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TY - JOUR
T1 - Detecting and Remediating Modern Slavery in Supply Chains
T2 - A Targeted Audit Approach
AU - Benstead, Amy Victoria
AU - Hendry, Linda
AU - Stevenson, Mark
N1 - This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Production Planning & Control on 24 July 2020, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09537287.2020.1795290
PY - 2021/9/30
Y1 - 2021/9/30
N2 - 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 investigation at a high-risk supplier in South East Asia. This paper responds to calls from the literature to investigate the modern slavery detection process and provides empirical evidence involving collaboration with a large multinational NGO and another of the audited supplier’s customers. Findings are presented from a first-hand account of the detection process and suggest that a targeted audit is more likely to identify key indicators of modern slavery. This type of audit includes investigating the end-to-end recruitment process by using a parallel structure of management and worker interviews and documentation review. Evidence is also provided of the company’s remediation process, which includes partnering with a local NGO to empower workers and collaboratively develop suppliers.
AB - 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 investigation at a high-risk supplier in South East Asia. This paper responds to calls from the literature to investigate the modern slavery detection process and provides empirical evidence involving collaboration with a large multinational NGO and another of the audited supplier’s customers. Findings are presented from a first-hand account of the detection process and suggest that a targeted audit is more likely to identify key indicators of modern slavery. This type of audit includes investigating the end-to-end recruitment process by using a parallel structure of management and worker interviews and documentation review. Evidence is also provided of the company’s remediation process, which includes partnering with a local NGO to empower workers and collaboratively develop suppliers.
KW - Modern slavery
KW - Supply chain auditing
KW - Remediation
KW - Transparency
U2 - 10.1080/09537287.2020.1795290
DO - 10.1080/09537287.2020.1795290
M3 - Journal article
VL - 32
SP - 1136
EP - 1157
JO - Production Planning and Control
JF - Production Planning and Control
SN - 0953-7287
IS - 13
ER -