You can show your concern for social or environmental problems that your company may have caused by establishing an accommodating response. This is your company's way of taking responsibility for any negative impacts its activities may have caused. By doing so, not only will your company be more environmentally and socially adept, but you will likely bridge gaps you may have made with other companies and individuals along the way without having to involve them.

There are many ways your company can practice accommodating response management. Take these tips into consideration when planning your response:

1. Evaluate your company's treatment of the environment. An accommodating response can reposition your relationship with the environment.

2. Create an accommodating response toward the social organizations that you may not have otherwise considered.

3. Rewrite your company's policies and mission statement to reflect your new goals, taking social and environmental issues into consideration.

Action Steps
The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Evaluate your company's relationship with the environment to create your accommodating response

Does your company recycle? Do any of your buildings or machinery omit pollution into the air? Have you tried to limit the amount of paper by going electronic? There are many daily activities that you may not have considered as being harmful to the environment, but when you go back to evaluate your daily practices there are ways you can reposition your company to be more environmentally friendly. After collecting your accommodating response information, be sure to let those whom you may have been negatively effecting know about your changes.

I recommend: Look into established recycling programs in your area such as Portland's Recycle at Work program. These types of programs can help you keep on track while introducing new practices into the workplace. Another green effort may be to encourage your employees to carpool. Sites like iCarpool.com make it easy for your employees to find others who are also looking to carpool in your area.

Think about social organizations when forming your company's accommodating response

You don't have to be an accommodating response expert to know that taking responsibility for your company's social interactions is key to repositioning your company. If you have created social issues by any of your practices, now is the time to right the wrongs and use your accommodating response to help create a new face for your company.

I recommend: You could sponsor a local expo such as Monterrey's Sustainable Ag Expo to show your commitment to the community and to a cause. You could also donate to good causes such as the American Red Cross.

Revamp what your company stands for with your accommodating response

Take this time to create permanent changes in your company. In order to hold yourself and your employees to these changes, put them in writing. By rewriting your policies and mission statement, you will hold the whole company accountable. Taking accommodating response advice seriously is the first step toward taking a new stance.

I recommend: Template Zone can make rewriting your company's policies a snap. It has all the resources you need to update your company handbook. Bplans.com also offers company resources to help you write new business plans and mission statements.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

• •  There are many reasons why companies feel they need to create an accommodating response. Whatever the reason is for your company, make sure you are addressing all of the issues -- and the right ones at that. Get feedback from your employees, the community and whoever else can help you to get your company's environmental and social issues back on track.