SA8000基础知识解读，关于SA8000标准的定义
Basic knowledge of SA8000 interpretation, on the SA8000 standard definition
　　社会责任国际标准体系(Social Accountability 8000 International standard，简称SA8000) 是一种基于国际劳工组织宪章（ILO宪章）、联合国儿童权利公约、世界人权宣言而制定的，以保护劳动环境和条件、劳工权利等为主要内容的管理标准体系。
System of standard of social responsibility international ( Social Accountability 8000 International standard, referred to as SA8000 ) is based on the International Labor Organization ( ILO charter charter ), United Nations Convention on the rights of the child, the Universal Declaration of human rights and development, to protect the environment and conditions, labor rights as the main content of the management standard system.
　　1997年，总部设在美国的社会责任国际组织（SC1：Social Accountability International）发起并联合欧美跨国公司和其他国际组织，制定了SA8000社会责任国际标准，它是全球首个道德规范国际标准。其宗旨是确保供应商所供应的产品，皆符合社会责任标准的要求。SA8000标准适用于世界各地、任何行业、不同规模的公司。其依据与ISO9000质量管理体系及ISO14000环境管理体系一样，是一套可被第三方认证机构审核之国际标准。
In 1997, headquartered in the United States of America Social Accountability International ( SC1: Social Accountability International ) and initiated the joint multinational corporation and other international organizations, to establish the SA8000 international standards of social responsibility, it is the first global code of ethics for international standard. Its purpose is to ensure that suppliers of products, all conform to the social responsibility standard. The SA8000 standard is applicable to all over the world, any industry, companies of different sizes. The basis and ISO9000 quality management system and ISO14000 environmental management system, is a set of third party certification audit by international standard.
　　SA8000颁布后，在国际社会尤其是西方发达国家很快获得了广泛支持。—些大的购销商都极力促使此标准的实施，国际知名的认证机构，如SGS、BVQX、DNV、UL、ITS等，已向CEPAA提出申请，正式开展SA8000认证业务。
SA8000 after the enactment of the international community, especially the developed western countries soon gained wide support. Some large purchase and sale are urging the implementation of standards, the internationally renowned certification body, such as SGS, BVQX, DNV, UL, ITS, CEPAA has to apply formally, begin SA8000 attestation business.
　　经过认证的公司会获得证书，并有权在公司介绍手册和公司信笺抬头处印上SGS—ICS认证标志和CEPAA标志。此外，它们还可得到SA8000证书的副本用于促销。欧洲在推行SA8000上走在前列，美国紧随其后。欧美地区的采购商对该标准已相当熟悉。目前全球大的采购集团非常青睐有SA8000认证企业的产品，这迫使很多企业投入巨大人力、物力和财力去申请与维护这一认证体系，这无疑会大大增加参与认证公司的经营成本。特别是发展中国家，劳工成本虽然是其最大的比较优势，但国际认证的社会壁垒大大削弱了发展中国家在劳动力成本方面的比较优势。
Certified company will receive a certificate, and the right in the company handbook and company letterhead is printed on the SGS - ICS certification and CEPAA marking. In addition, they can also get SA8000 certificate copy for promotion. Europe in the implementation of SA8000 in the forefront of the United States, followed by. Europe and the United States to purchase business to the standards have been quite familiar with. The current global purchasing group is very popular with SA8000 certification of enterprise products, which forced many enterprises invested enormous human, material and financial resources to apply and maintain this certification system, which undoubtedly will greatly increase the management cost of the company involved in the certification. Especially in developing countries, although the largest labor cost comparative advantage, but the international certification of social barrier has greatly weakened the developing in labor cost comparative advantage.
　　SA8000作为社会责任方面的一个认证体系，不仅明确了社会责任规范，而且也提出了相应的管理体系要求。将社会责任和企业管理结合起来，在一定程度上可以规范组织尤其是企业的道德行为，有助于改善劳动条件，保障劳工权益。尽管SA8000的宗旨是好的，但是在关税和一般非关税壁垒不断被削减的今天，非常容易被贸易保护主义者所利用，成为限制发展中国家劳动密集型产品出口的有力工具。实际上，某些贸易保护主义者已与人权组织联手，以SA8000的名义，对发展中国家的纺织品服装、鞋类、玩具及皮制品、小家电等行业的出口进行全方位的限制。如近期国外一些人权机构经常借此对进口商施加压力，要求其进口获得SA8000认证的企业生产的产品；还有一些社会团体也要求限制进口达不到劳工标准要求的企业所生产的产品。我国作为纺织品服装、玩具、鞋类等劳动密集型产品的生产大国，经济发展水平低，对劳工的保护虽已开始并做了很多工作，但由于起步较晚，与发达国家相差较大，对大多数企业来说，一旦被要求实施SA8000，则原有的竞争优势将大打折扣或者不复存在。
SA8000 as a social responsibility in terms of a certification system, not only clear the social responsibility norms, and also put forward the corresponding management system requirements. Social responsibility and enterprise management together, to a certain extent, can regulate the organization especially the enterprise's ethical behavior, contribute to the improvement of labor conditions, protection of labor rights and interests. Although the purpose of the SA8000 is good, but in the customs duty and the general non-tariff barriers continue to be cut today, is very easy to be used by the trade protectionism, became restricted to the developing labor intensive products export tool. In fact, some protectionist and human rights organization together, in the name of SA8000, for developing textile and clothing, footwear, toys and leather products, small household appliances export industry to carry out a full range of restrictions. As recently some foreign human rights institutions often take on importers applying pressure, the import of SA8000 certified products; there are some social groups are also required to limit imports amounted to less than the labor standard requirements of the enterprise product. Our country as textile and clothing, toys, footwear and other labor-intensive production big country, economic progress level is low, the labor protection has begun and a lot of work to do, but because start later, and the developed countries is larger, for most businesses, once called for the implementation of SA8000, then the original competitive advantage will be discount or not exist.