Other Resources

In this section we will include other relevant resources that do not relate strictly to a Base Code heading, as well as links to, and bibliographic references for material published by others, whether mirrored on this site or as external links to other sites. This will be developed over the coming months. It will remain highly selective, and links are not carried purely for 'link swap' purposes.

• Codes and ethical sourcing – general
• Auditing supply chains
• Building partnerships for ethical sourcing
• Business case for ethical sourcing
• Child labour
• Costs of compliance
• Gender
• Health and Safety
• Impact assessment
• Living Wage
• Smallholders

 

 

Codes and ethical sourcing – general

Ascoly, N., Oldenziel, J., Zeldenrust, I. Overview of Recent Developments on Monitoring and Verification in the Garment and Sportswear Industry in Europe; Amsterdam, SOMO Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2001

B&Q Being a Better Trading Neighbour: DIY guide to improving working conditions in developing countries; Eastleigh, B&Q, 1999

Blowfield, M.E. “Ethical Trade: a review of developments and issues”. In Third World Quarterly 20:4. Chichester, Wiley, 1999

Blowfield, M.E. “Ethical Sourcing: a contribution to sustainability or a diversion?” In Sustainable Development, November 2000

Blowfield, M.E. “Fundamentals of Ethical Trading/Sourcing in Poorer Countries”. In A Guide To Developing Agricultural Markets and Agro-Enterprises; Giovannucci, D. ed., Washington DC, World Bank, 2000

Christian Aid Change at the Check-out? - supermarkets and ethical business; London, Christian Aid, 1997

Ferguson, C. A Review of UK Company Codes of Conduct; London, Department for International Development, 1998

Gonella, C., Alison, P., Zadek, S., Making Values Count: contemporary experience in social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting; ACCA Research Report 57, 1998

Incomes Data Services and Cardiff Business School Corporate Codes of Conduct and Labour Standards in Global Sourcing, 1998

Insights, Special edition on ethical sourcing, March 2001, Falmer, Institute of Development Studies, 2001

Jenkins, R., Pearson, R., Seyfang, G. Corporate Responsibility and Labour Rights: Codes of Conduct in the Global Economy; U.K. and U.S.A., Earthscan Publications, 2002

Ladbury, S. Young, G., Gibbons, S. Mid-term Review: a review of the progress of the Ethical Trading Initiative for the UK Department of International Development; unpublished report, October 2000 – available from the ETI Secretariat

Malins, A., Blowfield, M.E., Nelson, V., Maynard, W., Gallat, S. Ethical Trade and Sustainable Rural Livelihoods; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, 1999

McIntosh, M., Leipziger, D., Jones, K., Coleman, G. Corporate Citizenship: successful strategies for responsible companies; London, Financial Times/Pitman, 1998

Murphy, D.Y., Bendell, J. Partners in Time? Business, NGOs and sustainable development. UNRISD Discussion Paper 109; Geneva, UNRISD, 1999

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme, Building Awareness and Support for Codes, Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, December 2001. One of a series of briefing papers on codes of practice in the fresh produce sector. Available from the ETI Secretariat

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Applying Codes of Practice in Third World Countries – what can supermarkets do to help? Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, April 2001. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Applying Codes of Practice in Third World Countries – what can standard-setting bodies do to help? Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, April 2001. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Applying Codes of Practice in Third World Countries – what can importers do to help? Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, April 2001. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Applying Codes of Practice in Third World Countries – what can grower associations do to help? Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, April 2001. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Applying Codes of Practice in Third World Countries – what can growers and exporters do to help? Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, April 2001. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

Pearson, R., Seyfang, G. “New Hope or False Dawn: voluntary codes of conduct, labour regulation and social policy in a globalizing world”. In Global Social Policy vol I:1 pp 49-78, London, Sage Publications, 2000

Peters G. Waltzing with the Raptors: a practical roadmap to protecting your company's reputation; Chichester, Wiley, 1999

PIRC Issues and Trends in Corporate Social Reporting: PIRC survey 1999; London, Pensions Investment Research Company, 1999

Seyfang, G. Private Sector Self-Regulation for Social Responsibility: mapping codes of conduct; Norwich, University of East Anglia, 1999

Tallontire, A., Blowfield, M.E. “Will the WTO Prevent the Growth of Ethical Trade: implications of the international policy environment for ethical trade schemes”. In Journal of International Development 12, 2000 pp 571-584

Wheeler, D., Sillanpää, M. The Stakeholder Corporation: A Blueprint for Maximising Stakeholder Value; Pitman Publishing, 1997

 

 

Auditing supply chains

Africa Now - A non-profit organisation, offering services auditing producers in the horticultural and manufacturing sector in Africa against codes of conduct and standards involving social, labour, and environmental issues, as well as providing training in compliance issues and procedures to UK and
internationally based corporate staff. For details see:
Africa Now - ethical auditing across Africa [PDF, 121kb]

Auret, D. Participatory Social Auditing of Labour Standards: A handbook for code of practice implementers; Harare, Agricultural Ethical Assurance Association of Zimbabwe, 2002.

O’Rourke, D. Monitoring the Monitors: a critique of Pricewaterhouse Coopers labor monitoring; Boston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000

O’Rourke, D. Smoke from a Hired Gun: a critique of Nike’s labor and environmental auditing in Vietnam as performed by Ernst & Young; San Francisco, Transnational Resource and Action Center, undated

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Integrated Social and Environmental Auditing; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, December 2001. One of a series of briefing papers on codes of practice in the fresh produce sector. Available from the ETI Secretariat

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) What are Criteria, Indicators and Verifiers?; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, December 2001. One of a series of briefing papers on codes of practice in the fresh produce sector. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Developing Criteria, Indicators and Verifiers; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, December 2001. One of a series of briefing papers on codes of practice in the fresh produce sector. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

Social Accountability International, SA 8000 Guidance Document. This is a practical guide for those auditing against the SA 8000 standard, and it also serves as an implementation guide for the companies interested in adopting the SA8000 system.

 

 

Building partnerships for ethical sourcing

International Business Leaders Forum, The Guiding Hand: Brokering Partnerships for Sustainable Development; London, IBLF, September 2000. Available from www.iblf.org.

International Business Leaders Forum, Managing partnerships: tools for mobilising the public sector, business and civil society as partners in development. London, IBLF, February 1998. Available from www.iblf.org.

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Building Multi-stakeholder Institutions for Developing and Managing National Codes of Practice; Chatham, NRI, December 2001. One of a series of briefing papers on codes of practice in the fresh produce sector. Available from the ETI Secretariat.

 

 

Business case for ethical sourcing

Nelson, J. Building Competitiveness and Communities: how world class companies are creating shareholder value and societal value; London, Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum, 1998

Zadek, S. Doing Good and Doing Well: making the business case for corporate citizenship; New York, The Conference Board Inc., 1999

 

 

Child labour

ILO, various guides and reports on combating child labour, Geneva, International Labour Organisation (ILO). These can be viewed and ordered on-line at: www.ilo.org/public/english/support/publ/intro/index.htm

Save the Children UK Big Business, Small Hands: Responsible Approaches to Child Labour; London, Save the Children UK, 2000. This can be ordered on-line from the Save the Children Website at: www.savethechildren.org.uk.

 

 

Costs of compliance

Collinson, C. The Business Costs of Ethical Supply Chain Management: South African Wine Industry Case Study; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, May 2001. This report can be downloaded from the Web at: www.nri.org/NRET/2606.pdf

Collinson, C. The Business Costs of Ethical Supply Chain Management: Kenya Flower Industry Case Study; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, May 2001. This report can be downloaded from the Web at: www.nri.org/NRET/2607.pdf

 

 

Gender

Barrientos, S., Dolan, C. and Tallontire, A. Gender and Ethical Trade: A Mapping of the Issues in African Horticulture; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, July 2001.

Barrientos, S., McLenaghan, S., Orton, L. Gender and Codes of Conduct: a case study from horticulture in South Africa; London, Christian Aid, 1999

Prieto, M, and Bendell, J. If You Want to Help Us Then Start Listening to Us! – From Factories and Plantations in Central America, Women Speak out about Corporate Responsibility; Bristol, New Academy of Business, December 2002. Available on-line at: www.new-academy.ac.uk.

 

 

Health and Safety

ILO, International Chemical Safety Cards; Geneva, International Labour Organisation (ILO), October 2002. Practical information cards summarising health and safety information on chemicals used in industry. Useful for shop floor managers and workers. Available on the internet at: www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/products/icsc/index.htm

 

 

Impact assessment

Ewert, J., Martin, A., and Nelson, V. Briefing Paper No.1: Assessing the Social Impact of Codes of Practice in the South African Wine Industry; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, 2006(?). This paper (and the full report, when it is released) can be downloaded from the internet from: http://www.nri.org/NRET/impactproject.htm
(Note: Phase 1 report from 2002 is also available - see link below).

Omosa, M., Morris, M., Martin, A., Mwarania, B., and Nelson V. Briefing Paper No.2: Assessing the Social Impact of Codes of Practice in the Kenyan Cut Flower Industry; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, 2006(?). This paper (and the full report, when it is released) can be downloaded from the internet from: www.nri.org/NRET/impactproject.htm
(Note: Phase 1 report from 2002 is also available - see link below).

Nelson, V., Ewert, J. and Martin, A. The impact of codes of practice in the South African wine industry and Kenyan cut flower industry - Phase 1 report; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, June 2002. This report can be downloaded from the internet at: www.nri.org/NRET/phase1report.pdf

Nelson, V., Ewert, J. and Martin, A. Methodological Challenges for Assessing the Social Impact of Codes of Practice; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, October 2002. This report can be downloaded from the internet at: www.nri.org/NRET/methodological.pdf

 

 

Living Wage

Rosenbaum, R. Wages and the Purchasing Power Index; CREA Working Paper No. 41; Hartford, U.S.A., Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA), 1999

Rosenbaum, R. Application of the Purchasing Power Index in Haiti, Indonesia, Mexico and Hartford, CT; CREA Working Paper No. 42; Hartford, U.S.A., Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA), 1999

Rosenbaum, R The purchasing power index and the sustainable living wage; CREA Paper; Hartford, U.S.A., Center for Reflection, Education and Action (CREA), 2003
Available for download here at:
www.eti2.org.uk/Z/lib/2003/other/publ/CREA-standards-living-wages.pdf

 

 

Smallholders

Natural Resources and Ethical Trade Programme (NRET) Managing Codes in the Smallholder Sector; Chatham, Natural Resources Institute, December 2001. One of a series of briefing papers on codes of practice in the fresh produce sector. Available from the ETI Secretariat.