International Co-operative Alliance1 Presentation by Iain Macdonald ICA Director-General to 14th ICA-Americas Regional Conference, Lima, 20 July 2006 Social.

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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www.ica.coop

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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 »

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