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JTW-JME-11 Justice, Trade & Work Justice & Market Ethics CORE Excellence v2.9.7

Modern-slavery supply-chain audit

Evaluates the organization's due diligence in auditing its supply chain for modern slavery. This is critical for upholding ʿAdl (justice) and Ḥifẓ al‑Nafs (protection of life). Allah commands justice and excellence: “Indeed Allah orders ʿadl and iḥsān…” (Quran 16:90). This frames modern-slavery due diligence as a duty of institutional iḥsān—designing systems that prevent harm, not merely reacting to incidents, safeguarding vulnerable workers from zulm (oppression) and protecting the organization's ethical integrity.

Compliance 2
  • Partner/Grantee Due Diligence for Modern Slavery (screening, clauses, monitoring)
    Process Essential
  • Annual Modern Slavery Act s.54 statement (Board approved, signed, published on homepage & registry)
    Compliance Essential
Basic 1
  • Definitions for compliance: 'Key supplier', 'High-risk', 'Audit', 'CAP', 'Tier'.
    Documentation Essential
Good 3
  • A documented Modern Slavery policy and annual risk assessment
    Documentation Essential
  • Responsible recruitment controls covering all labour providers and agencies
    Process Essential
  • Supplier Code of Conduct contractually required for all key suppliers (prohibiting forced labour, Employer Pays Principle, right-to-audit)
    Compliance Essential
Better 4
  • Survivor-Centred Remediation Protocol (safety, non-retaliation, fee repayment, escalation)
    Process Essential
  • Supplier training and capacity building on modern slavery
    Stakeholder Engagement High
  • Audit quality controls (triangulation, worker-voice, no pre-briefing)
    Monitoring High
  • Extending due diligence beyond tier-1 suppliers
    Excellence High
Best 3
  • Collaboration with other organizations to tackle supply chain risks
    Collaboration High
  • Adopt Employer Pays Principle, multilingual grievance channels (GDPR/PIDA compliant), and publish traceability
    Stakeholder Engagement High
  • Use risk-based, unannounced third-party audits and worker interviews
    Monitoring High

Related Criteria

JTW-JME-01 Independent Maẓālim panel active JTW-JME-02 Dispute resolution timeliness JTW-JME-03 Restorative-justice policy JTW-JME-04 Whistleblowing protection tested (Speak‑Up) JTW-JME-05 Staff awareness of grievance mechanism
Version
2.9.7 2025-11-05

Discussion (1)

Administrator 2026-03-07 11:07:56.326460

📋 **Version updated: 1.0.0 → 2.9.7** **Changes:** Updated islamic_references from mizan-297.json

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