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Brésil(s), 2017 This article discusses the definition of modern slavery adopted by Brazilian law, tracing its origins from inspections in the interior of the country in the mid-1990s.
Leonardo Augusto de Andrade Barbosa
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Was Slavery Unconstitutional Before the Thirteenth Amendment? Lysander Spooner’s Theory of Interpretation [PDF]
, 1997 In 1843, radical abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison called the Constitution of the United States, a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. Why?
Barnett, Randy E.
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The domestic politics of corporate accountability legislation: struggles over the 2015 UK Modern Slavery Act [PDF]
, 2017 Over the last decade, the norm of corporate accountability for labour standards in global supply chains has become increasingly prominent within the transnational governance arena.
LeBaron, G, Rühmkorf, A.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study addresses the question of whether a critical mass of female directors positively contributes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) outcomes. Based on stakeholder‐agency and critical mass theories, a structured literature review of 92 archival critical mass studies on the impact of board gender diversity (BGD) on CSR performance ...
Patrick Velte
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Modern Slavery Disclosure in the G20: Firm and National-Level Insights
Jurnal AkuntansiThe urgency for firms to disclose modern slavery practices has increased in light of global human rights concerns. This study investigates the firm-level and country-level determinants that influence modern slavery disclosure using panel data from 6,757 ...
Vidya Intani Athfalina
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Unbound: Breaking the Bonds of Modern Day Slavery [PDF]
, 2019 Undergraduate Graphic ...
Calleja, Stephanie
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Freedom of Scientific Inquiry and Democracy. A Systems‐Theoretical Approach
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The article examines the relationship between democracy and one of its inherent features: freedom of scientific inquiry—a multi‐layered concept closely intertwined with the broader notion of academic freedom—both of which are increasingly under threat worldwide. The paper advocates for the use of Luhmann's theoretical framework to analyse this
Krešimir Žažar, Steffen Roth
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Anti-Trafficking Review, 2015 The focus of this article is on advocacy opportunities provided by the anti-trafficking framework in a new political climate. Through the case study of the United Kingdom (UK) Modern Slavery Act 2015 deliberations the article explores opportunities to ...
Caroline Robinson
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PROBLEM OF MODERN SLAVERY
Researchers' Guild, 2020 Modern slavery is gradually becoming one of the most widespread crimes in the world. A conscious understanding of the issue is an extremely important part of the process of tackling this problem. The aim of this work is to introduce the reader to the issue of human trafficking and its most common forms.
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The aftershocks: migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation in post-earthquake Nepal [PDF]
, 2015 Laura McManus is an ethical supply chain consultant specializing in modern slavery in Nepal. She is currently completing research for a joint project with photographer Monica Jane Frisell that examines the lives of Nepali domestic workers.
McCormack, Sam, McManus, Laura
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