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413 <span class="link__text">CISR Launches Responsible Influence Certification Program</span> 414 </a> 415 </h3> 416 </div> 417 <div class="basic-card__text">The Center for Industry Self-Regulation's Institute for Responsible Influence, an initiative dedicated to advancing transparency, accountability, and trust in the U.S. creator economy, launched its Responsible Influence Certification Program. The new program equips creators with tools to meet truth-in-advertising standards and supports brands and agencies in partnering with creators in ways that promote transparency, accountability, and consumer trust.</div> 418 </div> 419 </li> 420 </ul> 421 </div> 422 </div> 423</div> 424 425 426 427</div> 428 429<div class="anchor-to-section" id=""> 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437<div class="text-section theme-normal text-section--cols-1 text-section--text-column"> 438 <div class="container"> 439 <section> 440 <h2><p class="p1" id="isPasted"><span class="s1">What is Soft Law?</span></p></h2> 441 442 <div class="richtext"> 443<p class="p1" id="isPasted">In contrast to âhard law,â such as state and government laws, agency regulations, and the corresponding power of government to enforce it with a legally binding structure,<span class="s1"> âsoft lawâ mechanisms, such as independent industry self-regulation, are flexible and responsive systems that allow businesses to establish industry guidelines, codes of conduct, standards, and other best practices to guide responsible industry-wide behavior, hold each other accountable, and improve the industry without being codified into binding law.</span></p> </div> 444 </section> 445 </div> 446</div> 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459<div class="video-section theme-normal"> 460 <div class="video-section__wrap"> 461 <div class="container"> 462 <div class="video-section__video-wrap"> 463 <div class="youtube-embed" data-video-src="https://youtu.be/-xoZGM7p5-U"> 464 <img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/-xoZGM7p5-U/hqdefault.jpg" loading="lazy"> 465 <button aria-label="Play video"></button> 466 </div> 467 </div> 468 </div> 469 </div> 470</div> 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480<div class="text-section cisr-National-Blue text-section--cols-1 text-section--text-adjacent"> 481 <div class="container"> 482 <section> 483 <h2><p class="p1" id="isPasted"><span class="s1">Our Mission</span></p></h2> 484 485 <div class="richtext"> 486<p class="p1" id="isPasted"><span class="s1"><strong>What We Do</strong></span></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Center for Industry Self-Regulation (CISR), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, was created by BBB National Programs to harness the historic power of self-regulation, a form of soft law, to empower business accountability. CISR is dedicated to research that supports the development of new initiatives and the education of the general public on the conditions necessary for industry self-regulation to succeed.</span></p> <footer> 487 <a href="#footerForm" class="btn btn--secondary">Join Our Work</a> 488 </footer> 489 </div> 490 </section> 491 </div> 492</div> 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502<div class="horizontal-rule theme-inverse bg-color-variant-1 horizontal-rule--space-none"> 503 <div class="container"> 504 <div class="horizontal-rule__rule"></div> 505 </div> 506</div> 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516<div class="text-section cisr-National-Blue text-section--cols-2"> 517 <div class="container"> 518 <section> 519 <h3><p>For Funders</p></h3> 520 521 <div class="richtext"> 522<p class="p1" id="isPasted"><span class="s1"><strong><strong><img data-fr-image-pasted="true" src="/getmedia/92ea09d1-c3a7-4811-8862-556206001ef2/CISR-Page_For-Businesses.png" alt="Bu
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How do we anticipate the new normal of safety, security and data protection, while ensuring that businesses remain on a level playing field and consumers are heard?</span></p> </div> 659 </section> 660 <section> 661 <h3><p id="isPasted">Agentic AI & Autonomous Systems</p></h3> 662 <div class="richtext"> 663 <p id="isPasted">As AI evolves into autonomous, decision-making systems, questions arise around accountability, transparency, and governance. How should industry define responsible behavior, and what frameworks are needed to ensure oversight, manage risk, and maintain auditability while enabling innovation?</p> 664 </div> 665 </section> 666 </div> 667</div> 668 669 670 671</div> 672 673<div class="anchor-to-section" id=""> 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681<section class="content-hero cisr-Intersectional-Blue content-hero--regular content-hero--img-sm"> 682 <div class="content-hero__wrap"> 683 <div class="container"> 684 <h2>Soft Law Summit</h2> 685 <div class="content-hero__bg-wrap" aria-hidden="true"> 686 <img src="/getmedia/d69852bd-ed7b-47e9-8e8b-f74f93f4b48f/SLS25_EventGraphic.png" 687 srcSet="/getmedia/d69852bd-ed7b-47e9-8e8b-f74f93f4b48f/SLS25_EventGraphic.png 958w, /getmedia/d69852bd-ed7b-47e9-8e8b-f74f93f4b48f/SLS25_EventGraphic.png 959w" 688 sizes="(max-width: 958px) 958px, 959px" 689 alt="Soft Law Summit Advancing Industry Self-Regulation" 690 loading="lazy" > 691 </div> 692 <div class="content-hero__content"> 693 <div class="content-hero__copy"> 694 <p id="isPasted">The 2026 Soft Law Summit will be held on November 17, 2026, in Washington, DC. 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