Survival at the expense of the weakest? Managing modern slavery risks in supply chains during COVID-19

Alexander Trautrims; Martin C. Schleper; M. Selim Cakir; Stefan Gold

doi:10.1080/13669877.2020.1772347

Survival at the expense of the weakest? Managing modern slavery risks in supply chains during COVID-19

Alexander Trautrims^*, Martin C. Schleper, M. Selim Cakir, Stefan Gold

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This paper reflects on the implications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on modern slavery risks in supply chains. We first reason that the global supply and demand shock resulting from COVID-19 exacerbates workers’ vulnerability to modern slavery. Then, we discuss challenges firms face to detect, prevent, and mitigate increasing modern slavery risks in supply chains during COVID-19. We conclude our paper by arguing that proactive, value-oriented, and long-term supply chain management approaches increase firms’ resilience to cope with highly volatile and extreme events, such as COVID 19.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Risk Research
Volume	23
Issue	7-8
Pages (from-to)	1067-1072
Number of pages	6
ISSN	1366-9877
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1772347
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic
labour exploitation
modern slavery
social sustainability
Supply chain risk management

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Survival at the expense of the weakest? Managing modern slavery risks in supply chains during COVID-19. / Trautrims, Alexander; Schleper, Martin C.; Cakir, M. Selim et al.
In: Journal of Risk Research, Vol. 23, No. 7-8, 2020, p. 1067-1072.

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