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| '''SA8000 is an Social Accountability Certification for production sites developed by Social Accountability International.''' | | '''SA8000''' is an Social Accountability certification system developed originally by The [[Council on Economic Priorities]] (CEP, which has practically dissappeared off the net or changed it's name) and is currently defined by [[Social Accountability International]] (SAI). SAI does not offer [[audit]]s or certifications based on the audits, they are available from third parties. |
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| It is the most established certification system for '''Social Accountability'''.
| | SA8000 is based on the [[UN]] [[declaration of human rights]], [[agreement on childrens rights]] and [[the basic rights of workers]] by [[ILO]]. SA8000 covers the following areas of accountability: |
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| It is much modelled after [[ISO 14000]] and [[ISO 9000]] families of standards.
| | *Child labour |
| | *Forced labour |
| | *Workplace safety and health |
| | *The right to organise |
| | *Discrimination |
| | *Workplace discipline |
| | *Working hours |
| | *Wages |
| | *Factory management |
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| SA8000 was initiated by [[Social Accountability International]] and basically attempts to enforce a [[social contract]] implied in [[international labour law]]. It is a comprehensive, global, verifiable standard for auditing and certifying compliance with corporate responsibility. It is applicable to both small and large companies that want to demonstrate to customers and other stakeholders that they care. The heart of the standard is the belief that all workplaces should be managed in such a manner that basic [[human rights]] are supported and that management is prepared to accept [[accountability]] for this.
| | The cost of acquiring a certification for a [[factory]] can be up to 10-12.000 USD. The cost is dependent on the size of the site and local price levels. |
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| The most basic commitment is that to eliminate [[w:slavery|human slavery]] in all workplaces. There are about 27 million people held in slavery worldwide, many of them in support or service or resource businesses that supply global enterprises.
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| The cost of acquiring a certification for a [[factory]] can be up to 10-12.000 USD. The cost is dependent on the size of the site and local price levels. | |
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| See also [[Cocoa Protocol]] for a commodity sector approach to this issue.
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| '''See [[w:SA8000]] for more information'''
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| '''Note:'''
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| There is an article on this in [[w:SA8000|Wikipedia: SA8000]] and if something mentioned here is not there it'll be integrated into the Wikipedia article where it can serve a wider audience.
| | * http://www.cepaa.org |
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| | * http://www.sa8000.org |
| '''External links'''
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| * http://www.sa-intl.org | | * http://www.sa-intl.org |
| * http://www.dnvcert.com/DNV/Certification1/Services/CorporateSocialRespons/SA8000/SA8000/
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