The Statement of the 5th International Congress on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

“Social engagement and participation in good deeds is rooted in our traditions, ethnic customs, and religion beliefs. In Iran, besides governments, the primary basis of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been established by local benefactors and trusted individuals with public participation and with the aim of helping the needy, establishing orphanages, schools, infirmaries etc. Currently, the public donations to MAHAK is the continuation of the same thought and belief throughout the history of this country. Alongside this, in today’s industrialized world, there are prominent topics such as “corporate social responsibility” which are the new axes of attracting public participation To this end, it is necessary that NGOs become acquainted with such axes and be able to draw upon their resources.”

On the other hand, it is mentioned in MAHAK’s Mission Statement that: MAHAK not only supports children with cancer but also promotes the lofty idea of Helping Fellow Beings.”

These two sections from the first strategic plan of MAHAK, have set this organization on the path of promoting the concept of social responsibility and also encouraging the society particularly enterprises to benefit from this concept. At the beginning of this path of promotion and development, fewer practical actions in the application of this concept were envisaged and only limited theoretical steps for introduction of this concepts were taken.

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This year, by holding the 5th International Congress on Corporate Social Responsibility with the themes of “planning models, implementation models, and reporting standards”, MAHAK has completed this initiative.

In the aforementioned congresses, dozens of university professors, business experts, managers of enterprises and leaders of international organization discussed and described various aspects of corporate social responsibility.

Looking at certain business models indicates that various theoretical and practical structured activities are formed in the field of corporate social responsibility. The most important of these includes:

These activities indicate that we are facing a well-established concept and many organizations are involved with the practical phases of this concept within the cycle of continuous improvement:

The present situation indicates that gradual and continuous efforts in this area have been fruitful and the concept of social responsibility has become current and many players of this realm have started relevant and appropriate endeavors in this field and surely will continue.

We congratulate all the individuals and organizations active in this field for this valuable achievement and thank all the experts, academicians, enterprise managers, chairmen of Chambers of Commerce, and international leader organizations. We appreciate their constant support in this vein.

To this end, MAHAK considers the 5th International Congress on Corporate Social Responsibility as the last step of its mission in realization of this concept and area and believes that all its efforts during the last 12 years were successful, therefore this mission considered accomplished.

At the end of this cycle within the second strategic plan, MAHAK defines its social responsibility and commits itself to reporting based on international standards and deliver its first report according to global reporting initiatives (GRI) standards.

In the line with the main mission of the MAHAK which is providing comprehensive support to children suffering from cancer and their families in the areas of charity, treatment and scientific research, MAHAK is committed to its social responsibility because MAHAK’ pillars strongly believe in this commitment. MAHAK, therefore, within its third and fourth strategic plans will deal with development of two fundamental concepts: transparency and accountability, which are considered as the most essential values of MAHAK and the most important responsibilities of civil societies. It is hoped that, within 2027 horizon and by the end of the fourth strategic plan, these two fundamental concepts become well-established, applicable and monitorable.

On the one hand, voluntary participation for more than ten years in the international audits such as SGS NGO Benchmarking and International Project Management Association (IPMA), MAHAK was ranked 1st  in SGS Benchmarking Audit and was honored to receive the Gold Award from the International Project Management Association (IPMA). On the other hand by relying on the great capacities of the civil society of our beloved country, whom without their support, it would have been impossible for MAHAK to take even one step in this long journey, make us hopeful to achieve this goals by 2027.