Journal of Business Logistics
Regulators and NGOs have taken an increasingly active role in reducing forced labor, and increasing investor scrutiny is compelling firms to address it, but the problem remains large and growing. Many firms perceive forced labor as occurring somewhere else, beyond the bounds of the firm or even their first-tier suppliers. As a result, firms may not view forced labor as their problem or recognize forced labor issues within their supply chains. Using grounded theory, we investigate executive perceptions of forced labor and its impacts.
Frank Montabon is a Morrill Professor, the Dean’s Professor in Supply Chain Management, and a professor of supply chain management at the Ivy College of Business. William Rose is an associate professor of supply chain Management at the Ivy College of Business. Their paper is published in the Journal of Business Logistics.