Responsible supply chain management is an on-going, proactive process through which companies can ensure that they respect human rights and also observe international law and comply with domestic laws. Through effective due diligence, companies can mitigate the risk of violations of human rights and decent labour conditions as well as circumstances of illicit trade or handling in their supply chains. However, companies are not beyond the risk of contributing to or being associated with human rights violations and the presence of human trafficking for labour exploitation at several segments in their supply chain. Therefore, companies should take steps and measurement to elaborate an effective due diligence process to identify and mitigate these risks. Companies managing human right issues responsibly is not only the right thing to do ethically, but also anticipates the magnitude of supply chain risk exposure. Therefore, a sector-specific risk assessment is an important first step to mitigate significant financial, legal and reputational risks to prevent labour and human rights violations.
As the first webinar to launch the 2016 series, the conversation will address how companies begin to engage in responsible supply chain management and what resources are available. This webinar will also discuss the most promising practices to effectively address and eliminate human trafficking within supply chains and what are the next steps for the future in training, research, and public policy to further these successes.
This webinar is the first in a series entitled “Supply chain management, labour standards and human trafficking” looking at emerging issues surrounding human trafficking and promising anti-trafficking initiatives from the private sector. This series is hosted by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery. Also supported by TraCCC, the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University.
The panel will feature the following speakers drawn from the private sector, academia and public policy:
• Ruth Pojman, Acting OSCE Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
• Sarah Labowitz, Co-Director, Center for Business & Human Rights, and Research Scholar, Business & Society, NYU Stern School of Business
• Giji Gya, Advisor, Downtown Uptown Geneva
• Anita Ramasastry, UW Law Foundation Professor of Law; Faculty Director, International, Transnational and Comparative Law Programs; and Director, Sustainable International Development LLM Program, University of Washington School of Law (Moderator)
Registration
Follow the link below to register. Once you are approved by the host, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the session.
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We will be live-tweeting the meeting via the @GI_TOC account, with the hashtag: #GITrafficking.
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