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the general as well as synagogue
response to occasional reports of
misconduct at kosher food facilities,
we have concluded that these kosher
consumers expect that supervising
rabbis won't knowingly certify pro-
ducers whose conduct is disgraceful.
The RCA is emphatically not
calling on kosher supervisors to
specifically oversee lawful conduct.
Flagging violations is the responsi-
bility of appropriate regulatory and
law enforcement bodies.
Rabbis have neither the expertise
nor the mandate to investigate the
ethical or legal conduct of corpora-
tions. But neither should they turn
a blind eye to misconduct.
Our guidelines do call for super-
vising agencies to demand a formal
commitment to lawful behavior on
the part of producers, and to with-
draw supervision when convincing
evidence of wrongdoing exists and
the problem is not addressed satis-
factorily.
We require that on-site super-
visors have clear procedures for
reporting misconduct they observe
and that the supervising agencies
establish effective procedures for
responding to reports. Industry
response to our proposed guide-
lines has been positive.
The Orthodox Union (OU),
which is the leading international
supervising agency, and for which
the Rabbinical Council of America
is the rabbinical authority, has
strongly endorsed our standards.
Other national supervision agencies
have indicated their agreement in
principle to the issuance of ethical
guidelines and are in various stages
of adoption of, and compliance
with, many provisions of our initia-
tive. The response demonstrates a
growing recognition that raising
the bar on ethical issues must be
part of the continuing professional
development that characterizes the
kosher supervision industry.
These guidelines will help to
define, and ultimately to raise, the
expectations among the various
stakeholders in the kosher food
industry. We are convinced that
they will make an important con-
tribution towards sustaining a
kosher marketplace that accords
with the highest standards of
Jewish ethics.

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