The document outlines the concept of social audit, defined as an evaluation of a company's social performance and responsibility. Its objectives include assessing impacts on local communities, identifying social gaps, and ensuring effective resource use, among others. Components of social audits encompass social, economic, health, educational, environmental, and political factors.

1. SOCIAL AUDIT
Dr Emmanuel Daniel
Faculty of Social Work

2. Contents
What is Social Audit?
Definitions of Social Audit
Objectives of Social Audit
Components of Social Audit

3. What is Social Audit?
Audit
Public disclosure of
a company’s social
performance
Internal evaluation
of a company’s
social responsibility
performance
Inspect a
company’s
procedures to
improve its
social performance
Balance between
social responsibility
and making profits
Source- https://www.marketing91.com/social-audit/
https://accountlearning.com/social-audit-definition-objectives-need-disclosure-of-information/

4. Definitions of Social Audit
The social audit is
an idea whose time
has come, but
which is not ready
to be taken off the
drawing board and
put to work
- Melvin Aushen
A commitment to
systematic
assessment of and
reporting on some
meaningful,
definable domain of
a company’s
activities that have
a social impact-
Boweni
Source- https://www.marketing91.com/social-audit/

5. Objectives of Social Audit
To assess the
impact on the local
communities
To identify the
social gaps
To assess the
conditions of work
To formulate
initiatives for the
development of
local communities
To understand fair
price of the goods
produced for the
consumers
To ensure whether
the resources are
being used
effectively
Source- https://www.marketing91.com/social-audit/

6. • Social Components
• Economic Components
• Health And Educational Components
• Environmental Components
• Political Components
Components
of Social Audit
Source- https://www.marketing91.com/social-audit/