Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Successful people have a social responsibility to make the world a better place and not just take from it.
We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.
Industrialised countries must take the responsibility of helping poorer countries in the climate change action plan.
The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.
A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs.
Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community.
The Millennium Development Goals were a pledge to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity, and free the world from extreme poverty. The MDGs, with eight goals and a set of measurable time-bound targets, established a blueprint for tackling the most pressing development challenges of our time.
Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
As free citizens in a political democracy, we have a responsibility to be interested and involved in the affairs of the human community, be it at the local or the global level.
Businesses should be focused on business, and social responsibility should be government responsibility.