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AskTheWorkers.com
asktheworkers.com is our worker-facing site; it is a site for workers. It showcases our app with videos in 20+ spoken languages, why they should use our app, and how our app works.
Jan 173 min read


Ask The Elves
With a supply chain stretching from pole to pole, Santa has a lot of elves to worry about. Relying on snowcial audits is not enough. So Santa uses Ask The Elves which gives him real-time visibility over elf and safety across the whole chain.
Dec 15, 20253 min read


Why Ask The Workers?
Taking someone's word for it is not due diligence. That's why an effective approach means we must Ask The Workers. Find out why this is becoming a new standard for labour rights due diligence.
Nov 26, 20254 min read


Measuring the social UN SDGs
How many of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) relate to social matters - and how easy is it to measure performance against them?
Nov 26, 20254 min read


How effective are your labor rights due diligence tools?
We set out a simple theory that can be used to assess the effectiveness of due diligence tools for worker rights in supply chains - and there is a free app coming shortly using this theory - watch this space.
Sep 29, 20255 min read


A CFO briefing: Ask the workers
Implementing Ask the workers - a downloadable example briefing note for CFOs, including ROI and budget justification - 1 page summary and 4 page supporting note.
Sep 2, 20258 min read


Is collecting data directly from workers okay in a social audit?
What is the legal and ethical status of data collected by interviewing workers in social audits? We thought that might be quite a simple question - but there's quite a lot to this topic. Find out what we found out!
Aug 22, 202510 min read


Worker voice - improving surveys
Worker voice surveys have been around a long time. Yet they are not a standard component of labour rights due diligence processes for responsible and ethical sourcing teams. But there is now a better way.
Jul 16, 20256 min read


Labour rights, a new focus?
There are new areas of risk emerging relating to labour (labor) rights - it's not just the traditional supply chain. This post gives examples of new focus issues for ethical, sustainability and human rights teams, and how to address them.
Jul 8, 20257 min read


The humans are missing: Ask the workers
The humans (workers) are missing from human rights due diligence. What would an ideal technology platform look like to address this? These are the principles defining the Ask the workers approach - and also underwrite how the impact that the platform can make.
Jun 30, 20257 min read


Effective ethical sourcing: part 1
Effective ethical sourcing means backing up sensible policies with effective actions. This post explores what that involves in practice.
May 29, 20254 min read


Effective ethical sourcing: part 2
Effective ethical sourcing means backing up sensible policies with effective actions. This is part 2 of 3 posts exploring what that involves in practice.
May 29, 20255 min read


Effective ethical sourcing: part 3
Effective ethical sourcing means backing up sensible policies with effective actions. This is part 3 of 3 posts exploring what that involves in practice.
May 29, 20254 min read


Sharing worker data
Prompted by discussions we have had with several brands in the last two weeks, we explain how its possible to have worker data or worker voice collected via a single process and then shared with everyone who needs to see it, when they need to see it.
May 15, 20256 min read


Continuous worker voice and workplaces (and suppliers)
Why should suppliers implement Ask The Workers. Read on here to see why continuous worker voice makes sense for suppliers.
May 14, 202511 min read


Ethical sourcing policies could be increasing risks
What if ethical sourcing policies were increasing risks for Business rather than reducing them? This might be the case - here we explain why, and give some examples.
Apr 29, 20256 min read


Your workers - who are they?
Across sub-contractors, supply chains and agencies - you can find you have many workers contributing to your enterprise that you don't know. Here's a short note on how to understand and manage your wider worker human rights responsibilities.
Apr 22, 20255 min read


Ask the workers FAQs
This post collects up our FAQs into one place. You can find our FAQs better presented on our home page, and you can ask your questions to our AI Chat and also get the benefit of Claude's wider knowledge.
Apr 12, 202539 min read


A duty of care for business to workers?
Business should recognise its duty of care to workers in its locations and supply chains. Here's why and what government should do.
Mar 31, 20259 min read


Ask the workers - our news
Ask the workers is our new brand - all the workers, all the time. And there's more news coming, including new technology and partnerships.
Mar 1, 20253 min read
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