The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world’s leading authority on quality. With more than 100,000 individual and organizational members, this professional association advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.

ASQ defines social responsibility as ethical conduct with sensitivity toward social, cultural, economic and environmental issues. Socially responsible individuals, organizations and governments positively impact global development while positively contributing to bottom-line results.

As part of numerous member contributions, ASQ administers the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the ISO 26000 Social Responsibility standard, currently under development.