All Outputs (11)

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

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

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

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

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

© 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.

Public procurement and modern slavery risks in the English adult social care sector (2019)
Book Chapter

'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

'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.

How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced? (2019)
Presentation / Conference

In its second interim report from the independent review of the UK Modern Slavery Act, the review committee recommended that Section 54: Transparency in supply chains (TISC) be extended to public authorities. This duty would apply to both products an... Read More about How might modern slavery risk in adult social care procurement be reduced?.

Investigating global supply chains for slave labour: Using external data for enhanced supply chain mapping (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents empirical data of instances of slavery in Brazilian-UK beef and timber supply chains. We use this analysis, coupled with data related to the changes to supply chain practices reported by UK importers under the UK Modern Slavery Ac... Read More about Investigating global supply chains for slave labour: Using external data for enhanced supply chain mapping.

Combating slave labour in productive chains: capability developments in Brazilian-UK timber and beef supply chains (2019)
Conference Proceeding

This paper presents an analysis of four supply chain initiatives that exemplify the development of capabilities in the detection and remediation of the risk of slave labour in the upstream supply chains of Brazilian companies supplying Brazilian timb... Read More about Combating slave labour in productive chains: capability developments in Brazilian-UK timber and beef supply chains.

Managers' perceptions of modern slavery risk in a UK health-care supply network (2018)
Conference Proceeding

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.