Three business characteristics can serve as leading indicators of possible human-rights abuses in the making.
For decades, policymakers and corporate CSR departments have undertaken sustained, sincere efforts to clamp down on labour abuses such as slavery, perilous working conditions and wage theft. Sadly, the results so far appear limited, if
recent studies are any indication. Far from disappearing,
modern-day slavery may be spreading in developed economies, with the United Kingdom reporting
The cost and challenges of end-to-end supply chain oversight are almost certainly a source of strain for government agencies and internal auditors alike. Beyond that, we believe that there is a key voice missing from the well-intentioned chorus crying out against labour malpractice. Viewing such abuses as either ethical aberrations or crimes to be punished neglects the reality that they are also business decisions that, though indefensible, may be driven by how the firm in question operat