A systematic literature review of modern slavery in supply chain management: State of the art, framework development and research opportunities

Strand, Vanja, Lotfi, Maryam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1261-9834, Flynn, Anthony ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1755-7986 and Walker, Helen 2024. A systematic literature review of modern slavery in supply chain management: State of the art, framework development and research opportunities. Journal of Cleaner Production 435 , 140301. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.140301

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Abstract

Given increased awareness about modern slavery in supply chain management (SCM), this paper undertakes a systematic literature review (SLR) covering 106 published articles. We first carry out a descriptive analysis, with results showing that modern slavery research is on an upward trajectory but suffers from a lack of primary data and theory application. We then extract themes from the published articles and use them to provide theory elaboration of Gold et al. (2015) model of modern slavery in SCM. Specifically, we introduce business culture and high impact risk factors like pandemics as new institutional factors; highlight external stakeholders like recruitment agents and audit firms as integral to understanding the business context of modern slavery; and add prevention and remediation to detection and response as discrete categories in managing modern slavery risks. We also discuss the gaps in modern slavery research in supply chains. Finally, we propose that reshoring, industry 4.0 and supply chain collaboration represent SCM specialisms that can inform modern slavery research going forward.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0959-6526
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 January 2024
Date of Acceptance:	21 December 2023
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2024 14:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/165040

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