Volume 8 · Issue 9 · September 2003

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ISO Conference on Need for OSR Standards Likely in 2004

The multistakeholder advisory group that recommended in February 2003 that ISO launch provisional work addressing OSR has been moving forward with its work, and the result is expected to be an international conference in May or June 2004 to determine if there is a need for standards on organizational social responsibility. Since 5 of the 13 topics being recommended for coverage in an OSR management systems standard could fall within the scope of TC 207’s work, the US TAG has been following the efforts to develop a TR and justification study that will likely lead to the conference.