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The following list of links is offered as a resource in the study of factory monitoring. Parallel to the adoption of voluntary codes of conduct (which mandate, among other things, the payment of living wages, limits on the number of hours worked per week, an end to child labor and prison labor, and the right to organize unions and bargain collectively), factory inspection has emerged as a method to ensure company compliance with code protocols. These efforts fall into four general categories:
Academic Consortium on International Trade American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA)  AAFA's
Industry Social Responsibility StatementAsia Monitor Resource Center Behind the Label Campaign for Labor Rights Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations Clean Clothes Campaign Collegiate Living Wage Association Co-op America Ethical Trading Initiative Fair Labor Association Global Alliance for Workers and Communities Global Exchange Global Social Compliance International Labor Organisation International Labor Rights Fund Intertek Testing Services Investor Responsibility Research Center Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) MSN's
Resource Centre on Codes of ConductNational Labor Committee National Retail Federation (NRF)
NRF's Statement Against Child LaborSocial Accountability International and Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency (Social Accountability Standards, SA8000) Sweatshop Watch Unite Stop Sweatshops Campaign United States Department of Labor United Students Against Sweatshops Verite Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing Workers Rights Consortium Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production |
