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Old and In the Way

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1. Getting businesses to conform to the tenants of ISO 26000 would be a good start.

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Fri Feb 17, 2012, 05:53 PM

Feb 2012

I'd prefer to see an internationally recognized auditing procedure that makes an ISO 26000 designation the bare minimum for engaging with businesses wrt to how their employee's are treated. ISO 9000 is a basic yardstick for businesses to say "we control our business processes". ISO 14000 is the benchmark of environmental standards for waste management and environmental pollution control. ISO 26000 ought to be demanded by the buyer as a base minimum benchmark for fair treatment of workers.

http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/management_and_leadership_standards/social_responsibility/sr_discovering_iso26000.htm

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Getting businesses to conform to the tenants of ISO 26000 would be a good start. Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #1