After more than a year of research, public consultation and dialogue, Verité and CREA are releasing the Standards for the Knowledge and Skills of Social Auditors, which define the knowledge and skills a social auditor must have at the foundational level.

The Social Auditor Standards Program, sponsored by the US Department of State's Office of International Labor Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility, developed these standards through the use of research, surveys, interviews, and multi-stakeholder dialogue and engagement processes.  These Standards comprise Stage I of the Program, while Stage II will focus on issues related to teaching and testing to these Standards, and Stage III will center on dialogue to create recommendations for institutionalization of the Standards.

These Standards function as the benchmark to use in evaluating the skills and knowledge of social auditors, and are intended to be used by auditor training organizations to define what social auditors should learn.

Look for an announcement soon about how to participate in Stages II and III.

Click here to view the Standards.

For more information about the Social Auditor Standards Program, contact standardsparticipation@verite.org or visit the Project wiki at www.wiki.socialauditor.org.