The following is intended to be a comprehensive response to your inquiry. We have reviewed Sodexo's Group-level and U.S. commitments to our employees' freedom of association in light of prevailing international standards as set forth through the ILO and other official bodies charged with interpreting and applying the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ILO Conventions 87 and 98, and other jurisprudence interpreting international labor standards...[We] believe that a full and objective assessment of the issues you have identified....warrant the conclusion that...Sodexo's North American operations further Sodexo's commitments to human rights. [section headings:] I. Commitment of the Sodexo Group to Human Rights... II. Sodexo's Labor Policies and Practices in North America... III. Specific Issues Raised by Human Rights Watch...