Responsible Business Conduct in Times of War: Implications For Essential Goods and Services Providers in Ukraine

Access to essential goods and services during war is critical. In many cases, people’s lives depend on it. The subject introduces many complex questions. What goods and services are essential in the war? Is it the exclusive responsibility of the state to provide access to these services? What role do private providers of essential services and goods play? How can employees’ safety be balanced with the need to ensure access to essential goods and services? Do private providers have broad discretion in deciding to stop their work, regardless of the motive for such a decision, and regardless of the degree of influence of such a decision on the local population? What is the impact of the business operating environment (ongoing active conflict; occupied territory; other conflict-affected areas) on the provision of essential goods and services? Does the corporate responsibility to respect human rights include all possible efforts of a company to prevent or mitigate the negative impact of conflict on human rights?

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Forced Labor: Actions Needed to Prevent the Availability of At-Risk Goods in DOD’s Commissaries and Exchanges

Guidance

The Department of Defense (DOD) has some policies and processes in place to prevent the resale of goods produced through forced labor in its commissaries and exchanges. However, despite their generally common business of providing reduced- priced gr...Read More

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White Paper: Realizing the Benefits of Worker Reporting Digital Tools

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This white paper seeks to promote broader – and meaningful – adoption of digital tools (phones, tablets, and web sites accessed via SMS, smartphone apps, hotlines, polls, social media, or other methods) used to gather information from workers in...Read More

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Call for Papers: Technology, Anti-Trafficking, and Speculative Futures

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Guest Editors: Jennifer Musto and Mitali Thakor Deadline for Submissions: 8 May 2019 The Anti-Trafficking Review calls for papers for a special issue themed 'Technology, Anti-Trafficking, and Speculative Futures'. In t...Read More

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We Need to Do Better– Let’s End Online Child Sexual Abuse Material Crimes in the USA

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Despite the astounding growth in child sexual abuse material (CSAM) crimes over the past twenty years, the general public has little understanding about what it means, how vast the problem is, and how violently children are abused in order to produc...Read More

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