- 2012: Featured organizations include Campbell Soup Company, Ford Motor Company, and Henry Ford Health System
- 2011: Case studies include Alcoa, Kohler, UnitedHealth Group, Tata Group, Booz Allen Hamilton
- 2010: Organizations profiled include Abbott, Berea College, Boeing, Cisco, IBM, McDonald's
- 2009 (inaugural issue): Case studies include MillerCoors, Johnson Controls, Baxter, Intel
Pathways to Social Responsibility: Successful Practices for Sustaining the Future
The 2013 issue of Pathways to Social Responsibility focuses on global responsibility and includes organizational profiles, a summary of sustainability value chain research, a profile of the 2012 Spencer Hutchens Jr. medalist, and more.
Read previous issues of Pathways:
Quality and Social Responsibility: A Key Business Strategy for Enhancing Competitive Position
This report presents the findings of research ASQ and IBM conducted on corporate social responsibility programs. Learn about the approaches that worldwide organizations use to initiate and maintain social responsibility programs and how quality techniques can improve these efforts.
International Service Learning
A new podcast from the Education Division presents approaches to international service learning, problems that can occur with global engineering outreach projects, issues of social responsibility and sustainability to communities, and tips for successful global outreach.
The Intersection Between Quality and Social Responsibility
The January 2012 Journal for Quality and Participation focuses on the roles that quality concepts and tools play in improving the world and the lives of its people.
Read a sample article, "A Global SR Standard" (open access), and see more articles in this issue.
CSR and Quality: A Powerful and Untapped Connection
An executive brief from BSR and ASQ (PDF) explores the intersection of quality and corporate social responsibility (CSR), detailing shared concepts and core values and suggesting next steps for both the quality community and social responsibility leaders.
ISO 26000 in Practice
In a recorded webcast, Michelle Bernhart and Sonny Maher provide an overview of their book, ISO 26000 in Practice, which offers guidance for organizations as they use the ISO 26000 standard.
Books
- Sustainable Business and Industry
- ISO 26000 in Practice
- Corporate Sustainability Planning Assessment Guide
- Social Responsibility: Failure Mode Effects and Analysis
- More
Standards
- ASQ/ANSI/SO 26000:2010(E): Guidance on social responsibility
- ANSI/ISO/E14065-2007:Greenhouse gases - Requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies for use in accreditation or other forms of recognition
- ANSI/ISO/ASQ E14001-2004: Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use
Case Studies and White Papers
- Social Responsibility and the Quality Professional
- Common Ground: Quality and Social Responsibility
- Integrating Quality and Social Responsibility (case study, Goodwill)
- Getting a Boost from Quality Tools (case study, Chemonics)
- More
Training
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