鑒定
由BSCI認可的合法機構的正式核定或者批準。審核公司必須取得SAI鑒定合格水平。

審核
請參閱社會責任審核部分。

審核員
BSCI的審核員都是通過SAI認證的審核公司里的專家。這些專家都達到高素質(zhì)標準，并符合ISO/IEC指南62和SAI指導方針I(yè)中的要求。

BSCI
倡議商界遵守社會責任組織。

兒童
任何年齡低于15周歲的人，若當?shù)胤�律所�?guī)定最低工作年齡或強制教育年齡高于15據(jù)國際勞工組織第周歲，則以較高年齡為準。如果根138號公約對發(fā)展中國家的例外規(guī)定，當?shù)胤�律�?guī)定最低工作年齡為十四周歲，則以較低年齡為準。

認證
證明一家公司符合特定的標準。BSCI認證意指按照BSCI確認為最佳方式的標準，例如SA8000標準。在BSCI中，公司認證是完全自愿體系

行為守則
一套針對公司道德行為的標準、規(guī)定或者準則。對于BSCI而言，即BSCI行為守則。

公司
任何負責落實于行為守則的組織或企業(yè)的整體，包括所有員工（不論是直接聘用、合同制聘用或以其它形式代表公司的BSCI而言，公司指是需要接受審核的商業(yè)實體。

公司設備
指公司擁有的生產(chǎn)設施，不論是公司合法擁有或其本身具有合法身份。

投訴
被指控沒有遵守BSCI行為守則規(guī)定的一個或多個法律要求或勞工標準；或沒有遵守BSCI個程序。體系說明中規(guī)定的一個或多個程序。

遵守
指按照或者符合BSCI行為守則。

糾正行動
為了消除造成現(xiàn)存不符合或偏離BSCI行為守則中所規(guī)定的要求的原因，以及防止再次出現(xiàn)而采取的措施。

糾正行動計劃（CAP）
BSCI的糾正行動計劃在每次社會責任審核結(jié)束的時候制定出來，寫明在限定的時間內(nèi)里采取什么措施來補救不符合BSCI行為守則規(guī)定中的要求。

文件證據(jù)
以硬拷貝文本或電子文本形式有系統(tǒng)地、清晰易懂地、正確描述必要數(shù)據(jù)和資料。

員工
所有為公司工作的人員，不論其職務、是直接聘用、合同制聘用或以其它形式代表公司。

FTA
設于布魯塞爾的對外貿(mào)易協(xié)會。

實施
BSCI的實施，涉及到公司付諸實行的一連串具體措施，以及他們?yōu)榱耸构�司符合BSCI行為守則而采取的方法。

內(nèi)部監(jiān)控
公司本身為核實BSCI方、根據(jù)行為守則在公司內(nèi)已經(jīng)予以實施并能持續(xù)遵守而采取的程序和行動。它包括培訓員工、通知買BSCI行為守則的要求進行審核，并在違反BSCI行為則的情況下制定適當?shù)募m正措施。

勞工標準
BSCI的勞工標準是指BSCI行為守則和準則，也是在同一應用范圍內(nèi)的法定規(guī)則。

最低生活工資
指隨提意供支配基本的生收入活需，要并的且工還資要（考慮住房到、受能扶量養(yǎng)、的營家養(yǎng)庭、成員衣服。、保健、教育、飲用水、兒童保育、交通以及儲蓄），包括可以隨意支配的收入,并且還要考慮到受撫養(yǎng)的家庭成員。

管理（層）
用作制定并達到規(guī)定目標的協(xié)調(diào)活動。這個術語也可指經(jīng)營和管理一家公司或商業(yè)實體具有權力和責任的個人或群體。

管理體系
對于BSCI而言，管理體系指的是在實施并持續(xù)遵守BSCI以及方法。行為守則過程中有需要采取的所有組織結(jié)構、程序、過程

NGO
非政府組織。

SA8000
社會責任標準SA8000。國際上適用的勞工和社會責任標準(www.sa-intl.org)。

高級管理人員
以最高行政級別代表、經(jīng)營或者管理一個組織的個人或者群體。

社會責任國際組織(SAI)
SA8000標準的制定者。

社會責任審核
對于BSCI而言，社會審核指的是，由SAI鑒定為合格并獨立于受審核商業(yè)實體的公司根據(jù)BSCI的行為。社會責任審核可能就一次初次審核（首次社會責任審核）及行為守則，檢查公司/計劃— 或一次社會責任重新審核（落實檢查糾正行動CAP）。

社會責任審核報告
與BSCI行為守則相關的公司行為的文件，例如社會責任審核和/或重新審核報告。

利益相關方
受到公司活動及/或運作影響者。

法定最低工資
法律所規(guī)定的最低工資；如果適用，這也可以是更高的行業(yè)工資及/或通過勞資雙方談判就工資問題達成的更高工資。

合法規(guī)章
國家的合法規(guī)章，包括通過行業(yè)及/或勞資雙方談判方式制定的契約性規(guī)定。

分包商
公司指定用來實現(xiàn)全部或部分裝配程序的增值過程的商業(yè)實體。

供應商/分供應商
公司價值鏈中的實體。向公司提供上游產(chǎn)品或服務（例如：原材料供應商、成分供應商、半成品供應商等）。

工會
對于BSCI而言，工會就是一個組織，員工就是它的成員。其主要任務是體現(xiàn)員工的權利，包括集體談判權。

未成年員工
任何超過規(guī)定童工年齡但低于18周歲的員工。

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Glossary
Accreditation
Official authorization or approval by a body considered legitimate for the purposes of the BSCI.
Auditing companies must be accredited by SAI.
Audit
Please refer to Social Audit.
Auditors
Auditors for the purposes of the BSCI are the experts of SAI accredited auditing companies.
They must satisfy high quality criteria and meet the requirements of ISO/IEC Guide 62 and
SAI Guideline I.
BSCI
Business Social Compliance Initiative
Child
Any person less than 15 years of age, unless local minimum age law stipulates a higher age for work
or mandatory schooling, in which case the higher age applies. If however local minimum
age for work is set at 14 years of age in accordance with developing-country exceptions under
ILO Convention 138, the lower age will apply.
Certification
Attestation that a company meets a specified standard. For the purposes of the BSCI Certification
means certification as per standards recognized by BSCI as Best Practice such as SA8000. In the BSCI
system the certification is voluntary for the company.
Code of Conduct
A set of standards, rules or guidelines for ethical behaviour of the company. For the purposes of the
BSCI it is the BSCI Code of Conduct.
Company
The entirety of any organization or business entity responsible for implementing the Code of Conduct
including all personnel, whether directly employed, contracted or otherwise representing the company.
Company for the purposes of the BSCI is the business entity to be audited.
Company’s own unit
Own production facility of the company whether legally depending or having its own legal identity.
Complaint
Allegation that one or more legal requirement or labour standards defined in the BSCI Code of
Conduct or procedures defined in the BSCI System Description are not being respected.
Compliance
To be in accordance or conformity with the BSCI Code of Conduct.
Corrective Action
Measures to be taken to eliminate the cause(s) of an existing non-conformance or other deviation
from the requirements defined in the BSCI Code of Conduct and to prevent re-occurance.
Corrective Action Plan (CAP)
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For the purposes of the BSCI the plan of action which is to be drawn up at the end of a social audit,
recording what measures have to be taken within what time limit to remedy a non-compliance with
the BSCI Code of Conduct.
Documentation
A systematic, understandable and proper description of necessary data and information in hardcopy or
electronic form.
Employees
All persons working for a company independent of their function, whether directly employed,
contracted or otherwise representing the company.
FTA
Foreign Trade Association, Brussels
Implementation
For the purposes of the BSCI implementation refers to the range of concrete measures that a
company puts into practice or the instruments they provide to give practical effect to compliance with
the BSCI Code of Conduct.
Internal monitoring
Procedures and practices a company itself or those the company hires carry out to check that the
BSCI Code of Conduct has been implemented and is continuously observed at business entity. Such
efforts include training employees, informing buyers, auditing against the requirements of the BSCI
Code of Conduct, and establishing appropriate measures in cases of violation of the BSCI Code of
Conduct.
Labour Standards
For the purposes of the BSCI Labour Standards are rules and principles of the BSCI Code of Conduct
and statutory norms with the same scope of application.
Living Wage
A wage that provides for basic needs (housing, energy, nutrition, clothing, health care, education,
potable water, child care, transportation and savings), includes additional discretionary income and
takes into consideration dependents.
Management
Co-ordinated activities to establish and achieve defined objectives. The term management can also
refer to a person or group of persons with authority and responsibility to conduct and control a
company or business entity.
Management System
For the purposes of the BSCI a management system refers to all the organizational structures,
procedures, processes and means that are necessary for the proper implementation and continuous,
sustainable observance of the BSCI Code of Conduct.
NGO
Non-Governmental Organization.
SA8000
Social Accountability 8000. Internationally applicable labour and social standard (www.sa-intl.org)
Senior Management
Person, or group of persons representing, conducting or controlling an organization at the highest
executive level.
Social Accountability International (SAI)
Creator of the SA8000 Standard
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Social Audit
For the purposes of the BSCI Social Audit means checking the company′s performance against the
BSCI Code of Conduct by SAI accredited auditing companies beeing independent of the business entity
to be audited. Social Audit can be an Initial Audit (first social audit) and/or a social Re-Audit
(implementation check of the Corrective Action Plan -CAP).
Social Audit Report
Documentation of a company′s performance in relation to the BSCI Code of Conduct as Social Audit
and/or Re-Audit Report
Stakeholder
Any party that is affected by the activity and/or operations of a company.
Statutory minimum wage
Legal minimum wage; if applicable this may also be a higher industrial wage and/or higher wage set
by collective bargaining.
Statutory regulations
National legal regulations including regulations contractually set by means of industrial and/ or
collective bargaining.
Subcontractor
Business entity with appointed by the company to carry out value adding process steps of the
assembling completely or partially .
Supplier/Sub supplier
Entity in the value chain of the company which supplies the company with upstream products or with
services (e.g. material supplier, supplier of constituents, supplier of semi-finished products).
Trade Union
For the purposes of the BSCI a Trade Union is an organization, that has employees as its members.
Its main task is representation of the employees rights including collective bargaining.
Young Worker
Any employee over the age of a child and under the age of 18.