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Semantic primitives and compositionality: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract The term semantic primitives refers to a set of basic, atomic concepts from which all other (compound) concepts are constructed. It presupposes the principle of compositionality—the idea that complex items or expressions can be formed by combining simpler constituents.
Birger Hjørland
wiley   +1 more source

Debate: Forced Labour, Slavery and Human Trafficking: When do definitions matter?

Anti-Trafficking Review, 2015
We can spend a lot of time debating the connections or essential differences between the concepts of trafficking, forced labour, slavery and modern slavery, or slavery-like practices.
Roger Plant
doaj   +1 more source

International business encounters organized crime:the case of trafficking in human beings [PDF]

, 2018
With increasing globalization, transnational crime in general, and human trafficking in particular, a design of new legal framework is required in order to effectively operationalize interstate law enforcement operations and prosecutions. The development
O'Neill, Maria
core   +2 more sources

Survival at the expense of the weakest? Managing modern slavery risks in supply chains during COVID-19

Journal of Risk Research, 2020
This paper reflects on the implications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on modern slavery risks in supply chains. We first reason that the global supply and demand shock resulting from COVID-19 exacerbates workers’ vulnerability to modern slavery.
A. Trautrims, M. Schleper, M. Cakir, S. Gold   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
wiley   +1 more source

Taking Back Control: Human Rights and Human Trafficking in the United Kingdom

Societies
Modern slavery and human trafficking are well recognized as significant problems in need of legislation, policies, and actions from a wide range of stakeholders in the United Kingdom.
Todd Landman, Ben Brewster, Sara Thornton   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Para Compreender a “Escravidão Moderna”: Vozes dos arquivos

Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 2017
This paper examines the African experience with forced labor in colonial Mozambique, where the administration developed a labor regime that resembled a ‘modern slavery.’ Both contemporary observers and subsequent scholarly research have used the ...
Eric Allina
doaj   +1 more source

Modern Slavery Disclosure Regulation and Global Supply Chains: Insights from Stakeholder Narratives on the UK Modern Slavery Act

Journal of Business Ethics, 2021
The purpose of this article is to problematise a particular social transparency and disclosure regulation in the UK, that transcend national boundaries in order to control (modern) slavery in supply chains operating in the developing world.
Muhammad Azizul Islam, Chris J. Van Staden   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Examining Airlines' Environmental and Social Disclosure: Does Board Gender Diversity Matter?

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the influence of board gender diversity (BGD) on environmental and social disclosure (ESD) within the airline industry, an area that remains underexplored despite increasing stakeholder scrutiny. We apply automated textual analysis to annual reports of Skytrax's top global airlines from 2016 to 2022 to measure the ...
Enoch Opare Mintah, Mahmoud Elmarzouky, Doaa Shohaieb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What's Wrong with the Global Slavery Index?

Anti-Trafficking Review, 2017
The Global Slavery Index (GSI), which has been produced by the Walk Free Foundation in 2013, 2014 and 2016, seeks to calculate the number of victims of human trafficking (or ‘modern slavery’) in each country and to assess and rank government responses ...
Anne T Gallagher
doaj   +1 more source