Is modern slavery in the Thai fishing industry effectively suppressed through multilevel supply chain governance? This paper elaborates on existing theory concerning governance synergies, then analyzes how labor governance, exerted at multiple levels within and across the supply chain, affects...

PurposeThis paper provides an overview of the Aztec 13 – the top 13 multinational enterprises in Mexico. Different from research that groups countries and regions, the purpose of the paper is to deliver a nuanced picture of these multinationals in terms of their key characteristics and the...

According to Amnesty International and African Research Watch (Afrewatch) in their 2016 report entitled "This is What We Die For" none of the MNCs could fully verify where the cobalt in their products comes from because of the complex nature of the supply chain. Old institutionalism emphasizes...

PurposeModern slavery, one of the most abhorrent crimes against humanity, is a profitable international business (IB). It often operates in a hidden form in the global value chains (GVCs) governed by multinational corporations (MNCs). The purpose of this paper is to examine why slavery exists in...

Purpose – Modern slavery is a problem that international business (IB) research can no longer ignore. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are often contributors to the persistence of modern slavery, by virtue of the regulatory challenge they pose to states and their insufficient oversight of...

This Special Issue Commentary and Introduction briefly outlines how modern slavery is linked to international business via globally disaggregated production systems governed through ownership and contracts by MNCs. Numerous mechanisms and practices mask the presence of modern slavery across the...

This article examines the role recruitment agents play in the complex web of forced labour. Our focus is the abusive treatment of Indonesian crew onboard South Korean factory trawlers fishing in New Zealand’s waters. We gathered data from multiple sources: (1) documents, including...

In response to a changing global regulatory environment the Korean government is opening the domestic agro-food market to international players. While opportunities in Korea are increasing for New Zealand agro-food exporters, trade reflects New Zealand's traditional export base of beef and dairy...

This paper advances a focus on emotions as a key dimension of the actualisation of workplace exploitation experienced by temporary migrants. In doing so, we extend understandings of forced labour, unfreedom and migration and their concern for the operation of coercion in employment relations....