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LEARNING FROM OXFAM… CHARITIES NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT ALL BE VILIFIED

Many questions should be asked about the Oxfam scandal and the impunity of certain of its senior management and non-disclosure by those who had knowledge of their actions. However, such impropriety is not a new issue in the charity/NGO/peace-keeping sector. The United Nations have previously had to act upon allegations of peace-keepers’ involvement in sex-trafficking …

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SHOULD THE PUBLIC BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING CORPORATES TO TASK?

Sharon Benning-Prince and Dr Mike Emberson, the Medaille Trust Since the passing of the Modern Slavery Act of 2015 (MSA), we have often posed the question “how effective and robust are its provisions regarding Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC)”? There are arguably no effective penalties for non-compliance with the legislation – no fines, no imprisonment, …

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Further disclosure for companies

The government has published its response to their consultation on the EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive (2014/95/EU) and issued draft regulations. The Companies, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Non-Financial Reporting) Regulations 2016 will require relevant companies to prepare a non-financial information statement as part of their strategic report covering a number of human rights issues. The …

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Labour In the Supply Chain

In the wake of increased legislation on forced labour and trafficking and an emphasis on transparency in supply chains, corporates are becoming subject to greater scrutiny from both a legislative and public perspective. As the sourcing of goods and products burgeons in developing countries and competition between companies for faster manufacture at cheaper prices ever …

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Inspired by others

I never fail to realise how tiny my contribution to life really is and that the puffing of chests in all walks of life and posturing means nothing… birth and death are the same for all of us – it is just the bit in the middle that differs – better for some than others. …

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Ready Steady… and look at your supply chain

From previous posts, readers will know that the objective of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is to prevent modern slavery entering the supply chain and organisations as well as preventing more people becoming victims. The stated aim of the government is to ‘require businesses to be transparent about what they are doing and… increase competition …

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The dignity to live

It is summer, and my children have frolicked and played. As a mother I have watched them laugh and be carefree – I have not had to consider fleeing a country at war, nor had to consider whether a perilous journey across the sea under the hand of traffickers to a unknown destination might actually …

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Have one third of businesses affected by the Act still not prepared a modern slavery statement, in spite of the legal requirement for them to do so – surely not?

It seems that a certain number companies think that they should not prepare a modern slavery statement and to them I ask why? Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has not been amended and the 2017 guidance sets out further clarity so why do certain companies still believe that they do not have …

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