By Adrianne Appel2025-06-03T14:35:00
An increasing number of regulations worldwide regarding human rights due diligence, especially concerning forced labor and child labor, are relevant for any company that is serious about running an ethical business supply chain, experts say.
About 27.6 million people around the globe are ensnared by modern slavery, which refers to people being forced to work and losing their freedom due to imprisonment, threats of violence, debt bondage, or retention of their identity papers, according to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization.
Today, businesses must have a holistic plan to manage the very real risk of forced labor in their supply chains, said Andrew McBride, founder and CEO of Integrity Bridge, a risk and compliance consultancy, during a panel in March at Compliance Week’s Ethics and Compliance Summit.
2025-07-31T16:44:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Kentucky took aim at Chinese company Temu, alleging in a lawsuit that it counterfeited popular Kentucky-designed merchandise and violated customers’ privacy.
2025-07-30T17:56:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The Department of Labor is using poultry processing company Mar-Jac Poultry as an example of what will happen when companies repeatedly employ underage workers in hazardous conditions. Hint: Companies can’t pin the blame on staffing agencies.
2025-05-27T17:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel
For the first time, more compliance teams than not used artificial intelligence (AI) to assist them in their work, according to Compliance Week’s 2024 “Inside the Mind of the CCO” survey. About 56 percent of compliance teams used AI in 2024—a sizable jump from the 41 percent who relied on ...
2025-06-05T14:57:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
If you’re in third-party risk management, handling the latest disruptions brought on by wild gyrations in tariff rates and export control rules by Republican leadership ought to be child’s play.
2025-06-04T20:56:00Z By Ian Sherr
Compliance is increasingly in the spotlight as companies are tackling everything from artificial intelligence and other new technologies to risk management and mitigation. But it’s soft skills of communication and relationship building that are becoming the most critical tools for success.
2025-06-03T19:45:00Z By Ian Sherr
ESG is no longer in vogue. But its issues still are. Almost none of the nearly 200 attendees at Compliance Week’s Third Party Management summit this week said they’re currently working on ESG when informally surveyed. The show-of-hands results marked a dramatic reversal from even just a couple years ...
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