13 Amendments of Thomas MANN related to 2012/2097(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas regulation reduces people’s willingness to implement charitable action;1 __________________ 1 Analysis of the relationship between the World Giving Index and the regulation index of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW); http://www.iwkoeln.de/de/infodienste/wirt schaft-und-ethik/archiv/beitrag/84129
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A a (new)
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. whereas in a free society, businesses may not be forced to perform charitable acts;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the term ‘voluntary’ will again have to be a key element of CSR and there must be greater differentiation between (1) the original CSR concept of charitable corporate action, in order to exercise social responsibility; (2) corporate social action based on laws, rules and international standards; and (3) antisocial action by businesses which violates laws, rules and international standards and is criminal and exploitative, for example child or forced labour; whereas these three aspects are constantly becoming intermingled in the CSR debate; whereas anti-social corporate action must be strongly condemned; whereas voluntary charitable commitment to CSR must be expressly supported and encouraged;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the term ‘corporate social responsibility (CSR)’ must not be abused to redefine internationally agreed minimum applicable standards but to seek better to understand and implement the way in which these are directly applicable to businesin order to make charitable action compulsory and render it subject to reporting obligations;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that future key drivers for ‘scaling up’ CSR will includesocial action by businesses in third countries must be improved by means of an emphasis on global CSR instruments, fresh momentum from leading businesses among their peers, the use of appropriate regulation, a robust impact analysis of existing CSR initiatives, and increasing recognition within both the business community and wider society of the scale of global social and environmental challenges; strongly condemns antisocial action by businesses which violates laws, rules and international standards and is criminal and exploitative, for example child or forced labour;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the fact that the definition of CSR set out in the Commission communication, which reflects the new approach first adopted by the Commission in the Multi-stakeholder Forum in 2009, provides an indispensable opportunity for inclusivity and consensus-building, and properly reflects the new consensus reached between business and other stakeholders on this issue thanks to the unanimous agreement of the UN Guiding Principles; insists that the term ‘voluntary’ should again be a key element of the definition of CSR and that the Commission must differentiate more between (1) the original CSR concept of charitable acts by businesses, in order to exercise their social responsibility; (2) social acts by businesses based on laws, rules and international standards; and (3) anti-social acts by businesses which violate laws, rules and international standards and is criminal and exploitative, for example child or forced labour; regrets these three aspects are constantly becoming intermingled in the CSR debate; strongly condemns antisocial action by businesses and sees a need to compel countries to transpose and enforce international standards in national law; in particular commends businesses – especially SMEs – for their voluntary, charitable involvement in CSR, which it will safeguard and promote; believes that, in a free society, businesses should not be forced to perform charitable acts;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Restates its belief in the ‘business case’ for CSR, but reiterates that, where such a case does not apply in the short term in any given situation or company, it can never be used as an excuse for choosing irresponsibility and antisocial action;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Endorses the view, dating from the June 2004 report of the Multi-stakeholder Forum, that public authorities can make a significant contribution by using convening, and incentivising and regulatory roles to advance CSR, and calls on the Member States to give major new impetus to these efforts;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Notes that a key driver of the socially responsible investment market remains institutional investor demand; notes, in this vein, that disclosure is a key driver of CSR and must be based on voluntary principles-based;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Fully supportsIs critical of the Commission’s intention to put forward a legislative proposal on ‘non-financial disclosure’ by businesses; warns that use of the term ‘non-financial’ should not disguise the very real financial consequences for business of social, environmental and human-rights-related impact; calls for an ambitious proposal which places the EU right among the mcannot agree with the introduction of compulsory reporting with regard to voluntary charitable acts, as this goes against the idea of a free society and would give rise to administration and expense which would gravely endanger voluntary commitment,particularly for businesses with fewer than 500 staff; calls for greater discrimination and more prudent use of the term CSR, the principal meaning of which is charitable, informal and intuitive CSR commitment; warmly welcomes the aim of uncovering human rights abuses anyd current international initiatives on mandatory corporate sustainability reporting and squarely within the objective of making Integrated Reporting, as being developed by the IIRC, the global norm by the end of the decade; riminal activities and urges countries to punish these severely; considers that the failings of a few have led to businesses as a whole being pilloried and threatened with possible reporting obligations, with their attendant increased burden and expense; calls for differentiated proposals from the Commission;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24