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Hard to imagine that human trafficking and slavery still exists today, and yet they do. Here's a look legal developments in the important fight against what President Barack Obama has described as "one... more +
Hard to imagine that human trafficking and slavery still exists today, and yet they do. Here's a look legal developments in the important fight against what President Barack Obama has described as "one of the great human rights causes of our time..." less -
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The Brave New World — Due Diligence to Identify Cartels and TCOs

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When assessing your third-party risks, it is important to start with one important division — a company’s supply chain and on the flip side, a company’s distribution chain.  Sourcing materials and supply chain links present a...more

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6 Steps to Manage Tariff Risks in a Trade War

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As Trump seeks to raise U.S. tariffs (which currently tend to be among the lowest worldwide), manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and other companies that frequently import (“importers”) must determine the best strategy...more

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Human Trafficking Monitoring for Telehealth Providers

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Telehealth providers are uniquely positioned to monitor for human trafficking when interacting with patients. Survivor records indicate that health services are among the most common points of access to help trafficked...more

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What Every Multinational Company Should Know About … The Most Common Supply Chain Risk-Management Failures (Part I)

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Regulators around the world are sending a consistent message to companies that operate or source internationally, which is that they must take ownership of their supply chains. In addition, multinational companies face...more

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The UK Modern Slavery Act: Easy Wins and Practical Compliance (Part II of II)

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In Part I, we discussed the basics behind the UK Modern Slavery Act of 2015.  To briefly reiterate, that Act requires any company doing business in the UK with an annual turnover of £36 million or more to publicize their...more

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What Every Multinational Company Needs to Know About … The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Due Diligence and Compliance (Part...

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In our previous biweekly update, What Every Multinational Needs to Know About … The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Part I, we summarized the UFLPA requirements and the basic expectations that U.S. Customs and Border...more

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Supply Chains Under Scrutiny: Targeting Human Rights and Forced Labor Risks

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This summer, one of the UK’s best-known online brands found its supply chain at the center of a high-profile modern slavery investigation. Within hours of the story breaking the company’s share price plummeted, as...more

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Enforcement of modern slavery regulations reaches critical mass

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Report on Supply Chain Compliance 2, no. 20 (October 24, 2019) - When the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced withhold release orders on Oct. 1, the mainstream media gave it considerable coverage....more

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Impacts of Emerging Regulations on Supply Chain Compliance

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I visited with several members of the Assent team to introduce the topic, look at Human Trafficking and Slavery (HTS), supply chain risk management programs, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) value propositions, the...more

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Failures in Supply Chain Compliance

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What happens when there is a failure in your supply chain? I recently had the chance to visit with Jared Connors, Senior Subject Matter Expert, Corporate Social Responsibility at Assent Compliance on that topic. ...more

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Human Trafficking and Smuggling – A Compliance Requirement

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The problem of human trafficking and smuggling is staggering when you consider the human impact behind the numbers. Human trafficking is a $30 billion industry annually. There are more people in slavery today than at any time...more

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