Issue Briefs

BSR's Issue Briefs provide critical summary information on the full spectrum of corporate social responsibility issues. These 53 Issue Briefs are grouped into primary topic areas — business ethics; community investment; environment; general CSR; governance and accountability; human rights; marketplace; and workplace — and in total provide a framework for understanding the most common CSR issues facing companies today. Each area contains an Overview Issue Brief that provides comprehensive information about that area of corporate social responsibility.

The Issue Briefs are designed as primers. As such each paper provide an overview of the topic and is divided into sections covering business benefits, key developments, external standards, implementation steps, leadership examples, sample polices, awards and recognition programs, and links to relevant resources.

Updates and maintenance of the BSR Issue Brief library have been made possible by generous grant support from the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund.