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integrated the stuff copied from SA 8000. This should furher be integrated into w:SA8000

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 '''SA8000 is an Social Accountability Certification for production sites developed by Social Accountability International.'''
-'''See [[w:SA8000]] for more information'''
+It is the most established certification system for '''Social Accountability'''.
-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.
+It is much modelled after [[ISO 14000]] and [[ISO 9000]] families of standards.
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-==Moved from [[SA 8000]] which is now a redirect here==
+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.
-'''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.'''
+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 most established certification system for '''Social Accountability''' is called '''SA 8000'''.
-It is similar in structure to [[ISO 14000]] and [[ISO 9000]] series standards.  Combining 8000 and 9000 standards yields what we call a [[work description]].
+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.
-SA 8000 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.
+See also [[Cocoa Protocol]] for a commodity sector approach to this issue.
-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.
+'''See [[w:SA8000]] for more information'''
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+'''Note:'''
-See also [[Cocoa Protocol]] for a [[commodity sector]] approach to this issue.
+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.
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-== External links ==
+'''External links'''
+* http://www.dnvcert.com/DNV/Certification1/Services/CorporateSocialRespons/SA8000/SA8000/
-http://www.dnvcert.com/DNV/Certification1/Services/CorporateSocialRespons/SA8000/SA8000/