SA8000:2008
The intent of SA8000 is to provide a system based on international human rights norms and national labour laws. These protect and empower all personnel within a company’s scope of control and influence who produce products or provide services for that company, including personnel employed by the company itself, as well as by its suppliers / subcontractors, sub-suppliers, and home workers.
SA8000 is verifiable through an evidence based process. Its requirements are applied universally, regardless of a company’s size, geographic location, or industry sector.
Complying with the requirements for social accountability of this standard will enable a company to: a) Develop, maintain, and enforce policies and procedures in order to manage those issues which it can control or influence; b) Credibly demonstrate to interested parties that existing company policies, procedures, and practices conform to the requirements of the standard.
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