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Funding Strategies of the Foundation from October 1998 to December 2010
The Human Rights at Work Foundation was created in Geneva by François Beaujolin — expert of 40 years in the fight for economic inclusion and social justice. The Foundation does not intend to play an operational role, rather, it finances, or more often, co-finances activities or projects by other institutions (associations, social actors, etc.) who are (...)
Priority areas for the next five years
Given the limited financial means of the FDHT Foundation, two areas will be the main focus of attention in the years to come. 1 – The reinforcement of the right to organize within companies Trade unionists continue to be the black sheep of companies throughout the world. They are persecuted and sometimes killed. They are still discriminated against and (...)
FDHT supports activities that promote fundamental human rights in the workplace.
While globalization increases the flow of economic exchanges and industrial investments in the world, it also considerably raises the social inequalities in the world, as well in the Developed countries as in the Emerging economies. All the workers around the world are affected by these un-regulated dynamics. The globalization of the economy can (...)
3.3 – The Knowledge, competencies and qualities required of a social assessor
These are defined in Chapter XX of the IAS-COMP Standard and Guidance Document (12-13-2005). 1 – Knowledge and general abilities The realisation of social audit missions requires the assessor to possess certain knowledge and abilities. We will only pinpoint here those which are not specific to the practice of social audit (they will be detailed in the (...)
3.2 – How the social assessor’s mission is conducted
The social assessor’s mission is conducted in four stages: the definition of the mission parameters (§1), the realisation of the mission (§2), the production and presentation of the report (§3). In addition, a mission implies the application of specific principles (§4). 1 – Definition of the mission parameters A social audit mission, just like any other (...)
3.1 – Nature of the social audit service
Social assessors act within the framework of an engagement letter agreed upon with the client organisation. They carry out investigations using appropriate methods (collection and analysis of data, calculation of indicators, interviews, questionnaires, etc.) that enable them to provide a constructive answer to the question(s) asked in the engagement (...)
2.3 – Conduct of the social assessor’s mission
An assessor’s mission is generally conducted in four stages: the definition of the mission’s parameters (§1), the realisation of the mission (§2), the production and presentation of the report (§3). It also implies the application of specific principles during the mission (§4). 1 – Definition of the mission parameters A social audit mission, just like any (...)
2.2 – Nature of the assessment/audit service
Social assessors act within the framework of an engagement letter agreed upon with the client organisation. They carry out investigations using appropriate methods (collection and analysis of data, calculation of indicators, interviews, questionnaires, etc.) allowing them to provide a constructive answer to the question(s) asked in the engagement (...)
2.1 – Qualified and certified experts
The social assessment/audit of supplying or subcontracting companies on such bases requires experts with different qualifications from those of social auditors, be it in terms of mastery of the companies’ operational processes or in terms of investigation techniques within the companies. France – IAS Institut de l’audit social (1982) and CCIAS - Centre (...)
1.3 - ISO 26000: reliability of data and information collection and management
Organizations that are required to provide performance data to governmental or non-governmental organizations, other organizations or to the public, or to maintain databases containing sensitive information can increase their confidence in their data collection and management systems by detailed reviews of the systems. The aim of such reviews should be (...)
