ASQ Develops Insurer Social Responsibility Standard Guidelines

ASQ has released ISO 26000: Guidance on Social Responsibility, a set of international guidelines aimed at insurers that want to show they are trying to do the right things.

ASQ, Milwaukee, is a quality standards group. It is the administrator for the U.S. technical advisory group that helps develop and maintain the ISO 26000 standard.

The standard includes provisions for 7 types of social responsibility: Organizational governance, community involvement and development, environment, fair operating practices, consumer issues, labor practices and human rights.