29/02/2016
Eastern Chamber concludes the first programs for social responsibility in companies
With the participation of 54 trainees
Eastern Chamber concludes the first programs for social responsibility in companies
Eastern Chamber has concluded last February the first training programs about social responsibility and steps to create a its units in the companies, with the participation of 54 trainees of the employees of the business sector in the eastern region.
the trainees have praised the programs and the thoroughness of its content, emphasizing the extent of their benefit from the programs, since it allowed them a real opportunity to recognize all aspects of social responsibility and its main role in the sustainability of the business, considering the practical training, which gave them a thorough knowledge of how to create a unit of about social responsibility in companies, and also the correct methods to choose its employees.
The East Chamber, has held in late February two training programs, that included an explanation of social responsibility and the extent of their connection with the concept of the sustainability of the business, and how it becomes a competitive advantage for the company is, in addition, to the preparing methods to turn the facility into a societal responsible facility, with an indication of the organizational structure and job descriptions for the social responsibility units , and how to prepare the first annual plan, while establishing a unit that is interested in the community in the facility.
According to the Secretary General of the East Chamber, Abdulrahman bin Abdullah Al wabel, that these programs would qualify the business sector to play its role to its community in accordance with selected scientific basics, pointing that this program and others come in the framework of the efforts, spent by the chamber in order to activate the role of institutions in the field of social responsibility and to help them to fulfill their mission in the service of society.
Al wabel pointed that social responsibility has become a requirement for companies and a global trend, indicating the correlation between economic growth and profit taking and social responsibility of companies.
Al Wabel stressed that enterprises that do not keep pace with global changes regarding the nature of the business and do not deal with the change of the companies attitudes towards their communities and other contemporary trends, probably will face number of challenges, which obstructs its progress and sustainability of its growth.