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President of Social Platform Anne-Sophie Parent says common rules are needed for corporate social responsibility, like for football - Constribution to Lisbon and Gothenburg Processes

Brussels, 30/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - Corporate social responsibility is like football, it needs to play by the same rules, explained President of the European Social Platform (of NGOs), Anne-Sophie Parent, at the Multilateral European Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility, which ended in Brussels on 29 June (see EUROPE of 24 June, p.17). In her speech, Anne-Sophie Parent emphasised on behalf of the NGOs that CSR (corporate social responsibility) should not replace legal instruments if...