Second International Conference of The Consumer Citizenship Network,, Bratislava, Slovakya, 8 - 11 Mart 2005, ss.223-232
Community forums, initatives and principles have been developed to advance the movement for a more sustainable world where all sides can connect, learn, educate, brainstorm, execute ideas and make a difference. In the 21st century, the most successful societies will be those that embrace solidarity where corporations, local communities, individual and governments join together to build a better world for all. Confronted with increasing pressures to limit government spending on social welfare, more and more public policy makers welcome the growing social involvement of corporations. Global Compact, ILO’s Tripartite Declaration of Principle Concerning MNC and Social Policy, OECD Guideline for MNC and EU Green Paper are some of them. (Buyukuslu, 2001). World Bank has put its shoulder behind corporate citizenship to forge key partnerships with companies and communities alike in its founding quest to banish poverty and improve the lives of millions of the world's poor. (Asiaweek 1997) On the other side, the need has arisen for discriminating consumers who can 224 interpret relevant information and corporate massages and become consumer citizen in order to make choices that emphasize the demand for corporate social and environmental responsibility. Prudent choices that contribute to universal human development and intra-generational equity as declareted by UNDP in the Human Development Report (Thoresen , 2003)