...Matthew Skerritt; Leonard Taylor; Amaya Vega; Amir Hossein Azadnia; George Onofrei Purpose This paper evaluates how the design of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ( CSRD ) influences corporate disclosures on modern slavery and human rights due diligence ( HRDD ) in global supply...

...Kezban Yagci Sokat; Nezih Altay Purpose Modern slavery is a humanitarian problem that affects global supply chains. Given the increasing pressures from legislature, consumers and investors, firms have a growing interest in eliminating forced labor and modern slavery from their supply chains...

...Rosanna Cole; Zahra Shirgholami Purpose This paper argues that the closures will cause regressive rather than progressive modern slavery shifts as the necessity of survival prevails over addressing modern slavery risks within supply chains. Design/methodology/approach In the spring of 2020...

...Mark Stevenson Purpose The purpose of this study is to provide new insight into the modern slavery threat and to enhance its detection in supply chains by understanding and addressing barriers to whistleblowing. A broad definition of a whistle-blower is adopted, which includes any witness internal...

...Anthony Flynn Purpose This paper aims to investigate the determinants of corporate compliance with the transparency in supply chains provision of the UK Modern Slavery Act. While recent scholarship has described what firms are doing to comply with this Act, no attempt has been made to explain...

...Mark Stevenson; Rosanna Cole Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine how organisations report on the detection and remediation of modern slavery in their operations and supply chains and to understand their approaches to disclosing information in response to modern slavery legislation...