| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 179 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge transnational crime and corruption series ; 7 |
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Routledge transnational crime and corruption series ; 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Corporate liability for violations of international human rights law / Mohamed Y. Mattar -- 2. Trafficking for labour exploitation : getting the responses right / Roger Plant -- 3. The commodification of human smuggling and trafficking / Louise Shelley -- 4. Child labour migrants or victims of labour trafficking? : a segmental approach / Antonela Arhin -- 5. Displacing childhood : labour exploitation and child trafficking in sport / Darragh McGee -- 6. Labor migration, human trafficking and multinational corporations within the ECOWAS region : challenges and opportunities / Ndioro Ndiaye -- 7. Adults or children? : the case of trafficking children for puposes of exploitative labour in the fishing industry in Ghana / Daniel Kweku Sam -- 8. Doing Canada's dirty work : a critical analysis of law and policy to address labour exploitation trafficking / Bethany Hastie -- 9. Minimum wage : an ally in the fight against human trafficking for labour exploitation? / Anne Pawletta and Philipp Schwertmann -- 10. Responding to labour trafficking : suggestions from experiences of local service providers / Amy Stephens, Romesh Hettiarachchi and Sung Hyun Yun -- 11. The programmatic approach to combating trafficking in human beings / Ruud Hilgers. |
| Summary |
Although much literature on human trafficking focuses on sex trafficking, a great deal of human trafficking results from migrant workers, compelled - by economic deprivation in their home countries - to seek better life opportunities abroad, especially in agriculture, construction and domestic work. Such labour migration is sometimes legal and well managed, but sometimes not so - with migrant workers frequently threatened or coerced into entering debt bondage arrangements and ending up working in forced labour situations producing goods for illicit markets. This book discusses how far large multinational corporations are involved, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation. They explore how far corporations are driven to seek cheap labour by the need to remain commercially competitive and examine how the problem often lies with corporations' subcontractors, who are not as well controlled as they might be. The essays in the volume also outline and assess measures being taken by governments and international agencies to eradicate the problem. |
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Foreign workers.
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Human smuggling.
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International business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
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Trafic de migrants. |
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Entreprises multinationales -- Aspect moral. |
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Émigration et immigration -- Aspect économique. |
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Travailleurs étrangers. |
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Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects |
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Foreign workers |
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Human smuggling |
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International business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects |
| Added Author |
Quayson, Ato.
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Arhin, Antonela.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780415595995 0415595991 (DLC) 2011030888 |
| ISBN |
1136482644 (electronic bk.) |
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9781136482649 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203134733 (ebook) |
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0203134737 (ebook) |
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9781136482632 |
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1136482636 |
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9781136482595 (e-book ; Mobi) |
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1136482598 |
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9781138815841 (paperback) |
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1138815845 |
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(cloth ; alk. paper) |
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(cloth ; alk. paper) |
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