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Corruption and modern slavery

In my July column, I wrote about the connection between corruption and the environment. But corruption also has a link to the “S” of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) pillars. Corruption is both a cause and a...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

[Webinar] Forced Labor/Slave Labor/Uyghur Labor - The latest on human rights violations and CBP enforcement - January 4th, 11:30...

Join Braumiller Law Group Senior Counsel Bruce Leeds for the second presentation in a monthly series regarding Hot Topics in International Trade Compliance Forced Labor/Slave Labor/Uyghur Labor - The latest on human rights...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Juneteenth Now Recognized by All 50 States on its Second Anniversary as a Federal Holiday

In 1980, Texas became the first state in the United States to recognize Juneteenth as an official state holiday, and today all 50 states and the District of Columbia have recognized Juneteenth as a state holiday or...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Hidden Traffic Podcast - Impact of Climate Change on Modern Slavery with Jeff Bond, Part 1

In this episode, Jeff Bond is the Director of Strategy and Design for the Global Fund To End Modern Slavery, an international fund that mobilizes resources, evidence, and partnerships to end modern slavery. He is passionate...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Fraud Eats Strategy - Human Trafficking is Everyone’s Problem: Steps that Organizations Can Take to Disrupt Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is the fastest-growing transnational crime, with more than 25 million people in forced labor and sexual exploitation. As if these numbers aren’t horrifying enough, 10 million of those trafficked people are...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report - Irene Kaushansky - Supply Chain the Connective Tissue in the Fight Against Modern Slavery

In this episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, I visit Irene Kaushansky, Associate Director of Compliance and Operational Integrity at Global Fund to End Modern Slavery. Irene is passionate about the fight against Modern...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance Report-Episode 497 –Jonathan Armstrong on the UKBA, GDPR & Modern Slavery Compliance

The FCPA Compliance Report is the longest running podcast in compliance, premiering on July 31, 2015. This week begins a series of podcasts leading up to the 500th anniversary episode of the FCPA Compliance Report, which will...more

Dechert LLP

Corporate America can be a Powerful Force for Good to Root out Modern-Day Slavery

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Key Takeaways - Slave, forced, and child labor is a modern-day reality impacting some 40 million people throughout the world, by some estimates. Such practices are—and have always been—repugnant, and certainly have no place...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

Compliance Perspectives: Supply Chains, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Matthew Friedman is the CEO of The Mekong Club, an organization supporting the private sector in the fight against modern slavery. Previously he worked for the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking and US...more

Proskauer - Advertising Law

Nestlé’s Non-Disclosure of Child and Slave Labor Issues on Packaging Not Deceptive or Unfair, Massachusetts Federal Court Holds

Though child and slave labor is “widespread, reprehensible, and tragic,” a federal court in the District of Massachusetts found it was not deceptive for Nestlé to omit from product labels that those practices (allegedly)...more

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Blog: House Bill To Require Disclosure Of Efforts To Eliminate Slave Labor From Supply Chains

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Yesterday, Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Chris Smith introduced H.R. 3226, the ‘‘Business Supply Chain Transparency on Trafficking and Slavery Act of 2015.’’ ...more

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