Supply-chain: social audits caught in the compliance trap?

Published on Jun 12, 2020

Widely used by companies to protect their brands by ensuring that their suppliers comply with the main principles of respect for human rights, social audits are regularly criticized for their lack of reliability and effectiveness. For some, they even have the perverse effect of contributing to human rights violations. In order to remedy this, the NGO RH Sans Frontières advocates an alternative approach, based on an understanding of the risks and not on compliance. Explanations.

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