In fact, a new industry of social auditing appears to have emerged over night.
Companies have hurried to become certified under the new global standard in ethical production-Social Accountability 8000.
Both nongovernmental agencies operating in developing countries and major international auditing firm have become involved in overseeing firm compliance to the new standard.
In a single year, PricewaterhouseCoopers conducted 15,000 inspections related to SA 8000 in the Chinese province of Guangdong alone.