... 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Labour governance Labour exploitation Modern slavery Supply chain governance Agriculture Pakistan Labour abuses in supply chains under the term “modern slavery” affect millions of people worldwide. Cases of forced labour...

... in supply chains. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides a real-time case study of modern slavery in the wine, apple and poultry supply chains in Southern Brazil with interviews including workers, farmers and a multitude of stakeholders. Findings By following the flow of labour, we uncover...

...Ruoqi Geng; Hugo K.S. Lam; Mark Stevenson Purpose There is still significant variation in firms' efforts to address modern slavery issues in supply chains despite the importance of this grand challenge. This research adopts the awareness-motivation-capability (AMC) framework to investigate AMC...

...Joanne Meehan; Bruce D. Pinnington Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess whether firms' transparency in supply chain (TISC) statements indicate that substantive action is being taken on modern slavery in UK government supply chains. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyse 66...

...Amy V. Benstead; Linda C. Hendry; Mark Stevenson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how horizontal collaboration aids organisations in responding to modern slavery legislation and in gaining a socially sustainable competitive advantage. Design/methodology/approach Action...