SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
OUR CSR POLICY
We take respect for human rights and compliance with labor laws very seriously. Our responsibility means conducting business in a socially responsible and ethical manner, supporting human rights and engaging, learning from, respecting and supporting the communities and cultures with which we work. We will ensure all matters of CSR are considered and supported in our operations and administrative matters.
As a requirement of our relationships with Fair labor association affiliated universities and colleges, Lakeshirts has received accreditation with the Fair labor association (FLA) and has adopted a code that meets or exceeds FLA Workplace Code of Conduct. We select business partners based on their shared commitment to our ethical practices and ensure that they agree to our detailed standards of business conduct. That includes not only compliance with labor standards, but also execution of periodic factory audits to ensure that specified requirements are indeed being met.
We seek to be a leader in these areas through our words, conduct, and actions. We feel it is important, and where applicable, we invite you to join us. All Lakeshirts employees and contractors will adopt the CSR considerations described in this policy into their day-today work activities. Lakeshirts leaders will act as role models by incorporating those considerations into decision-making in all business practices.
Business Ethics and Transparency
Lakeshirts is committed to maintaining excellence in its daily operations and promoting confidence in our governance systems. Lakeshirts recognizes the importance of protecting all of our human, financial, physical, informational, social, environmental, and reputational assets. Lakeshirts considers suppliers our partners and will work with them to help us achieve our policy aspirations in the delivery of our products and services.
Environment Health and Safety
Lakeshirts is committed to protecting the health and safety of all individuals affected by our activities, including our employees, contractors and the public. Lakeshirts will provide a safe and healthy working environment, and will not compromise the health and safety of any individual. Our goal is to have no accidents and mitigate impacts on the environment by working with our peers and others to promote responsible environmental practices and continuous improvement. All employees are responsible and accountable for contributing to a safe working environment, for fostering safe working attitudes, and for operating in an environmentally responsible manner.
Employee Relations
Lakeshirts will ensure that employees are treated fairly and with dignity and consideration for their goals and aspirations and that diversity in the workplace is embraced. Lakeshirts will apply fair labor practices, while respecting national and local labor laws. Lakeshirts is committed to providing equal opportunity in all aspects of employment and will not engage in or tolerate unlawful workplace conduct, including discrimination, intimidation, or harassment.
Human Rights
Lakeshirts recognizes that governments have the primary responsibility to promote and protect human rights. Lakeshirts will work with governments and agencies to support and respect human rights within our sphere of influence. Lakeshirts will not tolerate human rights abuses, and will not engage or be complicit in any activity that solicits or encourages human rights abuse.
Community
Lakeshirts recognizes our responsibility to work in partnership with the community in which we operate. Lakeshirts will contribute to quality of life by supporting innovative programs in health, education, social services and the environment, as well as cultural and civic projects.
FAIR COMPENSATION
In alignment with our company’s Value of Community, Lakeshirts recognizes as a fundamental right of all workers and a core support for economic and social justice. Accordingly, we are committed to working with the Fair Labor Association (fairlabor.org) to uphold that right. As such, Lakeshirts adopts subscribes to the FLA’s code of conduct and is committed to establishing fair compensation for all workers industry wide.
Fair compensation enables every worker to earn enough in weekly wages, without overtime, to allow the worker to support themselves and at least two family members, plus enough to also save for their future.
The FLA uses wage benchmarks as guideposts to understand workers’ wages in specific countries and regions. These guideposts are a tool for companies to determine fair compensation progress. Lakeshirts is working with the FLA to develop our fair compensation blueprint, which, upon completion, will serve as an operational action plan to drive living wage progress for all workers who contribute to the success of Lakeshirts in its supply chain.