Develop a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy for HR
HR makes responsible business work.
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Without a CSR strategy, HR departments face:
- Manager misunderstanding about how HR can make a strategic contribution to the business.
- Difficulty connecting CSR initiatives to the organization's business strategy or measuring their impact.
- Impressions that the organization implements CSR initiatives solely for the sake of appearances.
With a CSR strategy, HR departments can:
- Integrate social impact into the organization's mission and vision.
- Widen the frame of reference for corporate governance.
- Protect the organization's reputation from the risk of adverse incidents.
- Secure the organization's “privilege to operate.
- Reduce regulatory risk.
- Offer distinctive positioning in the marketplace.
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Workshops are a great way to accelerate your project. Our highly skilled facilitators take you through key phases of your project and ensure your team has the guidance needed to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Make the case
The Purpose
- Understand the business case for CSR and CSR-HR.
- Discuss your organization's industry, size, and goals.
Key Benefits Achieved
- HR helps leaders develop responsible strategies and measure their impact.
- Emphasis on responsible practices builds support for HR programs.
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| 1.1 | Determine two key performance indicators to measure the success of the project |
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Module 2: Assess CSR readiness
The Purpose
- Assess your organization’s CSR readiness.
- Baseline your CSR maturity to assess project success.
Key Benefits Achieved
- How an organization responds to stakeholder feedback is a reliable indicator of CSR maturity.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | CSR maturity assessment |
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Module 3: Engage stakeholders
The Purpose
- Understand the landscape, organizational goals, CSR goals, and relevant HR roles.
Key Benefits Achieved
- With CSR, you need to know the “who” and the “why” before you figure out the “how.”
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Develop a stakeholder engagement plan to discover relevant initiatives |
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Module 4: Prioritize key CSR-HR initiatives
The Purpose
- Identify target CSR-HR initiatives.
- Assess need, effort, and impact for each initiative.
Key Benefits Achieved
- HR is already implementing programs consistent with CSR principles; leverage them to demonstrate HR’s strategic value.
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| 4.1 | CSR-HR materiality matrix |
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Module 5: Finalize a scorecard and action plan
The Purpose
- Determine organizational goals, CSR goals, HR roles.
- Set CSR-HR initiative priorities.
- Identify success metrics and business value.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Most organizations don’t track the ROI of CSR. However, a lack of evidence of impact is not evidence of a lack of impact.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 5.1 | Finalize CSR-HR scorecard and action plan |
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| 5.2 | Executive presentation |
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