The Responsible Competitiveness Index 2003 explores the potential for corporate responsibility practices to contribute to national competitiveness. Drawing on two years research by AccountAbility and The Copenhagen Centre, the report sets out the first annual results of two, newly-designed, innovative, country-level performance indexes:

-The National Corporate Responsibility Index describes the comparative performance of 51 countries in providing an enabling environment for responsible business practices in the future.

-The Responsible Competitiveness Index explores the links between corporate responsibility and the national competitiveness of the same group of countries.