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So far, the concept of
social responsibility was not specifically defined so
that it can acquire the legal, national or international
binding power. This responsibility is still a moral
responsibility, as it derives its power, acceptance and
deployment from its voluntary nature. Hence there were
several initiatives and events, depending on the nature
of the surrounding environment, the scope of activity of
the company, and the financial and human resources of
each company. This responsibility is not static in
nature, but dynamic and realistic and characterized by
continuous development to adapt in accordance with its
interests and according to the political, economic and
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Applying the Social
Responsibility Framework in EGYTRANS |
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social responsibility in three main areas : |
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Responsibility towards
its employees and stakeholders. |
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Responsibility towards the community. |
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Responsibility towards the environment. |
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1- Responsibility
towards its employees and stakeholders : |
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The company organizes
umrah
trips for employees in cooperation with the best
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organizing such trips with special prices to be paid
over eight equal installments during the months of
Ragab,
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Shaaban &
Ramadan. This has encouraged many employees and
their families to enjoy such religious travel. |
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The company organizes
a Nile Cruise to
Luxor
and Aswan every year during the mid-year holidays at
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prices to be paid over eight equal installments. |
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The company contracted with a large supermarket
chain (Zahran)
and Mobil gas stations to accept delayed |
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payment from employees to be deducted from the
salaries. |
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The company annually
contracts with Premium Card Company to accept
deferred payment from employees to be deducted from
their salaries over ten equal installments. |
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The company annually
contracts with a medical insurance company to cover
medicine, examinations, scans, lab tests and surgery
for company employees in the best hospitals and
pharmacies at reduced costs for an annual sum.
The company covers half of the required amount and
the employee pays the remaining sum which is
deducting from the employee’s salary in monthly
installments. |
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The company provides
its employees with interest free loans with a
maximum value of three months’ salary to be paid
over 36 months in case of surgical operations,
birth, marriage, death, buying a new house, buying a
new car or going on Umrah or Hajj |
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The company gives all
employees a seasonal bonus for Ramadan and Eid al-Adha. |
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The company provides
life insurance for its employees through the
Commercial International Co. for Life Insurance
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to
benefit family members in case of death. This
insurance is covered completely by the company.
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The company gives its
employees leave with full pay in the following cases:
7 days as a marriage
vacation, for those who have spent two or more years
with the company.
3 days in case of the
death of a husband, wife, child or parent.
2 days in case of the
death of a brother, sister, uncle or aunt.
1 day in case of the death
of a grandparent or cousin. |
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2- Responsibility towards
the community |
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EGYTRANS participates
as a silver sponsor in the "EFHAM" program in
cooperation with: |
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Egyptian Foundation of
Education for Employment |
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Center of
International Private Enterprise (CIPE) |
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Dreaming of Tomorrow
Association |
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This is an initiative
aimed at creating a civil society characterized by
depth of knowledge, aspiration for a better future
and commitment to the values of citizenship to deal
with the challenges facing our youth, by making a
positive change and having faith in their ability to
bring about change in order to build an effective
Egyptian personality able to compete locally,
regionally and internationally
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.EFHAM initiative
provides 6 books supported by various explanatory
means to link the entrepreneurship with other key
components important in the overall development process,
and most important of these components is promote the
concepts of democracy, participation and citizenship as
well as the material about how to start private
businesses , the economy and market systems. During the
year 2008/2009 the books have been tested on more than
400 students in addition to 60 teachers and 45 trainers
from different governorates. |
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"EFHAM" activities during 2008 |
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On January 26, 2009,
the International Private Enterprise Center held a
training course to evaluate the performance of
outstanding trainers in Port Said. |
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The course was attended by
15 participants from outstanding trainers in Port Said.
Every trainer introduced a lesson from EFHAM books "and
they exchange of experiences among teachers through an
evaluation of the performance of each teacher. |
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Based on the results of
the evaluation were 7 teams made up of trainer and
assistant trainer to hold EFHAM training to students in
February 2009. |
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On January 2009, upon
the request of some NGOs and educational
institutions in Cairo EFHAM program held a training
course in Talaat Harb Cultural Center, Cairo to
build a cadre of trainers to be able to old training
courses |
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A number of trainers in
training from the Skills Development Office ,
Entrepreneurship at the University of Cairo's University
affiliated to the CEDO and the Egyptian Association for
Educational Resources and the librarians in Talaat Harb
have participated |
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On February 12, 2009,
the Skills Development Office and Entrepreneurship
at the University of Cairo's University affiliated
to the CEDO held EFHAM training course. |
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25 students participated
in the training course. The training course was
distinguished by the cooperation between students. Each
group of students set action plan to start
businesses. The students presented their plans and
discuss the pros and cons of the plans with the rest of
the students in the other groups. |
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The program train students
in the age of 12- 15 as well as teachers and
administrators from public schools in El Minya and
Port Said to provide practical experience and theory
by means of giving information for young people,
and teach them how to start their own projects and
how to acquire their self skills required to facr
the challenges in practical life. |
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From 9 to 11 April 2009, a
training course was held for three days for the
students and teachers in El Minya. The course was
attended by 35 students from 6 schools in Minyia and
9 teachers |
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Some outstanding teachers,
who attended the training in Minya last November,
trained te students. The course included 6 curriculum
which are sharing, democracy, citizenship,
decision-making, economy, market systems and how to
start your own business |
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At the
end of the workshop, a group of students developed
an action plans for special projects and community
service projects. They also presented the project
ideas on the demonstration boards to exchange views
and experiences between students and teachers. Te
course was attended by representatives of the
Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Social
Solidarity and Businessmen in Minya |
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"Presentation Skills"
training course was held for EFHAM students in Minya
and Port Said from 5 to June 7, 2009.
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The course was
attended by 40 students and 6 trainers from the
schools participating in the program. The students
presented their projects competing in EFHAM Best
Action Plan Competition. The course as well was
attended by some businessmen from Minya, Port Said
and Cairo. The students discussed their plans with
the participants |
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The third annual
conference for EFHAM entrepreneurship was held on
June 9, 2009 at five pm in the Hall of Saqya El Sawy
- Zamalek. |
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3-Responsibility towards the
environment |
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EGYTRANS is committed
to applying occupational health and safety
procedures in order to secure its work environment
and was granted the OHSAS 18001 certificate.
The company also acts to prevent practices leading
to environmental pollution and has obtained ISO
14001 certification for this purpose. |
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Preventing
smoking in all of its
locations for all employees and visitors |
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The company and all
of its branches take active steps to secure the work
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environment against
physical risks resulting from: |
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Severe heat and
cold. |
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Noise and
vibrations. |
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Intense light. |
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Dangerous and
harmful radiation. |
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Atmospheric
pressure changes. |
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Static and dynamic
electricity. |
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The company is
committed to providing effective means of risk
prevention and mitigation, including means of |
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providing first aid, rescue and cleanliness in
workplaces |
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The company and its branches are committed to
following the required procedures, precautionary
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stipulations required to prevent fire risks, which
are: |
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All firefighting
tools used must conform to Egyptian
specifications |
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Maintaining
firefighting and prevention equipment by using
the latest tools and providing warning and early
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warning equipment |
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The company is
committed to inform the concerned government
body of the contingency plan and any |
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amendments
therein. |
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Applying all of the
above-mentioned procedures to ensure: |
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Individual safety
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Equipment safety
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Building safety |
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The company is committed to applying the laws and
regulations required to protect environment as
follows: |
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Preventing smoking |
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Collecting and
disposing of waste |
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Getting rid of
liquid and solid wastes to preserve
environmental safety |
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Applying all laws
related to the fifth section of Labor Law 12 for
the year 2003 |
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EGYTRANS joins the UN
global Compact |
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On Tuesday, August 25, 2009 the
Egyptian Company for
Transport and Commercial Services
(EGYTRANS) joined the UN Global Compact. The compact
constitutes a framework that allows committed companies
to align their operations and strategies with ten
globally accepted principles in the areas of human
rights, labor, environment and fighting corruption. The
Global Compact is considered the largest global
initiative to create a sense of corporate citizenship -
as thousands of people from more than 100 countries all
over the world have joined it. |
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The UN Global Compact
asks companies to embrace, support and enact within
their sphere of influence, a set of core values: |
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Human rights
Principle 1
Businesses should support and respect the protection
of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2
make sure that they are not complicit in human
rights abuses. |
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Labor
Principle 3
Businesses should uphold the freedom of association
and the effective recognition of the right to
collective bargaining;
Principle 4
the elimination of all forms of forced and
compulsory labor;
Principle 5
the effective abolition of child labor; and
Principle 6
the elimination of discrimination in respect of
employment
and occupation |
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Environment
Principe 7
Businesses are asked to support a precautionary
approach to environmental challenges;
Principle 8
undertake initiatives to promote greater
environmental responsibility; and
Principle 9
encourages the development and diffusion of
environmentally friendly technologies |
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Anti-corrupt ion
Principle 10
Businesses should work against corruption in all its
forms, including extortion and bribery. |
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EGYTRANS has committed
to complying with these principles in its workplaces
and processes and with all stakeholders beginning
from the date of joining the compact. |
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