Canadian Business for Social Responsibility

Founded in 1995, Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) is, according to its Web site, a nonprofit, business-led, national membership organization of Canadian companies that have made a commitment to operate in a socially, environmentally, and financially responsible manner, recognizing the interests of their stakeholders, including investors, customers, employees, business partners, local communities, the environment, and society at large. Its vision statement is to be Canada's leading voice for corporate social responsibility (CSR), harnessing the power of business to create positive change. Its mission statement is to offer practical services and tools [Page 253]to assist Canadian businesses to improve their performance in support of CSR. CBSR members have three guiding principles: (i) implementing and acting on socially, environmentally, and financially responsible policies and practices; (ii) ...