REPORTS ON THE ETI IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2006
The ETI code of labour practice: Do workers really benefit?

 

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About this study

This summary is based on the findings and recommendations of a study commissioned by the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (IDS) between 2003 and 2006. ETI is an alliance of companies, trade union and non-government organisations committed to improving working conditions in global supply chains. ETI company members require their suppliers to comply with the ETI Base Code, a code of labour practice based on international labour standards (summarised below). After five years of operation, ETI wanted to assess:

• how its member companies were implementing the ETI Base Code;
• the impact of members’ activities on workers in the supply chain;
• how the impact of members’ work could be improved.

 

Note

The full findings, recommendations and methodology, including examples of good practice and quotes from workers, are available in ten reports which can be downloaded free of charge by following the links above right, and from www.ids.ac.uk.

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This series of reports has been prepared by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the views expressed do not necesarily represent the views of ETI or of its member organisations. IDS is responsible for the accuracy of information contained in the document and its recommendations have not necessarily been endorsed by ETI.

© Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, 2006

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See also:

A preliminary response by the Ethical Trading Initiative to IDS’ study (19 October 2006)

ETI Activities: Research projects: Impact assessment.

ETI Events: Conferences: Biennial conference 2005: Workshop - Assessing our impact