Oct 07 (IPS) – Aruna Kashyap is senior counsel for business and human rights at Human Rights WatchThe recent refusal by five international auditing firms to inspect for labor abuses in Xinjiang was the right response to the severe human rights violations there. But this is a moment for the auditing and certifications industry, which assesses the compliance of work sites with human rights and labor rights standards, to rethink its approach to “social audits”—periodic workplace inspections—everywhere.
Read the full story, “Social Audit Reforms and the Labor Rights Ruse”, on globalissues.org →
Oct 07 (IPS) – Aruna Kashyap is senior counsel for business and human rights at Human Rights WatchThe recent refusal by five international auditing firms to inspect for labor abuses in Xinjiang was the right response to the severe human rights violations there. But this is a moment for the auditing and certifications industry, which assesses the compliance of work sites with human rights and labor rights standards, to rethink its approach to “social audits”—periodic workplace inspections—everywhere.Read the full story, “Social Audit Reforms and the Labor Rights Ruse”, on globalissues.org →