The UK's Modern Slavery Act 2015 and anti-slavery commitments by major firms are having little impact on working conditions in the supply chain, and could even push exploitation into even more unregulated markets, according ...
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2019
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Consumer education campaigns that raise awareness about the use of child labour in global supply chains can be an effective countermeasure against the practice, according to new research published in Manufacturing & Service ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2019
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Marking the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, new interactive data dashboards have been launched that visualise trends in forced labour, modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labour. For the first time, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 3, 2018
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In Ivory Coast, cocoa once guaranteed farmers a sweet life.
Environment
Sep 26, 2018
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Italy's antitrust authority said Thursday it had launched a probe into tech giants Apple and Samsung for allegedly shortening the lives of their products so clients would buy newer models.
Business
Jan 18, 2018
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Flexibility in the workplace is the key to helping women maintain their career trajectory after childbirth, new research by the University of Kent has shown.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2017
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New research suggests that firms with a good reputation for ethical sourcing in the fashion industry are judged more harshly than their peers when child labour is discovered in their supply chain. Meggan Caddey, a final year ...
Economics & Business
Jun 13, 2017
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Covered in dust and without protective kit, two seven-year-old boys gather stones in cups.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2016
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Cobalt mined dangerously by children in the Democratic Republic of Congo could end up in the lithium batteries of smartphones and electric cars made by Apple, Samsung or Sony, Amnesty International said Tuesday.
Business
Jan 19, 2016
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Unequal access to education ensures hundreds of millions of children remain trapped in child labour despite dramatic falls in worldwide poverty levels, according to QUT research.
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2015
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