Social Audits
Noncompliance With Social Responsibility
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Appendix B
Diversity
SRCO has no supplier diversity program that would actively encourage the
involvement of underutilized businesses. SRCO seeks to use minority-owned and
women-owned vendors only when required by a grant. Nothing came to our attention
to indicate that SRCO specifically chooses not to conduct business with any
minority-owned or women-owned businesses. Moreover, SRCO has no purchasing
policies which indicate a commitment to enabling all people in the community to
share in economic growth.
SRCO has well-defined and implemented practices regarding employees and
clients that encourage the involvement of a variety of members of the community.
In order to “walk the talk” of social responsibility, these practices can
not be in place for legal or perceptual reasons. For SRCO and the community to
truly benefit, a consciousness about the advantages of diversity must be
conveyed to all employees. SRCO can not just wear “color blinders”; it must
recognize and empower the creative energy of a multicultural workplace.
Performance Evaluations
SRCO’s personnel manual requires annual evaluations for every employee. All
employees do sign contracts at least annually. However, during testwork on
employee files and employee interviews, we noted that not all SRCO personnel are
participating in annual evaluations. In addition, SRCO has no formal program for
employees and contractors to provide upward reviews of management on a periodic
basis.
Accountability
Since the inception of SRCO, management has held certain socially responsible
values which were evident in workplace practices. However, until this year, SRCO
has never consciously considered measuring and reporting its social performance.
Thus, SRCO has no established mechanisms in place to develop or refine social
responsibility objectives, measure progress towards these objectives and report
to all concerned stakeholders. SRCO has not developed a Statement of Values
which addresses social and environmental performance. In addition, SRCO does not have a written policy which protects internal
critics from discrimination or retaliation and provides assurance that SRCO will
make full-disclosure of all information that may impact stakeholders.
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