Detailed information on SA8000

With ever increasing frequency, companies are coming under scrutiny from governments, customers, trade unions, human-rights groups, and others to prove that their activities are conducted in a way which is socially acceptable to those who may be touched by it.
The notion of ‘social accountability’ is not a new one. International organizations, trade unions, human-rights lobbyists and regulators have long strove to eliminate the inequities of the workplace. Child labor and prison/forced labor continue to be pivotal issues in many areas of the world. Most of us will buy goods manufactured under conditions that we would never admit. Illegal labor and discriminatory practices are still usual, even in the ‘developed world’.