【正文】 ed that both the standard and its Guidance Document will continuously improve, with the help of a very wide variety of people and organisations.SAISocial Accountability International? SAI 2001SA8000 may not be reproduced without prior written permission from SAISAI220 East 23rd Street, Suite 605New York, NY 10010USA+12126841414+12126841515 (facsimile) infoCONTENTS PageI. PURPOSE AND SCOPE 4II. NORMATIVE ELEMENTS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION 4III. DEFINITIONS 41. Definition of pany 42. Definition of supplier/subcontractor 43. Definition of subsupplier 44. Definition of remedial action 45. Definition of corrective action 46. Definition of interested party 47. Definition of child 48. Definition of young worker 59. Definition of child labour 510. Definition of forced labour 511. Definition of remediation of children 512. Definition of homeworker 5IV. SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS 51. Child Labour 52. Forced Labour 53. Health and Safety 54. Freedom of Association amp。 社會責(zé)任 8000 SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 8000 provides examples of methods for verifying pliance。Note: Readers are advised to consult the SA8000 Guidance Document for interpretative guidance with respect to this standard.II. NORMATIVE ELEMENTS AND THEIRINTERPRETATIONThe pany shall ply with national and other applicable law, other requirements to which the pany subscribes, and this standard. When national and other applicable law, other requirements to which the pany subscribes, and this standard address the same issue, that provision which is most stringent applies.The pany shall also respect the principles of the following international instruments:ILO Conventions 29 and 105 (Forced amp。 Remendation 146 (Minimum Age and Remendation)ILO Convention 155 amp。s goods and/or services.3. Definition of subsupplier: A business entity in the supply chain which, directly or indirectly, provides the supplier with goods and/or services integral to, and utilized in/for, the production of the supplier39。7. Definition of 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 would apply. If, however, local minimum age law is set at 14 years of age in accordance with developing?country exceptions under ILO Convention 138, the lower age will apply.8. Definition of young worker: Any worker over the age of a child as defined above and under the age of 18.9. Definition of child labour: Any work by a child younger than the age(s) specified in the above definition of a child, except as provided for by ILO Remendation 146.10. Definition of forced labour: All work or service that is extracted from any person under the menace of any penalty for which said person has not offered him/herself voluntarily or for which such work or service is demanded as a means of repayment of debt.11. Definition of remediation of children: All necessary support and actions to ensure the safety, health, education, and development of children who have been subjected to child labour, as defined above, and are dismissed.12. Definition of homeworker: A person who carries out work for a pany under direct or indirect contract, other than on a pany39。 or identity papers upon mencing employment with the pany.3. HEALTH AND SAFETYCriteria: The pany, bearing in mind the prevailing knowledge of the industry and of any specific hazards, shall provide a safe and healthy working environment and shall take adequate steps to prevent accidents and injury t