creators_name: Jahn, Gabriele
creators_name: Schramm, Matthias
creators_name: Spiller, Achim
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-11-18
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:25:28
metadata_visibility: show
title: The Reliability of Organic Certification: An Approach to Investigate the Audit Quality

ispublished: unpub
subjects: 2security
full_text_status: public
keywords: organic certification, audit quality, agency theory
abstract: Increasing complexity and first scandals indicate that the current control structures for organic food is insufficient. The main challenges are different methods of implementation on the national level and the collaborative responsibility between the public and the private sector. Both often cause lacking clarity and disagreements. The following contribution focuses on instruments to enhance the quality of certification of organic food. Only a few of the suggested instruments have been included as necessary requirements yet. Given the risk of deficient quality assurance and at the same time increasing control costs, it seems urgent to trigger discussions on risk-oriented auditing and to improve the current certification system. 
date: 2005
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Jahn, Gabriele; Schramm, Matthias and Spiller, Achim (2005) The Reliability of Organic Certification: An Approach to Investigate the Audit Quality. Researching Sustainable Systems - International Scientific Conference on Organic Agriculture, Adelaide, Australia, September 21-23, 2005. [ Unpublished, ]
document_url: http://orgprints.org/4378/4/4378-Jahn_etal_4p_revised-ed.pdf