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Shaping the social and work-related well-being of migrant live-in carers: the ambiguous role of labour market intermediaries in England (2024)
Book Chapter
Hussein, S., Turnpenny, A., & Emberson, C. (2024). Shaping the social and work-related well-being of migrant live-in carers: the ambiguous role of labour market intermediaries in England. In B. Aulenbacher, H. Lutz, E. Palenga-Möllenbeck, & K. Schwiter (Eds.), Home Care for Sale: The Transnational Brokering of Senior Care in Europe. SAGE Publications

Live-in care is an increasingly common form of care in England. It relies, to a significant extent, on the labour of migrant women who are increasingly recruited through market intermediaries either in the UK or their home countries. The literature i... Read More about Shaping the social and work-related well-being of migrant live-in carers: the ambiguous role of labour market intermediaries in England.

Reflections on Peer Interviewing among Paid, Migrant, Live-in Carers in London (2023)
Journal Article
Hewitt, S., Ahlberg, M., Davies, D., Emberson, C., Hussein, S., Milankovics, K., & Turnpenny, A. (2023). Reflections on Peer Interviewing among Paid, Migrant, Live-in Carers in London. British Journal of Social Work, 53(3), 1552-1560. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcad043

We have chosen to write about our experiences of peer research among paid, migrant, live in carers in London. The role of a live-in carer is a unique employment arrangement where there are very few legal guidelines and a lack of clear boundaries and... Read More about Reflections on Peer Interviewing among Paid, Migrant, Live-in Carers in London.

Adaptations to first-tier suppliers’ relational anti-slavery capabilities (2021)
Journal Article
Emberson, C., Pinheiro, S. M., & Trautrims, A. (2022). Adaptations to first-tier suppliers’ relational anti-slavery capabilities. Supply Chain Management, 27(4), 575-593. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-10-2020-0505

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how first-tier suppliers in multi-tier supply chains adapt their vertical and horizontal relationships to reduce the risk of slavery-like practices. Design/methodology/approach Using Archer’s morph... Read More about Adaptations to first-tier suppliers’ relational anti-slavery capabilities.

How might modern slavery risk in English adult social care procurement be reduced? (2020)
Journal Article
Emberson, C., & Trautrims, A. (2020). How might modern slavery risk in English adult social care procurement be reduced?. Public Procurement Law Review, 29(6), 390-404

UK legislation, in the form of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 (hereafter SVA) and more recently the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (hereafter MSA) has begun to acknowledge the role public procurement can play in improving social sustainability.... Read More about How might modern slavery risk in English adult social care procurement be reduced?.

The UK construction and facilities management sector's response to the Modern Slavery Act: An intra-industry initiative against modern slavery (2020)
Journal Article
Trautrims, A., Gold, S., Emberson, C., Touboulic, A., & Carter, H. (2021). The UK construction and facilities management sector's response to the Modern Slavery Act: An intra-industry initiative against modern slavery. Business Strategy and Development, 4(3), 279-293. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsd2.158

© 2020 The Authors. Business Strategy and Development published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd The United Kingdom's Modern Slavery Act exposed companies to a new ethical challenge in their supply chains. An estimated 40.3 million peop... Read More about The UK construction and facilities management sector's response to the Modern Slavery Act: An intra-industry initiative against modern slavery.

'For the English to see' or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery (2019)
Journal Article
Pinheiro, S. M., Emberson, C., & Trautrims, A. (2019). 'For the English to see' or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery. Journal of the British Academy, 7(s1), 167-190. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/007s1.167

'For the English to see' or effective change?-How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for modern slavery exposure Global supply chains cross and connect judicial systems, providing regulatory and legal frameworks in w... Read More about 'For the English to see' or effective change? How supply chains are shaped by laws and regulations and what that means for the exposure of modern slavery.

Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Emberson, C. A., & Trautrims, A. (2018). Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network.

In this paper we argue that, to fully understand managers’ perceptions of modern slavery risk in the context of a UK health-care supply chain, it is necessary to adopt a ‘labour’ supply chain lens that puts the employment relationship at the heart of... Read More about Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network.