• Clarity of purpose and goal of the local elected body.
• Identify stakeholders with a focus on their specific roles and duties. Social auditing aims to ensure a say for all stakeholders. It is particularly important that marginalized social groups, which are normally excluded, have a say on local development issues and activities and have their views on the actual performance of local elected bodies.
• Definition of performance indicators which must be understood and accepted by all. Indicator data must be collected by stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Regular meetings to review and discuss data/information on performance indicators.
• Follow-up of social audit meeting with the panchayat body reviewing stakeholders’ actions, activities and viewpoints, making commitments on changes and agreeing on future action as recommended by the stakeholders.
• Establishment of a group of trusted local people including elderly people, teachers and others who are committed and independent, to be involv d in the verification and to judge if the decisions based upon social audit have been implemented
• The findings of the social audit should be shared with all local stakeholders. This encourages transparency and accountability. A report of the social audit meeting should be distributed for Gram Panchayat auditing. In addition, key decisions should be written on walls and boards and communicated orally.

Social Audit - This is to ensure clients lower the risk of contributing to social and environmental harm by committing to standards which address the concerns of their stakeholders, and to ensure that your business partners abide with your company’s commitment to corporate social and ethical responsibility.

Top Inspection will verify the compliance status based on the client’s Code of Conduct, SA8000/ETI social system standards and local laws with impartiality and justness. Effective social accountability programs are characterized by transparency, engagement with stakeholders, and a long-term, systematic approach.

The Social Audit will cover the following areas:

• Child labor
• Forced Labor
• Discriminate action
• Freedom of Association
• Disciplinary Practice
• Working Hours and Compensation
• Health & Safety
• Environment