A new report argues that supply chain audits are ineffective at improving compliance and act merely to embed an unhealthy status quo in multinational offshore sourcing.
The Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI), based at the University of Sheffield in the U.K., conducted a series of interviews with experts and practitioners.
In one interview, a former director of corporate social responsibility (CSR) at a U.S. retailer, painted a bleak picture of the sector: “Within the social compliance world, it is now standard operating understanding that audits don’t work to achieve change within organizations.”
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