Smith, Andrew D.; Johns, Jennifer - In: Journal of business ethics : JBE 166 (2020) 2, pp. 271-292
The modern slavery literature engages with history in an extremely limited fashion. Our paper demonstrates to the … utility of historical research to modern slavery researchers by explaining the rise and fall of the ethics-driven market …-grown sugar” enabled consumers who were opposed to slavery to pay a premium for a more ethical product. After circa 1840, this …