There Is No Social Distance in Supply Chains Tainted by Forced Labor [Bloomberg Law]

Bloomberg Law

3 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2024

See all articles by T. Markus Funk, PhD

T. Markus Funk, PhD

White & Case LLP; University of Colorado School of Law; University of Oxford

Virginia M. Kendall

Government of the United States of America - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Date Written: March 27, 2020

Abstract

This article examines whether and how the coronavirus pandemic could trigger a new wave of human rights violations if companies are not careful to root out forced labor in supply chains.

Keywords: COVID, corona, Kendall, supply chain, trafficking, forced, labor, disruption, slave, indentured, bonded, child, coerced, Modern Slavery Act, Section 232, exploit, compliance, FCPA, China, India, Tier, Cambodia, due diligence, risk, policies, procedures, code, monitor, subcontractors

Suggested Citation

Funk, PhD, T. Markus and Kendall, Virginia M., There Is No Social Distance in Supply Chains Tainted by Forced Labor [Bloomberg Law] (March 27, 2020). Bloomberg Law, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4693964

T. Markus Funk, Phd (Contact Author)

White & Case LLP ( email )

New York City, NY
United States

HOME PAGE: http://https://www.whitecase.com/people/t-markus-funk

University of Colorado School of Law ( email )

401 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
United States

University of Oxford ( email )

Mansfield Road
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
United Kingdom

Virginia M. Kendall

Government of the United States of America - U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ( email )

IL
United States

Do you have a job opening that you would like to promote on SSRN?

Paper statistics

Downloads
48
Abstract Views
403
PlumX Metrics