Caspersz, D, Cullen, H, Davis, MC orcid.org/0000-0003-1577-7544 et al. (5 more authors) (2022) Modern slavery in global value chains: A global factory and governance perspective. Journal of Industrial Relations, 64 (2). pp. 177-199. ISSN 0022-1856
Abstract
‘Modern slavery’ describes various forms of severe relational labour exploitation. In the realm of global value chains and global factories that are led by multinational enterprises, modern slavery encompasses practices such as forced labour and debt bondage. Multinational enterprises organise and orchestrate global value chains into global factories that are highly adaptive to market pressures and changes in the external environment. We employ the global factory framework to conceptualise when and how global value chains become more vulnerable to modern slavery. We argue that combinations of the three global value chain characteristics: complexity, appropriation arrangements, and obligation cascadence, jointly form an environment in which modern slavery can evolve and take root. The degree to which forms of modern slavery become visible and recognisable depends on the particular combination of these characteristics. External factors can moderate the relationship between these factors (e.g. involvement of non-governmental organisations) or exaggerate their effect (e.g. a pandemic).
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Australian Labour and Employment Relations Association (ALERA) 2022. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY-NC 4.0). |
Keywords: | global factory, global value chain, labour standards, modern slavery, multinational enterprises |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) > Management Division Organizational Behaviour (LUBS) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number British Academy TS170074 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2021 08:45 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2022 10:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00221856211054586 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:178376 |