Sedex驗廠常見問題匯總
問HowcanyoubecomemoreinvolvedwithSedex
答Asamembershiporganisationwethriveontheinputfromourmembers.Wehave
aBoardofDirectorsmadeupofA,ABandBMembersandanumberofworking
groupscoveringareassuchastheEnvironment,ProductDevelopmentandAuditing.
Ifyouwouldliketogetinvolvedinanyofthesegroupspleasee-mail
info@sedex.org.ukorcall(+44)2070221900
問HowcantheSedexSelfAssessmentQuestionnaire(SAQ)helpmycompany
答CompletingtheSAQcanhelpillustratetheimportantissueswhenaddressing
ethicalandresponsibletrade.Forexampleitcanbeusedtocompilea
company’scodeofconduct.
問Whopaysforourmembership
答WetryandkeepSedexmembershipfeestoaminimum.Sedexisameansto
preventtheduplicationofinformationitcanhelpsaveacompanytimeand
money.Asaresultweencouragethatcompaniespayfortheirownaccount.
問MycompanyisconformingtolocalandnationallawwhydoIstillneedto
conformtoETI,ILOetc
答AlthoughlocalandnationallawsprovidethebasISOfcompany’spolicies,
internationallyrecognisedstandardssuchastheEthicalTradeInitiative(ETI)
baseCodeandtheInternationalLabourOrganisation(ILO)Conventionshavebeen
createdtodriveconvergenceinpoliciesandprinciples.
問IsSedexjustaddinganotherlevelofbureaucracy
答No,Sedexisameanstopreventtheunnecessaryduplicationofinformation.We
aredrivingconvergenceinthisfieldandbelievethatSedexismeansto
actuallylowerbureaucracy.ForexamplebybecomingamemberofSedexyouonly
havetofilloutonequestionnaireandsharethiswithanynumberofyour
customers.Sedexalsooffersyoutheopportunitytoshareinformationaboutthe
goodpracticesatyoursitesofemployment.
問HowdoesSedexdifferfromotherorganisationliketheEthicalTrade
Initiative(ETI)
答Sedexisaweb-basedfilingcabinetwhichallowscompaniestostoreandview
dataonethicalandresponsiblebusinesspractices.Sedexdoesnotsetany
standardsordeterminethepolicyofitsmembers.Itispurelyatoolfor
facilitatingaccesstoinformation.
問WhatcodesisSedexbasedon
答SedexstoresinformationonethicalandresponsiblepracticescoveredbyILO
Conventions,ETIbaseCode,SA8000,ISO14001andindustryspecificcodesof
conduct.Sedexmemberscanusetheinformationonthesystemtoevaluate
suppliersagainstanyofthesecodesorthelabourstandardsprovisionsin
individualcorporatecodes.Sedexitselfdoesnotspecifyaparticularcodeor
statethatsuppliershave‘passed’or‘failed’
問WhathappensifIdon’tjoinSedex
答IfyouhavebeenrequestedtojoinSedexbyoneofyourcustomersitislikely
thattheyseeSedexasanimportantpartoftheirresponsibilitysourcing
practices.ItisbecomingincreasinglycommonthatcompaniesseeSedex
membershipasaconditionofsupply.Youshouldseemembershipassomethingthat
canbenefitnotonlyyourcustomersbutalsoyourowncompany.Ifyouareunsure
ofhowitcanbenefityoupleasecontactusdirectly.
問Sedex上的信息是準確的嗎？
答TherulesofSedexrequirememberstousetheirbestendeavourstoensurethat
thedataplacedonSedexistrue.However,thesystemitselfcannotverifydata.
Thiswillbedonebymembersandthroughthirdpartyaudits.
問I’masupplierandIalreadyprovideself-assessmentandauditinformationto
mycustomers-whatarethebenefitsofSedexforme
答Sedexprovidesanefficientandcosteffectivewayofcommunicatingwithyour
customers,bymakingonesetoFDAtaavailabletomultiplecustomers.
問I’mworriedaboutthesecurityofinformationonmysite–howwillitbekept
confidential
答SecurityofalldataisofparamountimportancetoSedex.Theserversare
hostedinawardwinningfacilitieswithISO9001andISO27001accreditation.
Systemaccessiscontrolledthroughusernamesandpasswordsandalldatais
passedthroughaSecureSocketLayer(SSL).WithinthesystemeachSedexmember
controlswhocanviewallpartsoftheirdatausingathoroughsecuritymodel
whichcanbeupdatedatanytime.Thisensuresyouhavetogivespecificaccess
toanothermemberforthemtoviewyourinformation.Weconductanannual
penetrationtestwhichcanbefoundonourSecuritypage
https://www.sedex.org.uk/bc/cm/site.phproot=20115
問IfI’monSedex,doesthatmeanI’manapprovedsupplier
答No.BeingonSedexdoesnotmeanthatacompanyhasmetanyethicalstandards
orisincompliancewithanycodebutitdoesmeanyouhavecommittedto
continuousimprovement.Sedexholdsinformationonethicalandresponsibletrade
whichacompanyhaschosentosharewithitscustomers.Itisuptoeach
customertoassesstheinformationandtodecidewhethersuppliersmeettheir
ownstandards.
問IfIjoindoIhavetohaveanethicalaudit
答No,ItisnotarequirementofbecomingamemberofSedex.Youmaywishto
haveanethicalauditbasedonyourinternalpolicyorbytherequestofoneof
yourcustomers.
問CansitesamendthirdpartyauditreportswhichareputonSedex
答No.Whenthirdpartyauditorsuploadauditreportsandsummariesdirectly
thesecannotsubsequentlybealteredbythesites
問Myteamworkswithsupplierstodevelopactionplans–howwillthisworkwith
Sedex
答供應商們將商定的行動輸入到Sedex，然后使用系統報告他們的行動和進展情況。
問Sedex使用何種審計協議
答Sedexdoesnotprescribethetypeofaudit.Sedexprovidesaplacetostore
anyandallethicalauditreports,withasummaryofnon-compliancesheldina
commonformat.SedexhascreatedtheSedexMembersEthicalTradeAudit(Smeta).
Informationcanbefoundathttps://www.sedex.org.uk/bc/cm/site.phproot=19951
問Sedex規定認可的審計方嗎？
答No.Sedexdoesnotrestrictwhocancarryoutanaudit,althoughsomeAorAB
membersmayrecommendcertainauditorstotheirsuppliers.Theidentityofthe
auditorisincludedoneachauditsummaryandmemberscanthendecidewhetheror
nottheauditisacceptabletothem.
問加入Sedex之前，我的生產廠區必須通過獨立審計嗎
答No.Sedexstoresself-assessmentdataaswellasethicalauditreports.You
arenotrequiredtohaveanauditinordertojoinSedex.Butasandwhenyou
dohaveanauditcarriedout,youcanmaketheauditreportavailableonSedex
anduseSedextocommunicateyourcorrectiveactionplanandprogresstoyour
customers.
問審計費用由誰支付？
答Sedexdoesnotspecifywhopaysforaudits.Itisuptoeachsite,supplier
andretailertoagreewhoshouldbearthecostofauditing.However,Sedex
seekstominimisethecostofauditingbymakingasingleauditreportavailable
toanumberofdifferentcustomers(seeSmeta).
問我必須使用某一特定的審計協議，才能使所提供信息被Sedex認可嗎
答No.Sedexdoesnotprescribethetypeofaudit.Sedexprovidesaplaceto
storeanyandallethicalauditreports,withasummaryofnon-compliancesheld
inacommonformat.HoweverSedexdoeshaveacommonauditmethodologyand
reportformatthatmanySedexmemberswillexpect.Formoreinformationplease
seehttps://www.sedex.org.uk/bc/cm/site.phproot=19951
問Sedex提供特許審計方名單嗎？
答No.Sedexdoesnotrestrictwhocancarryoutanaudit,althoughsome
companiesmayrecommendcertainauditorstotheirsuppliers.Theidentityof
theauditorisincludedoneachauditsummaryandmemberscanthendecide
whetherornottheauditisacceptabletothem.
問mycompetitorsbeabletoseemysupplychain
答No.Memberscanonlyseeinformationaboutothercompaniesiftheyhavebeen
grantedaccess.
問IfIjoinSedex,doesthatmeanIdon’tneedanethicaltradingprogramme
答不是。Sedex提供了一個匯集和分享信息的框架，但鏈條中的每個人都必須確保所上傳信息的準確性，并以信息為行動依據，不斷地進行完善。
問I’vealreadygotanassessmentsystemformysuppliers–whyshouldIjoin
Sedex
答Sedexprovidesanelectronicsystemforcollectingandanalysingcomparable
informationonethicalandresponsiblebusinesspractice.Itcanbeaccessedby
anysupplierorsite,anywhereintheworld,providingtheyareabletousethe
internet.Itwillallowyoutoaccessandanalyseethicalassessments,action
plansandcorrectiveactionsandtotrackprogressovertime.BecauseSedex
enablessitestosharethesamedatawithmanycustomers,thereisastrong
incentiveforsupplierstojoin.Thiswillhelptoreducetheduplicationof
audits,allowingbothyouandyoursupplierstoconcentrateonimprovements,
ratherthanonnumerousself-assessmentsandaudits.
問I’managentandIcan’tbesureonanyparticulardaywhichofmysites
supplieswhichofmycustomers–howwillSedexdealwiththis
答Sedexenablesyoutospecifywhichofyoursupplier’ssuppliestoeachofyour
customers.Youneedtoagreewithyourcustomerthebestwayofhandlingyour
supplychain,toensurethattheyhaveaccesstothemostaccurateinformation
possible.
問Lotsofmydirectsuppliersareagents–howwillSedexdealwiththis
答AgentswillneedtoregisterasBmembersonSedexandtorecordtheirtrading
relationships.Theagentisthenresponsibleformakingsuretheirsuppliers
registeronSedexandgrantyouaccesstotheirdata.
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