February 20, 2006

MSN Codes Memo #20

1. Social Auditing
• CCC Critiques Social Auditing
• FDHT Compares Private Sector and NGO Auditing
• EMIH Monitoring Report Challenges Gap on Factory Closure
2. MFA and China
• The China Code: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?
• “Stitched Up: How those imposing unfair competition in the textiles and clothing industries are the only winners in this race to the bottom”
• “The Expiration of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) and Its Consequences for Global Labor Standards”
3. Transparency
• ETAG Report Card Rates Companies on Transparency
• More Companies Disclose Factory Locations
4. MSI Updates
• FLA Releases Third Annual Report
• ETI Shifts Gears to Drive Change
• Jo-In Pilots Best Practice
• MFA Forum Moves Forward in Bangladesh
5. New Resources
• Rethinking Business Regulation
• Threads of Labour: Garment Industry Supply Chains from the Worker’s Perspective
• Brand Campaigns & Worker Organizing

Download Codes Memo #20 here.