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The SA8000 Social Accountability Standard is one of the best known and most comprehensive social auditing standards. It draws from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention for the Rights of the Child and a number of ILO Conventions. The first Standard was published in 1997 and revised in 2001 by Social Accountability International (SAI). To celebrate its 10 years of existence, Deborah Leipziger has brought together various stakeholders who have used SA8000 in the past in this interesting, if somewhat biased book. One of the reasons for SA8000's success and longevity has been its ability to bring together a wide range of different stakeholders, such as companies, trade unions, auditors, NGOs, consultants and academics. All these different perspectives are represented in the book, with a strong emphasis in the first half of the book on corporate case studies. TNT, Tata, Otto, Gucci, Gap and Chiquita all share their valuable insights on working with SA8000 and integrating it within their Corporate Responsibility activities. These contributions offer real insight into the merits of SA8000. There are also chapters on how business associations and not for profit organisations have tapped into the SAI network and used the standard. The book does address some of the criticisms of voluntary certification in general and SA800 in particular, such as the difficulty in measuring its impact, but understandably focuses more on its achievements rather than its faults. If you're interested, ERM has published a critical assessment of some of SA8000's weaknesses. Nevertheless, this remains a good read for those interested in social auditing and certification. -- Oliver Dudok Van Heel, Founder, Living Values CSR International Book Review Digest, July 2009

The SA8000 Social Accountability Standard is one of the best known and most comprehensive social auditing standards. It draws from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention for the Rights of the Child and a number of ILO Conventions. The first Standard was published in 1997 and revised in 2001 by Social Accountability International (SAI). To celebrate its 10 years of existence, Deborah Leipziger has brought together various stakeholders who have used SA8000 in the past in this interesting, if somewhat biased book. One of the reasons for SA8000's success and longevity has been its ability to bring together a wide range of different stakeholders, such as companies, trade unions, auditors, NGOs, consultants and academics. All these different perspectives are represented in the book, with a strong emphasis in the first half of the book on corporate case studies. TNT, Tata, Otto, Gucci, Gap and Chiquita all share their valuable insights on working with SA8000 and integrating it within their Corporate Responsibility activities. These contributions offer real insight into the merits of SA8000. There are also chapters on how business associations and not for profit organisations have tapped into the SAI network and used the standard. The book does address some of the criticisms of voluntary certification in general and SA800 in particular, such as the difficulty in measuring its impact, but understandably focuses more on its achievements rather than its faults. If you're interested, ERM has published a critical assessment of some of SA8000's weaknesses. Nevertheless, this remains a good read for those interested in social auditing and certification. -- Oliver Dudok Van Heel, Founder, Living Values * <i>CSR International Book Review Digest</i>, July 2009 *

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Deborah Leipziger is well known for her book ""The Corporate Responsibility Code Book"", published in 2003 and considered to be one of the key reference books in the field of CSR. ""SA8000: The First Decade"" is an extension of Ms Leipziger's work over a 17-year career in the field of CSR, in which she has played a role in the development of many social standards, including SA8000 and the Ethical Trading Initiative, and advised many others.

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