1International Co-operative Alliance
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?
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« Co-operative Values – a competitive asset in a globalised economy »
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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.”
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Social Economy Enterprises
Social Aims
Enterprised Focussed
Local Ownership
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Co-operative values:
Self help Self responsibility Democracy Equality Equity Solidarity
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to challenge conventional UK enterprise by building a commercially successful family of businesses that offers a clear co-operative advantage
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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
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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
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Community Building
Environmental Sustainability
Healthy Living
Co-operative Learning
Social Responsibility
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Governance
Involvement inthe Community
Managing Human Resources
Protecting the Environment
International Solidarity
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« International co-operation as a vehicle for challenging the assumptions and excesses of free market globalisation »