The intent of this article is to review the phenomenal growth of Corporate Social Responsibility reports published by large corporations around the world. The reports provide companies with an opportunity to inform large segments of society about the impacts of their business operations on the environmental, socio-political, and governmental (regulatory) aspects of a society. The mostly voluntary nature of these reports, however, places the burden on the corporations creating them to (a) provide an adequate amount of information, (b) cover all the major issues that are relevant to the company and industry, and (c) provide measures of assurance as to the accuracy of information. In this article, we compare and examine three institutional approaches that have played an important role toward improving the quality and consistency of these reports. The institutions involved are ISO 26000, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-Sustainability Monitor. We intend to show their different approaches to guiding CSR reporting, and assess their relative strengths and limitations.

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提高企业社会责任指导文件中的报告质量：ISO 26000、全球报告倡议和企业社会责任可持续监测的作用

本文旨在回顾世界各地大公司发布的企业社会责任报告的显着增长。这些报告为公司提供了一个机会，让广大社会人士了解其业务运营对社会的环境、社会政治和政府（监管）方面的影响。然而，这些报告大多是自愿性质的，这给创建它们的公司带来了负担：(a) 提供足够数量的信息，(b) 涵盖与公司和行业相关的所有主要问题，以及 (c)提供有关信息准确性的保证措施。在本文中，我们比较和研究了在提高这些报告的质量和一致性方面发挥重要作用的三种制度方法。参与的机构是 ISO 26000、全球报告倡议组织 (GRI) 和企业社会责任 (CSR)-可持续发展监测机构。我们打算展示他们指导企业社会责任报告的不同方法，并评估他们的相对优势和局限性。