All Outputs (2)

Shifting the perspective on labor exploitation: Non-commercial organizations’ contribution toward supply chain governance (2024)
Journal Article
Shirgholami, Z., Cole, R., & Aitken, J. (in press). Shifting the perspective on labor exploitation: Non-commercial organizations’ contribution toward supply chain governance. Journal of Supply Chain Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12321

Labor exploitation persists within global supply chains regardless of governmental legislation, private governance mechanisms, and increasing consumer demands. Notably, non-commercial organizations have been lauded as potential facilitators of improv... Read More about Shifting the perspective on labor exploitation: Non-commercial organizations’ contribution toward supply chain governance.

The outlook for modern slavery in the apparel sector in a post-lockdown economy (2021)
Journal Article
Cole, R., & Shirgholami, Z. (2022). The outlook for modern slavery in the apparel sector in a post-lockdown economy. Supply chain management, 27(4), 526-537. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-06-2020-0245

Purpose–This paper argues that the closures will cause regressive rather than progressive modern slavery shifts as the necessity of survival prevailsover addressing modern slavery risks within supply chains.

Design/methodology/approach–In the spri... Read More about The outlook for modern slavery in the apparel sector in a post-lockdown economy.