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The Business of Advocacy: Companies and NGOs in the Fight against “Modern Slavery”
As the contemporary movement against “modern slavery” has expanded from a focus on sex trafficking to issues of forced labor, child labor and labor trafficking, businesses have joined NGOs, IGOs and states in addressing these forms of labor exploitation. How are businesses positioned in the contemporary movement and with what implications for other organizational actors and for the efficacy of anti-slavery advocacy? In this talk, which draws from one main argument of a monograph...