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Social & Ethical Review

A Social and Ethical Review is designed to identify the current status of your organisation's social and ethical activities. Many organisations voluntarily decide to impose a range of social and/or ethical behaviours upon themselves.

These may be as simple as environmental practices (eg. recycling) or more multi faceted such as a family friendly employer policy.

The review was developed by the Australian Social and Ethical Accountability Centre (ASEAC) and uses the Social & Ethical Accountability Model (SEAM) to identify the extent that intended or informal social and ethical behaviours are practiced.

SEAM covers relationships and behaviours in four quadrants:

Employee

Consumer

Owner

Supplier

The Social & Ethical Review is conducted by a social audit facilitator in three stages.

Stage One - Information Gathering

Off Site: A review is undertaken of internal and external documents:

• Company/Organisation Annual Reports
• Company Client/Promotional Information
• Board/Management/Staff reports

On Site: A review is undertaken of internal and external documents:

Management, staff, directors, key stakeholders are interviewed* to identify understanding and perceptions of what may be considered social and ethical practices by their organisation.
* A structured interview, using a standard audit form

Stage Two - Report Preparation

A report is prepared for the client. This covers:

• Identification of social & ethical standards being pursued by the organisation
• Practices observed, verified and claimed
• Identification of potential improvement

Stage Three - Client Feedback

Discussions with the client to address the issues:

• The outcomes are discussed with the client
• Action program towards full social auditing and disclosure is identified