FAIR LABOR ASSOCIATION

Consultation services in the field of implementing an industry-wide work place code of conduct and principles of monitoring in the manufacture of apparel and footwear, namely, encouraging companies to adopt and apply the code of conduct and principles of monitoring; accrediting independent external monitors to assess companies' compliance with the code of conduct; administering a complaint procedure to allow third parties to report incidences of noncompliance with the code of conduct; and providing information to consumers concerning company participation and compliance with the code of conduct via a global communications network