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The outlook for modern slavery in the apparel sector in a post-lockdown economy
Supply Chain Management, 2021 Purpose This paper argues that the closures will cause regressive rather than progressive modern slavery shifts as the necessity of survival prevails over addressing modern slavery risks within supply chains.
R. Cole, Zahra Shirgholami
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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 +3 more
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The modern slavery wheel as the new theoretical framework
Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 2023 A few research papers on modern slavery have outlined how this phenomenon flourishes and persists despite institutional pressures against inhumane practices.
RODRIGO MARTINS BAPTISTA +3 more
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Detecting and remediating modern slavery in supply chains: a targeted audit approach
Production planning & control (Print), 2020 This paper investigates modern slavery detection and remediation. Action research has been conducted in the textiles and fashion industry, with the primary engagement involving a multi-billion pound (GBP) turnover company and their modern slavery ...
Amy V. Benstead, L. Hendry, M. Stevenson
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The UK’s Modern Slavery Legislation: An Early Assessment of Progress
Social Inclusion, 2017 In 2015, the Westminster UK government introduced a Modern Slavery Act described by its proponents as ‘world-leading’. This description was challenged at the time both inside and outside the UK.
Gary Craig
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Human Trafficking and the UK Modern Slavery Bill
Social Inclusion, 2015 This article provides a commentary on growing awareness of human trafficking to and within the United Kingdom and government responses to it.
Gary Craig
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A Review of the Leading Information Technology Companies’ Modern Slavery Statements [PDF]
Athens Journal of Business & Economics, 2023 Modern slavery is an insidious problem in many sectors of the global economy, and it poses a challenge for the information technology industry. However, the issue of modern slavery in the information technology industry has received little or no ...
Peter Jones, Daphne Comfort
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Elements for the Agent-Based Modeling of Slavery Systems
Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, 2020 This paper introduces formal concepts for the agent-based modeling of slavery systems. The concepts of master-slave economic relationship, slavery-based economic system, slavery-supporting legal system, and slavery-based material agent society are ...
Antõnio C R Costa
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HiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-StudienEste artículo examina la denominación de grandes grupos poblacionales en América, como los antiguos esclavos y sus descendientes. El grupo que hoy define el discurso sobre la esclavitud y sus consecuencias suele ser denominado “afros”.
Michael Zeuske
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 Locations where populations are most reliant on forests and their ecosystem services for subsistence and development are also areas where modern slavery persists.
Bethany Jackson +3 more
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