Governance gaps in eradicating forced labor: From global to domestic supply chains

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Crane, Andrew; LeBaron, Genevieve; Allain, Jean; Behbahani, Laya
• 署名单位: University of Bath; University of Sheffield; Monash University; University of Hull; Simon Fraser University
• 刊物名称: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1748-5983
• DOI: 10.1111/rego.12162
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 86-106
• 关键词: standards; sustainability; ENFORCEMENT; networks

摘要

A growing body of scholarship analyzes the emergence and resilience of forced labor in developing countries within global value chains. However, little is known about how forced labor arises within domestic supply chains concentrated within national borders,producing products for domestic consumption. We conduct one of the first studies of forced labor in domestic supply chains,through a cross-industry comparison of the regulatory gaps surrounding forced labor in the United Kingdom. We find that understanding the dynamics of forced labor in domestic supply chains requires us to conceptually modify the global value chain framework to understand similarities and differences across these contexts. We conclude that addressing the governance gaps that surround forced labor will require scholars and policymakers to carefully refine their thinking about how we might design operative governance that effectively engages with local variation.