Introduction Of SA8000 Standard Certification

The standard of social moral responsibility is Social Accountability 8000 or SA8000.

Since its appearance in 1997, it has received great public attention and aroused strong reactions in the US and European business community.

Experts believe that SA8000 is another important international standard after ISO9000 and ISO14000, and will become ISO standard sooner or later.

SA8000 certification will become another important weapon in the international market competition.

SA8000 -- the first standard of social moral responsibility in the world is a new standard for standardizing moral behavior of organizations, and has been used as the criterion of third party certification.

SA8000 certification is based on the requirements of this standard to examine and evaluate whether the organization is in line with the basic standards of protecting human rights, and can apply and implement SA8000 in all the industrial and commercial fields of the world.

The main contents of SA8000 are as follows:

1) child labor (Child Labor); 2) forced labor (Forced Labor); 3) health and safety (Health & Safety); 4) the right to organize trade unions free and collective bargaining (Freedom of Association and Right and); 5) discrimination; (6) disciplinary measures (7); working hours (8); wages (9); 9) management system.

The role of SA8000 certification includes:

1. reduce the second party audit of foreign customers to suppliers and save costs.

2. greater compliance with local regulatory requirements;

3., establish international credibility;

4., it is suitable for consumers to establish positive emotions for products.

5., make partners establish long-term confidence in enterprises.

SA8000, as the criterion of third party audit and certification, can be used for conformity assessment of organizations, thus confirming the conformity of organization and standard requirements.

Similarly, the second party audit can be carried out according to SA8000, and the supply chain of the company can be audited.

A comprehensive review of the signing of the service industry should be carried out. The facts and evidence should be compared with the contract to ensure that there is no act of coercion and oppression of the workers.

Although SA8000 has not yet been plated into ISO international standard, it has been internationally recognized, and more importantly, it is arousing widespread concern and enthusiasm in the global organization.

With the constant revision and improvement of SA8000, the standard will eventually develop into a standard that covers a wide range of ethics, society and environment.