Op-ed: How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains
The fight against modern slavery in supply chains reveals a troubling paradox: the very factors that should drive corporate action, like moral urgency and the systemic nature of the issue, often become excuses for inaction and deflection.
Re:Structure Lab Investigator Kam Phung has published an op-ed in The Conversation titled “How businesses deflect responsibilities for addressing modern slavery in their supply chains.” The op-ed emphasizes how businesses reframe modern slavery as too vast or complex for any single firm to solve, or as an issue requiring endless partnerships that diffuse responsibility.
Phung discusses how these strategies shift accountability away from corporations, allowing them to appear engaged while avoiding meaningful reforms. He highlights the need for companies to move beyond rhetoric and take concrete, measurable steps toward eradicating forced labor from their supply chains.
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