In recent years, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a popular topic as consumers are becoming more concerned with the products they have purchased. Several big brands such as Apple and Walmart have previously made headlines due to the discovery of poor working conditions within their factories. These incidents have forced some businesses to spend a lot of money on a factory audit in order to restore their reputation and customer base. Others have taken CSR by conducting social compliance audits at the factories to avoid this kind of issue.
How important does CSR to the consumers that buy your products?
Focus on corporate social responsibility
In this digital era, social media is playing an important role in a business. It can bring a lot of benefits and in another hand, it also can quickly destroy a company’s reputation and image, that is why the businesses must take preventative action to avoid being caught off violating any social compliance. As a result, many business managements try to focus more on CSR than ever. Conducting a social audit is the best way to prevent this issue. The social audit ensures that factories are socially responsible and treat their employees in a good way.
Awareness of human rights issues
When buying a product, consumers are also considering the manufacturing process; how the product was made, whether the company is socially and ecologically responsible or not, does the company cares about the welfare of their employees rather than just profits, are some questions asked by the consumers.
Human rights violations, child labor rights, and other labor violations issues have risen to the top of consumer and media concerns. People want to see more caring and shared value from the companies they buy from in general because trust in a company is part of what makes a consumer feel comfortable making a purchase.
Why Manufacturers and Retailers Should Conduct Social Audits Service?
According to Forbes, the five most dangerous countries for human rights violations in Asia are China, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Myanmar while Syria, Egypt, Libya, Mali, and Guinea-Bissau are among the other high-risk countries.
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Headlines
The ability to prove that your organization is serious about corporate social responsibility (CSR) is critical for large brands that come under the spotlight, especially given the ease with which bad news can spread in today’s information-rich world.
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