Ethical audits in the poultry industry: Why ethical audits are important and what can the industry expect from them

摘要

A report by the UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission highlighted questionable recruitment practices and worrying treatment of temporary and agency workers in the country's meat and poultry processing sector. Worker complaints ranged from physicaland verbal abuse to refusals for requests to take toilet breaks and unfair pay. Around 70% of those interviewed were migrant workers, for whom English was not their mother tongue, and many were too scared to speak out against their treatment for fear of losing their jobs.