Transcript FSI Worldwide – Ethical Manpower Provision

FSI WORLDWIDE
ETHICAL MANPOWER PROVISION (EMP)
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FSI WORLDWIDE
ETHICAL MANPOWER PROVISION (EMP)
 FSI a Socially Entrepreneurial Organisation addressing
Bonded Labour through Ethical Manpower Provision
(EMP)
 FSI and EMP was born in Iraq in 2006. Experience of
serious corruption associated with the recruitment of
‘Gurkhas’ into the Security Industry.
 FSI was set up to protect Gurkhas but now rolling out
EMP to other Industries from FSI Offices in Nepal,
Kenya, India, and in JV with Marie Apostol from the
Philippines
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THE REALITY OF EMP
• Realities of engaging in EMP
– Understand the commercials
• Benefits to the employer
– Productive, happy workers are MORE PRODUCTIVE
– Attrition – costs
– Reputation and PR
• Finance, investors, consumers
• Positive image
• New executive order
– Strengthen FAR
– Leverage to encourage ethical recruitment
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FSI WORLDWIDE
ETHICAL MANPOWER PROVISION (EMP)
 Our strategy for growth is to demonstrate across multiple industries and to
multiple stakeholders that EMP is smart business morally and commercially.
 The realities of Ethical recruitment – true cost and savings
 Large capital project study in middle east
 Data and metric collation for comparative study
 Large NGO backed pilot project to demonstrate:
 If contractors invest in their workforce through ethical recruitment,
appropriate training and best practice then they will realise enhanced
workforce productivity and therefore bottom line benefits.
 Freedom matters. FSI’s UK charity focused on
 Rescue, rehabilitation and vocational training of child victims of human
trafficking
 Education and training of migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation
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THE SOLUTION - EMP
 Provision of the right people with the right training and
experience for the role through a process which ensures
their quality and protection.
 FSI achieve this In house ownership of the entire
recruitment and management process. Legal, financial and
operational control. No subcontracting, no agents.
 Regular auditing of the recruitment process and zero
tolerance of any form of corruption.
 Cultural sensitivity, local knowledge and influence
 Winning the Hearts and Minds of the communities through
Respect, Protection, Fairness and CSR Projects
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THE SOLUTION - EMP
 INSIST - INVEST - INSPECT
 FSI operates at the highest level of international standards for
recruitment and management of personnel
 Never charge for recruitment even when provision exits in a country’s
legal framework to do so – if a company is not paying recruitment fees
then the candidate is
 Employing the right people in the recruitment and welfare offices and
as Project Managers
 The right people with the right remuneration running recruitment –
People selected on their integrity and ethical background.
 The Right Management on the project. Professional and ethical
managers who embrace the importance of Investing in People vs
exploitation
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UN GLOBAL COMPACT CASE STUDY
 Large and sensitive contract in Afghanistan
 FSI asked to undertake detailed audit of the incumbent
guard force
 Discovered widespread corruption and project
infiltration, which had directly lead to a murder back in
Nepal
 Need to remove the corrupt elements and break the
hold of the malevolent manpower company
 FSI managed to reemploy personnel once they had
broken the ties with the manpower company.
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TOOLKIT FOR COMPANIES TO RECRUIT
MIGRANT WORKERS
 INSIST - Resolute Corporate Policy that insists on zero
corruption and a commitment to breaking through the
Agents’ façade
 INVEST - The right People - Invest in high quality, well
trained people within your recruitment network and
remunerate them appropriately
 INSPECT - Policing of Recruitment Infrastructure
Moles, Interviews, audit, constant management
Through Life Management and Protection
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CONTACT
NICHOLAS FORSTER
Co-Founder FSI Worldwide
• Email: [email protected]
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