BSCI Code of Conduct——知识讲义.pdfVIP

BSCI Code of Conduct1 The present BSCI Code of Conduct version 1/2014 aims at setting up the values and principles that the BSCI Participants strive to implement in their supply chains. It was approved by the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) Board on 28 November 2013 and overrules the BSCI Code of Conduct version 2009 in all its translations. The present BSCI Code of Conduct consists of three major sections of information: a) Preamble, Interpretation, Our Values and Implementation, which apply to all Business Enterprises; b) Principles, which address more specifically the BSCI Participants’ Business Partners and c) BSCI Terms of Implementation, BSCI Reference and BSCI Glossary, which are integral parts of the Code and provide more detailed information on interpretation and implementation of the BSCI. The BSCI Code of Conduct version 1/2014 enters into force on 1 January 2014. BSCI monitoring against the principles of this Code will start in January 2015. Therefore, audits against the BSCI Code version 2009 will no longer be valid as of January 2015. The English version of this document is the legally binding one. I. Preamble The Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) was launched by the Foreign Trade Association FTA, acknowledging that international trade is an essential vehicle for human prosperity and social economic growth. This code of conduct (the BSCI Code of Conduct) is a set of principles and values that reflect the beliefs of BSCI Participants and the expectations they have towards their business partners. The BSCI Code of Conduct refers to international conventions such as the Universal Declaration of Human R