’s own understanding of the topics that are relevant to its citizenship efforts.
As part of the rollout of this year’s report, entitled Resetting Responsibilities, this week we’ll be highlighting some of these external perspectives — which are published on GE’s website unedited. The first one is by Sean Ansett, who’s managing partner of At Stake Advisors, a specialist in corporate social responsibility issues.
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Hello, my name is Michelle Delatorre, I am currently attending Citrus College in Glenodora CA. I am working on an ethics report. My duty is to obtain a corporate social responsibility report. My professor does not want us a printed version from your website. He is requiring that we get an original copy. I have been searching high and low, and I have yet found a company who could provide this information. Please let me know if you will be able to do so.
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Michelle, to order a 2008 Citizenship Report, please send an email to corp.citizenship@ge.com with your mailing address. Thanks!
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