An effective human rights and social compliance business focus does not happen by chance. It requires the business to set up appropriate governance structures, which in the context of South African legislation is a social and ethics committee, as required by the Companies Act.
They need to develop a forward-thinking human rights and social compliance strategy as part of their business strategy, supported by the appropriate policy framework and business processes and procedures. Successful businesses should also incorporate human rights and social compliance into their capacity building and training programmes for staff and, lastly, ensure they effectively monitor their performance against their human rights and social compliance objectives.
If South African businesses want issues of labour unrest and the destructive business interruptions that often accompany wildcat strikes and other labour unrest to be effectively resolved, a paradigm shift is required in their approach to human rights and social compliance.
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