SA 8000
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Social Accountability 8000 (SA 8000) is an international standard for social accountability management systems. It was developed in 1997 by Social Accountability International, formerly the Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency, by an advisory board consisting of trade unions, NGOs, civil society organizations and companies. The SA 8000's criteria were developed from various industry and corporate codes to create a common standard for social welfare compliance. The goal of the standard is to encourage organizations to develop, maintain, and apply socially acceptable practices in
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Vinony files it under International standards, Social concepts and Social responsibility.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
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Social Accountability 8000 (SA 8000) is an international standard for social accountability management systems. It was developed in 1997 by Social Accountability International, formerly the Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency, by an advisory board consisting of trade unions, NGOs, civil society organizations and companies. The SA 8000's criteria were developed from various industry and corporate codes to create a common standard for social welfare compliance. The goal of the standard is to encourage organizations to develop, maintain, and apply socially acceptable practices in the workplace, and to be able to provide assurance to external parties that social accountability is being effectively implemented by an organisation. The standard was designed to fit into an integrated management system.
==History== SA8000 was initially developed in 1997 by Social Accountability International, formerly the Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency. The current (2014) version of the standard is built on earlier 2001, 2004 and 2008 versions. , a working draft is in place which is intended to become a new 2026 standard.
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