Dubai Chamber organises workshops on ways to integrate CSR activities as long term strategy in their companies

Mainstreaming Corporate Social Responsibility, the workshop on the first day of the event, will deal with the ways to embed CSR into the organizational culture by improving organizational efficiencies and innovations, building employee motivation and loyalty and increasing reputation and the ability to access funds and also the means to reduce transaction and other costs thereby building competitive advantage and organizational success.

This workshop focuses on providing corporate executives with practical knowledge and guidance to align responsible business practices into the company.

They are designed to help executives develop and implement strategic corporate responsibility that not only reinforce company business practices, but also produce measurable results through application of frameworks, guidelines and standards.

For the second day of the event, CRB in association with Social Accountability International (SAI), is holding the Social Accountability 8000 Introduction and Basic Auditor Training course which will introduce social compliance and the SA8000 international standard to the participants.

This training will cover areas like Globalization, its market impact and the Dubai context, Introduction to social compliance, the SA8000 principles and the ethical supply chain, The Eight SA8000 elements, compliance issues specific to Dubai and local areas, Introduction to Management Systems, corporate code of conduct, relevant industry codes, Understanding the Social Compliance Audit and essential Steps for Building an Internal Management System.

The training course will provide practical knowledge to the attendees so they understand the key issues in social compliance and its application in the systems and steps to improve their company's performance.

All attendees will receive a Certificate at the end of the course.