Chinese Exporters And SA8000-based Blue Trade

Social Accountability Campaign originated in the 1960s with the form of company's social responsibility rules as the managerial measures for some large companies in advanced nations. In the1980s-90s, the Social Accountability campaign got popular and hot in western advanced nations. In 1997, Social Accountability International (SAI), together with some international organizations and some multi-national firms in western nations, formulated Social Accountability 8000 International Standard (SA8000) as the first social accountability managerial system of third-party authentication.With the rapid growth of the economy and the continuous progress of the society, many Chinese enterprises in the costal areas are increasingly understanding and accepting enterprise social accountability. Lots of enterprises, especially large ones, are on their way to improve labor conditions, strengthen credit management and set up their social image for the aim of "to Be Responsible Enterprises" with their emphasis of "Human-orientation". The successful implementation of SA8000 standard is the necessities for incentives to stakeholders, solving labor disputes and developing abroad. With more and more domestic enterprises getting certified of SA8000 standard, governments, society and the academia now give much attention and supports to SA8000 standard.However, at present there is the vast gap between the status quo of Chinese enterprises' implementation of SA8000 standard and that of their counterparts in advanced nations, which is not yet satisfactory. Currently, there is low social awareness and recognition and inadequate governmental contributions to SA8000 standard. Also enterprises are weak in the adaptation to SA8000 standard and some even perform fake implementation of their social accountability. Therefore, governments, society, the academia and enterprises should make efforts together for the promotion of social accountability in China.This dissertation first focuses on the necessities of Chinese enterprises' implementation of SA8000 standard, especially from the angle of incentives to stakeholders of an enterprise. In the second chapter, the status quo of Chinese enterprises' implementation of SA8000 standard are discussed and in the last chapter, consequently, measures to promote Chinese enterprises' SA8000-based Blue Trade are introduced as governmental perfection of laws and regulations, theoretical study and directions, social enhancement and enterprises' active participation.A large amount of numbers, surveys and cases are quoted in this dissertation. Also this dissertation, in large and concretely, advances the policies and measures for the promotion of SA8000 standard in China in such four aspects as governments, society, the academia and enterprises, which is different with the articles and news related to SA8000 standard commonly seen in newspapers and academic journals.