Are there other codes of conduct in the garment sector besides
the CCC model code?
An OECD study (2000) found 246 codes of conduct, 37 of which applied
to the textile and clothing sector. Of these 37, thirty-two were
company codes of conduct and 5 were developed by coalitions of companies,
NGOs, trade-unions and in one case a government.
Besides the CCC Code there are 4 others that have attracted some
interest. They are: the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), a British
initiative; Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000) developed by the
Council on Economic Priorities in 1997 and modelled on the ISO
Standard; Fair Labor Association, an initiative by the American
White House and a coalition of NGOs, American universities and
companies; finally the Workers' Rights Consortium (WRC), initiated
by United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS). These codes, all
differ in objectives, social standards, applicability, scope and
nature of stakeholders and use different monitoring, verification
and financing systems. The WRC code most closely resembles the
comprehensiveness of the CCC model code.
The CCC increasingly considers harmonisation of both code content
and multi-stakeholder initiatives as an important issue. Also
see "Workers' tool or PR Ploy? A guide to codes of international
labour practice" by Ingeborg Wick: http://www.cleanclothes.org/codes/05-11-03.htm
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