Global supply chains audits for corporations fail to detect serious abuses, report finds

NGO-certified ethical audits, carried out as part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, do little to root out labour abuses, poor working conditions and environmental degradation within global supply chains, as a report accuses corporations of 'fixing' the process to ensure working standards are approved and accredited. 

Global supply chains audits for corporations fail to detect serious abuses, report finds