An audit of ethical trade auditing
This report documents the problems of current practices related to auditing for ethical trade. It reports on the key issues presented and discussed at the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) members’ meeting.
This report provides:
* a synopsis of what goes wrong in current auditing practice, and an analysis of why it goes wrong
* short and long term recommendations on how to improve auditing practice, including good practice examples
* a springboard for concerted and collective action to tackle the root causes of poor auditing practices.
The report highlights the limited effectiveness of most ethical trade audits commissioned and/or undertaken by UK companies, highlighting the particularly questionable quality of the majority of audits conducted by third party commercial auditing companies. Particular problems highlighted include:
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