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Customer Transparency Can Dampen The Growing Human Trafficking Problem, Colin Martell Jan 2022

Customer Transparency Can Dampen The Growing Human Trafficking Problem, Colin Martell

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

The beginning of this comment will discuss an abbreviated economic analysis on the business of human trafficking: who the participants are, why they participate, and their pressure points. Section II of this paper will discuss the current state of trafficking and the economic incentives that drive participants into the market. Section III and Section IV will examine what the government and businesses are doing to stop human trafficking. Section V will analyze several policy proposals and consider the solutions and unintended consequences of each.


Human Rights Incorporated, Not Everyone Agrees, Dana Johnston Jan 2020

Human Rights Incorporated, Not Everyone Agrees, Dana Johnston

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

There is a massive gap between the operations of businesses and the fundamental human rights of the workers and people impacted by the businesses. This has become apparent in the multiple major cases of abuse that have occurred in recent history. Businesses should be looking to hold their operations to high human rights requirements. Companies should be required to respect all human rights and not pick and choose which rights to deal with or which rights are easy for them to handle. Businesses have the ability to negatively or positively impact all human rights issues including, health and safety, freedom …