The 28-page report, “‘Obsessed with Audit Tools, Missing the Goal’: Why Social Audits Can’t Fix Labor Rights Abuses in Global Supply Chains,” highlights the problems with social audits ...

The report, compiled by the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General, estimates the agency underpaid about $131.8 million to 9,224 widows and widowers aged 70 and older.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday decided to get a social audit of Covid-19 welfare programmes done with the help of non-government organisations, a first for the country.

The recent refusal by five international auditing firms to inspect for labor abuses in Xinjiang was the right response to the severe human rights violations there. But this is a moment for the ...

For example, with a cash-heavy business, you might think, "Well, we can verify the bank balance easily, so the risk must be low." But that's actually about audit evidence and controls, not ...

An independent Social Audit Directorate will become functional in Bihar from April 1 this year. It will oversee the audit of all welfare schemes run by the state government. Only 10 other states ...

The social audit of schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) now permits the involvement of outsiders in the process as facilitators. JAIPUR: The social ...