1. SA8000 Standard and Background SA8000 Social Responsibility Standard is a new international trade standard following the ISO9000 quality management system and the IS014000 environmental management system. SA8000 currently involves only human rights and health, safety, and equal opportunity and some core elements. The initial review, but with the continuous revision and improvement, the standard can be developed into a final law to cover a wide range of ethical, social and environmental standards, and into an international standard like the ISO standard. The basis of SA800 is the same as the ISO9000 quality management system and the IS014000 environmental management system. It is an international standard that can be audited by a third-party certification body. Industry insiders believe that there are three costs for the SA8000 - assessing the current situation, setting the system principles and procedures, controlling and recording the time cost, remedial measures, third-party certification review and continuous control and supervision review. The SA8000 standard is derived from the International Association of Trade Unions, the International Declaration of Human Rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This standard has both supporters and opponents, but it has gradually been used as a means to gain a competitive advantage. 2. SA8000 Standard Objectives and Main Contents SA8000 focuses on the quality of human life and requires the protection of laborers' rights and interests. It can be said that the use of orders to link labor rights with the help of external forces to improve the treatment of workers, is a sign that the economy is people-oriented and has become a global trend. So the purpose is correct. The main contents of the SA8000 standard include the following five aspects: 2.1 About the core labor standards (1) Child labor. Companies should not use or support the use of child labor. The necessary measures should be taken with other people or interest groups to ensure that children and young people who are required to be educated locally are not allowed to be placed in unsafe or unhealthy working environments and conditions. (2) Forced labor. The company may not use or support the use of forced labor, nor may it require the employee to pay a deposit or deposit an ID card at the start of employment. (3) The right to freedom. The company should respect the freedom of association and collective bargaining of all employees. (4) Discrimination. The company may not discriminate against employees in terms of employment, remuneration, training, promotion, or retirement due to race, social class, nationality, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, union membership, or political ownership; Sexual, abusive and exploitative sexual intrusions, including gestures, language, and physical contact. (5) Punishment measures. Companies must not engage in or support corporal punishment. Spirit and inner body coercion and language insult. 2.2 Working hours and wages (1) The company should not always require employees to work more than 48 hours a week, and should have at least one day off every 7 days; the weekly overtime should not exceed 12 hours, except in special circumstances and short-term Business studies must not require overtime; they should ensure that they receive extra allowances for overtime. (2) The salary paid by the company to employees is not lower than the legal or industry minimum standard, and must be sufficient to meet the basic needs of employees and paid in the form of employees' convenience such as cash or cheques; the deduction of wages must not be punitive It should be ensured that no purely labor-type contractual arrangements or a false apprenticeship system are adopted to circumvent the obligations owed by the relevant parties to the relevant laws. 2.3. Health and safety The company should have knowledge to avoid various industrial and specific hazards, provide employees with a safe and healthy work environment, take adequate measures to reduce the risk factors at work, and try to prevent accidents or health injuries; for all Employees provide safety and hygiene and living conditions, including clean bathrooms, safe and secure dorms, and hygienic food storage equipment. 2.4. Management System The company's senior management shall formulate corporate policies in line with this standard in line with social responsibility and labor conditions, and periodically review this; Appoint a full-time senior management representative to take specific responsibility, and allow non-management to select a representative to communicate with them and establish appropriate The procedures to prove that the selected suppliers and subcontractors meet the requirements of this standard. 3. The SA8000 standard should strive to correctly understand and actively respond to the consensus among Chinese experts that the SA8000 may become a technical barrier to trade of new products in China. Domestic enterprises and relevant government departments should make early preparations to avoid becoming passive when barriers are fully formed. There is no support for the SA8000 international. The SA8000's "evaluation, repatriation, global diversification, and homogenization" clauses caused great controversy because there was no universal culture. However, some people think that the value of the SA8000 is that if it is applied to global companies rather than those headquartered in the United States, he will provide a standard or program on this issue. The legal process can correct most of the ills, but it is a way to solve and stop the problem. The SA8000 will be popular in the future because it wishes to show its willingness to improve the working environment and working conditions. This standard system is praised almost all over the world because it stipulates problems that other systems avoid. Experts pointed out that many companies now adopt the "wait and see" attitude toward the SA8000. Many people believe that the SA8000 is correct, and that it can basically control costs effectively, and it is much better than the actions of individual companies. Among them, Asian countries are particularly interested, especially China. According to experts, the SA8000 will eventually be as widely accepted as the ISO9000 quality management system and the ISO14000 environmental management system. The SA8000 has the potential to be widely used because the ultimate beneficiaries are consumers all over the world. Everyone can understand these principles and, when appropriate, they will get a wider understanding and application because wholesalers want to retain their retail customers. Will choose to purchase from ethical factories. This is another implication of quality and a point of purchase that they provide, indicating that certification only authorizes companies with good working standards. It is undeniable that some labor-intensive industries, especially those that are labor-intensive, are extremely miserable for the workers of private and foreign-funded enterprises. Workers are treated inhumanely. The phenomenon of instrumentalization is still serious, making the SA8000 a dangling capital The Krislie sword is indeed necessary. As long as the company conscientiously implements the basic laws such as the labor laws, production safety laws, and environmental protection laws prescribed by the state, it truly puts people first in the production and operation process, and strengthens the company's consciousness of consciously observing the laws and rules of the game. Under normal circumstances, passing the SA8000 certification should be only a technology. The procedural confirmation process. 4. The SA8000 has come to China. The recent SA8000 certification has quietly entered China. This is another powerful international trade standard following anti-dumping investigations and green barriers to make the labor-intensive industries in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta shake up. Many European and American wholesalers and retailers have explicitly requested production companies to apply for SA8000 certification as soon as possible, and orders are linked to it. Although SA8000 is not a national enforcement standard, it is not an official act. It is a private certification standard. However, not mandatory is not necessarily not bad, because some famous brands in Europe and America in order to maintain its popularity, credibility and the United States and the United States to require them to do OEM production and processing companies must pass SA8000 certification, you want to order you have to do. This is a trend that is likely to spread. It does not rule out the possibility that some strong countries and strong groups use the SA8000 standard as a protectionist weapon. It is understood that the German Import Association has formulated the "Social Conduct Guidelines," which stipulates that German importers should be authorized by the SA8000 Association to review the social behavior of their suppliers (exporters). This guideline may be used by importers associations in France and the Netherlands. As all three countries are the EU's main import markets for textiles and garments, the import share accounts for more than 50% of Europe, and this requirement will bring tremendous pressure to China's export enterprises. Traditional trade organizations such as the United States, France and Italy that are purchasing Chinese light industrial products are also discussing an agreement to require Chinese textile and apparel, toys and footwear manufacturing companies to pass the SA8000 certification as the basis for selecting suppliers. However, the impact of SA8000 did not attract the attention of most domestic enterprises and relevant departments. In light of this, experts pointed out that new trade barriers such as social responsibility standards have a dual nature of being reasonable and unreasonable, and are very hidden and complex. At the same time, new trade barriers involve technology, Faro, and administrative management and other aspects and various departments. Domestic enterprises and government departments need to respond early to improve the overall competitiveness of enterprises and break new trade barriers. Fortunately, some companies and media in the automotive industry have recently begun to pay attention to the SA8000 and started some consulting activities.
The automotive industry should focus on the SA8000 standard
1. SA8000 Standard and Background SA8000 Social Responsibility Standard is a new international trade standard following the ISO9000 quality management system and the IS014000 environmental management system. SA8000 currently involves only human rights and health, safety, and equal opportunity and some core elements. The initial review, but with the continuous revision and improvement, the standard can be developed into a final law to cover a wide range of ethical, social and environmental standards, and into an international standard like the ISO standard. The basis of SA800 is the same as the ISO9000 quality management system and the IS014000 environmental management system. It is an international standard that can be audited by a third-party certification body. Industry insiders believe that there are three costs for the SA8000 - assessing the current situation, setting the system principles and procedures, controlling and recording the time cost, remedial measures, third-party certification review and continuous control and supervision review. The SA8000 standard is derived from the International Association of Trade Unions, the International Declaration of Human Rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This standard has both supporters and opponents, but it has gradually been used as a means to gain a competitive advantage. 2. SA8000 Standard Objectives and Main Contents SA8000 focuses on the quality of human life and requires the protection of laborers' rights and interests. It can be said that the use of orders to link labor rights with the help of external forces to improve the treatment of workers, is a sign that the economy is people-oriented and has become a global trend. So the purpose is correct. The main contents of the SA8000 standard include the following five aspects: 2.1 About the core labor standards (1) Child labor. Companies should not use or support the use of child labor. The necessary measures should be taken with other people or interest groups to ensure that children and young people who are required to be educated locally are not allowed to be placed in unsafe or unhealthy working environments and conditions. (2) Forced labor. The company may not use or support the use of forced labor, nor may it require the employee to pay a deposit or deposit an ID card at the start of employment. (3) The right to freedom. The company should respect the freedom of association and collective bargaining of all employees. (4) Discrimination. The company may not discriminate against employees in terms of employment, remuneration, training, promotion, or retirement due to race, social class, nationality, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation, union membership, or political ownership; Sexual, abusive and exploitative sexual intrusions, including gestures, language, and physical contact. (5) Punishment measures. Companies must not engage in or support corporal punishment. Spirit and inner body coercion and language insult. 2.2 Working hours and wages (1) The company should not always require employees to work more than 48 hours a week, and should have at least one day off every 7 days; the weekly overtime should not exceed 12 hours, except in special circumstances and short-term Business studies must not require overtime; they should ensure that they receive extra allowances for overtime. (2) The salary paid by the company to employees is not lower than the legal or industry minimum standard, and must be sufficient to meet the basic needs of employees and paid in the form of employees' convenience such as cash or cheques; the deduction of wages must not be punitive It should be ensured that no purely labor-type contractual arrangements or a false apprenticeship system are adopted to circumvent the obligations owed by the relevant parties to the relevant laws. 2.3. Health and safety The company should have knowledge to avoid various industrial and specific hazards, provide employees with a safe and healthy work environment, take adequate measures to reduce the risk factors at work, and try to prevent accidents or health injuries; for all Employees provide safety and hygiene and living conditions, including clean bathrooms, safe and secure dorms, and hygienic food storage equipment. 2.4. Management System The company's senior management shall formulate corporate policies in line with this standard in line with social responsibility and labor conditions, and periodically review this; Appoint a full-time senior management representative to take specific responsibility, and allow non-management to select a representative to communicate with them and establish appropriate The procedures to prove that the selected suppliers and subcontractors meet the requirements of this standard. 3. The SA8000 standard should strive to correctly understand and actively respond to the consensus among Chinese experts that the SA8000 may become a technical barrier to trade of new products in China. Domestic enterprises and relevant government departments should make early preparations to avoid becoming passive when barriers are fully formed. There is no support for the SA8000 international. The SA8000's "evaluation, repatriation, global diversification, and homogenization" clauses caused great controversy because there was no universal culture. However, some people think that the value of the SA8000 is that if it is applied to global companies rather than those headquartered in the United States, he will provide a standard or program on this issue. The legal process can correct most of the ills, but it is a way to solve and stop the problem. The SA8000 will be popular in the future because it wishes to show its willingness to improve the working environment and working conditions. This standard system is praised almost all over the world because it stipulates problems that other systems avoid. Experts pointed out that many companies now adopt the "wait and see" attitude toward the SA8000. Many people believe that the SA8000 is correct, and that it can basically control costs effectively, and it is much better than the actions of individual companies. Among them, Asian countries are particularly interested, especially China. According to experts, the SA8000 will eventually be as widely accepted as the ISO9000 quality management system and the ISO14000 environmental management system. The SA8000 has the potential to be widely used because the ultimate beneficiaries are consumers all over the world. Everyone can understand these principles and, when appropriate, they will get a wider understanding and application because wholesalers want to retain their retail customers. Will choose to purchase from ethical factories. This is another implication of quality and a point of purchase that they provide, indicating that certification only authorizes companies with good working standards. It is undeniable that some labor-intensive industries, especially those that are labor-intensive, are extremely miserable for the workers of private and foreign-funded enterprises. Workers are treated inhumanely. The phenomenon of instrumentalization is still serious, making the SA8000 a dangling capital The Krislie sword is indeed necessary. As long as the company conscientiously implements the basic laws such as the labor laws, production safety laws, and environmental protection laws prescribed by the state, it truly puts people first in the production and operation process, and strengthens the company's consciousness of consciously observing the laws and rules of the game. Under normal circumstances, passing the SA8000 certification should be only a technology. The procedural confirmation process. 4. The SA8000 has come to China. The recent SA8000 certification has quietly entered China. This is another powerful international trade standard following anti-dumping investigations and green barriers to make the labor-intensive industries in the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta shake up. Many European and American wholesalers and retailers have explicitly requested production companies to apply for SA8000 certification as soon as possible, and orders are linked to it. Although SA8000 is not a national enforcement standard, it is not an official act. It is a private certification standard. However, not mandatory is not necessarily not bad, because some famous brands in Europe and America in order to maintain its popularity, credibility and the United States and the United States to require them to do OEM production and processing companies must pass SA8000 certification, you want to order you have to do. This is a trend that is likely to spread. It does not rule out the possibility that some strong countries and strong groups use the SA8000 standard as a protectionist weapon. It is understood that the German Import Association has formulated the "Social Conduct Guidelines," which stipulates that German importers should be authorized by the SA8000 Association to review the social behavior of their suppliers (exporters). This guideline may be used by importers associations in France and the Netherlands. As all three countries are the EU's main import markets for textiles and garments, the import share accounts for more than 50% of Europe, and this requirement will bring tremendous pressure to China's export enterprises. Traditional trade organizations such as the United States, France and Italy that are purchasing Chinese light industrial products are also discussing an agreement to require Chinese textile and apparel, toys and footwear manufacturing companies to pass the SA8000 certification as the basis for selecting suppliers. However, the impact of SA8000 did not attract the attention of most domestic enterprises and relevant departments. In light of this, experts pointed out that new trade barriers such as social responsibility standards have a dual nature of being reasonable and unreasonable, and are very hidden and complex. At the same time, new trade barriers involve technology, Faro, and administrative management and other aspects and various departments. Domestic enterprises and government departments need to respond early to improve the overall competitiveness of enterprises and break new trade barriers. Fortunately, some companies and media in the automotive industry have recently begun to pay attention to the SA8000 and started some consulting activities.