Acas, CIPD and the Royal Society of Arts, with Ipsos3 Strategy briefing paper on social responsibility. The paper provides a model of social responsibility impacts which test the footprint a company can create with the people who make, deliver, buy and use its products and services.
It sets out the 7 domains of social responsibility covering loyalty, community impact, management and capability, labour relations, human rights, fairness, and health, safety and wellbeing.
Documents
Resilient growth and social responsibility: an emerging model
Resilient growth and social responsibility: an emerging model in Open Document format (ODT, 279KB)
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This briefing paper was written by Clare Chapman, current Acas Chair since 2020. Views are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Acas council.
This is not intended as guidance from Acas about how to improve working lives, nor as an endorsement by Acas of practices to be adopted in the workplace.
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Published 12 May 2025