A Complete & Comprehensive Guide To Social Accountability Standards, Practices & Requirements

The Book is Divided in Three Parts 

Part 1: Social Accountability: International Standards 

• Social accountability and its significance 
• Social accountability standards 
• Social accountability - An imperative 
• Social compliance - Only ethical and decent way to generate profits - Some case studies
• Core elements of social accountability 
• social accountability 8000 (SA 8000)
• Fair labour association 
• Ethical trading initiatives
• World - wide responsible accredited production
• AVE sector model of social accountability 
• International council of Toy Industries
• Business Social compliance initiative (BSCI)
• Customs - Trade partnership against terrorism (C-TPAT)
• ILO conventions and recommendations in SA  

Part 2: Elements of Social Accountability 

• Child labour
• Forced labour
• Health and safety
• Freedom of association, collective bargaining and right to organize
• Disciplinary practices 
• Discrimination
• Working hours
• Wages, overtime, compensation and remuneration 
• Management systems and environmental issues

Part 3: Social Audits and Practices

• Social audit
• Social auditors
• social audit process
• Draft SA policy
• Common abuses of SA norms in factories
• SA standards and labour laws of India
• SA elements and labour laws of Bangladesh
• SA elements and labour laws of Sri Lanka
• SA elements and labour laws of Nepal