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Presentation by Iain Macdonald ICA Director-General to 14th ICA-Americas Regional Conference,

Presentation by Iain Macdonald ICA Director-General to 14th ICA-Americas Regional Conference,. Lima, 20 July 2006 Social responsibility: the base of co-operative success?. « Co-operative Values – a competitive asset in a globalised economy ».

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Presentation by Iain Macdonald ICA Director-General to 14th ICA-Americas Regional Conference,

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  1. Presentation by Iain Macdonald ICA Director-General to 14th ICA-Americas Regional Conference, Lima, 20 July 2006 Social responsibility: the base of co-operative success?

  2. « Co-operative Values – a competitive asset in a globalised economy »

  3. In short, honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others are values which may be found in all kinds of organisations that they are particularly cogent and undeniable was in co-operative enterprise.”

  4. Social Economy Enterprises • Social Aims • Enterprised Focussed • Local Ownership

  5. Co-operative values: • Self help • Self responsibility • Democracy • Equality • Equity • Solidarity

  6. to challenge conventional UK enterprise by building a commercially successful family of businesses that offers a clear co-operative advantage

  7. re-establishing the co-operative advantage • successful co-operative business and the 21st century • membership, participation and securing the co-operative movement's legacy • effective management for change and development • national, regional and local structures • the social economy and cooperation

  8. www.ica.coop

  9. Visibility • Among co-operatives themselves! • With media, particularly the business media – international and national • With business generally • To government and policy makers generaly, internationally, regionally, nationally and within industry sectors • To academic and research institutions • To business advisers, accounting/legal etc • To the broader community

  10. Community Building • Environmental Sustainability • Healthy Living • Co-operative Learning • Social Responsibility

  11. Governance • Involvement inthe Community • Managing Human Resources • Protecting the Environment • International Solidarity

  12. « International co-operation as a vehicle for challenging the assumptions and excesses of free market globalisation »

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