Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 56.16
Liaison Matthew Liesch
Submission Date May 13, 2024

STARS v2.2

Central Michigan University
EN-15: Trademark Licensing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 2.00 Eric Urbaniak
Student Reviewer
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Is the institution a member of the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC)?:
No

Is the institution currently a member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA)? :
No

For institutions outside the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. only:

Is the institution currently a member of an equivalent independent monitoring and verification organization approved by AASHE?:
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A brief description of the independent monitoring and verification organization:
Central Michigan University licensees use the CLC agreement (attached below). CLC is a collegiate licensing agency through which many universities and colleges make license agreements, and in each of these agreements, the licensee agrees to uphold workers' rights. Section 14 in the attached document describes the code of conduct that is expected of the licensee.

If institution is not a member of a monitoring and verification organization:

Has the institution adopted a labor rights code of conduct in its licensing agreements with the licensees who produce its logo apparel?:
Yes

A copy of the labor rights code of conduct for licensees:
RETAIL-LICENSE-AGREEMENT-TEMPLATE.pdf

The labor rights code of conduct for licensees:
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Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s trademark licensing initiatives is available:
https://www.cmich.edu/offices-departments/university-communications/brand-guidelines/trademarks-and-licensing

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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