Global Production Networks, Chronic Poverty and ‘Slave Labour’ in Brazil

Phillips, Nicola; Sakamoto, Leonardo

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“…According to the literature, characteristics of the companies and environment in which they are inserted (Crane, 2013;Mascarehas et al, 2015;Phillips & Sakamoto, 2012) combined with reputational aspects (Gardberg & Fombrun, 2006;Machado Filho & Zylbersztajn, 2004) could lead organizations to take a different approach to the issue of contemporary slave labor. In order to assess whether that is the case, the companies were classified into analysis groups, presented in Chart 3.…”

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“…A higher incidence of contemporary slavery is found in: sectors with low legitimacy and low value in the productive chain, labor intensive and unskilled activities, difficult access regions, areas with low socioeconomic development, fragile institutional environments, and workplaces that lack supervision (Crane, 2013;Phillips & Sakamoto, 2012).…”

Section: What Is Contemporary Slavery?mentioning

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“…According to Barzel (1977), slavery existed only in societies in which rules allowed an environment favorable to productivity gains through such practice. The combination of a fragile institutional environment with a society of low economic development was, and continues to be, a space conducive to the super-exploitation of workers (Crane, 2013;Phillips & Sakamoto, 2012). Thus, in regions where the rules of the game are not enforced, agents can organize, collectively or otherwise, in the way that will best provide them with economic profitability.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Contemporary Slavery in Brazil: What Have Companies (Not) Done to Prevent It?

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2017

RAM, Rev. Adm. Mackenzie

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Este artigo pode ser copiado, distribuído, exibido, transmitido ou adaptado desde que citados, de forma clara e explícita, o nome da revista, a edição, o ano e as páginas nas quais o artigo foi publicado originalmente, mas sem sugerir que a RAM endosse a reutilização do artigo. Esse termo de licenciamento deve ser explicitado para os casos de reutilização ou distribuição para terceiros. Não é permitido o uso para fins comerciais. TOBIAS COUTINHO PARENTE-64. Submission: January 7, 2017. Acceptance: May 2, 2017. Evaluation system: double blind review. Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). Silvio Popadiuk (Editor-in-chief), Silvio Popadiuk (Associate Editor), p. 39-64 ABSTRACTPurpose: Identify the practices adopted by companies to monitor and prevent contemporary slavery and the elements that differentiate companies that adopt monitoring practices for prevention of slavery and those that do not. Originality/value: This question is investigated from the perspective of management, reputation and institutional environment literature, pointing out the reasons that lead companies to adopt or avoid contemporary slavery. Design/methodology/approach: We used secondary data from Melhores Empresas para Você Trabalhar [Best Companies to Work] 2014 on 305 companies, which filled a questionnaire about their management practices and policies to monitor the working conditions in the supply chain in relation to the use of slave labor. Findings: Results show that the practice adopted by most companies is related to sanctions on contracted suppliers who are caught using slave labor, and the element that differentiates groups of companies that adopt monitoring practices from those that do not is the fact of whether they are or not signatories of the National Pact to Eradicate Slave Labor [Pacto Nacional pela Erradicação do Trabalho Escravo].

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Section: What Is Contemporary Slavery?mentioning

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“…Their vulnerability to adverse incorporation is thus heightened by their dependence on unstable sources of income from precarious patterns of work, especially where work is primarily seasonal and workers are likely to find employment only for a part of the year (Phillips and Sakamoto 2012).…”

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“…To take again the illustration of Brazilian agriculture, the data we analyzed on more than 21,000 workers released from conditions defined as 'slave labor' between 2003 and 2010 reveal that fully 68.13 percent of workers were either illiterate (the highest proportion) or had no more than four years of schooling (Phillips and Sakamoto 2012). This connection also functions as a clear mechanism for the intergenerational transmission of poverty, largely through the role of child labour as a conduit to forced labour among adult workers.…”

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The Governance of Forced Labour in the Global Economy

Phillips

Mieres

2014

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Abstract:The problem of forced labour in the contemporary global economy is attracting increasing attention in global governance debates and policy circles. The effectiveness of governance initiatives depends on underlying understandings of the root causes of the problem. We explore how the root causes of forced labour in global production networks (GPNs) are framed in global governance debates. Focusing on the dominant frameworks mobilized by international institutions, with some attention to cognate national-level and corporate governance strategies, we identify the limitations of dominant interpretations, which derive from their 'residual' character and their associated neglect of the manner in which the roots of forced labour reach deeply into the organization of GPNs, the forms of exploitation which are integral to them, and the connections between exploitation and poverty. We set out an alternative, 'relational' perspective on the roots of forced labour in GPNs, based on the concept of 'adverse incorporation', and consider the implications of the insights generated by this perspective for contemporary governance frameworks.

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Poor People, Poor Planet: The Psychology of How We Harm and Heal Humanity and Earth

Shapiro

2013

International and Cultural Psychology

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Global Production Networks, Chronic Poverty and ‘Slave Labour’ in Brazil

Cited by 51 publications

References 22 publications

Contemporary Slavery in Brazil: What Have Companies (Not) Done to Prevent It?

Contemporary Slavery in Brazil: What Have Companies (Not) Done to Prevent It?

The Governance of Forced Labour in the Global Economy

Poor People, Poor Planet: The Psychology of How We Harm and Heal Humanity and Earth

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