Corporate Guidelines
Below are some resources for companies wanting to establish their own guidelines and check on social responsibility of partners and suppliers, as well as for consumers.
Human Rights Guidelines
Guidelines for companies doing business in oppressive regimes.
Summary of letter from Executive Director of Amnesty International to a company doing business in China.
Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
Full text of the resolution adopted by the General Assembly on December 10, 1948.
United Nations Declaration of Human Rights Simplified
BBC summary, in plain language, of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
United Nations Global Compact Principles
Six of the original nine principles relate to business practices in the areas of human rights and labor. The other three relate to business practices as they affect the environment. A tenth principle, relating to corruption, has been added.
Animal Welfare Guidelines
Companies that don't test on animals
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) list of companies that do not test on animals. Be aware that many products that are not tested on animals do contain animal ingredients (see below, Animal ingredients and their alternatives).
Companies that test on animals
PETA list of companies that do test on animals.
Animal ingredients and their alternatives
PETA list of many of the animal ingredients found in
cosmetics, etc. Especially valuable for enabling consumers to recognize animal ingredients whose names often give no clue they come from animals. Quite often these ingredients are found in products from companies that do not test on animals.
Corporate
Standard of Compassion for Animals
Explanation of the Leaping Bunny logo, which signifies
cosmetic, personal care, and household products that were developed without animal testing at any stage.
Environmental Guidelines
CERES Coalition of Investors and Environmentalists
Affirms efforts to promote sustainable business practices that reduce harm to the environment and health and safety hazards to humans. Compliance is voluntary and self-monitored, but publicly disclosed.
See description above, under Human Rights.