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1 results foundAuthor: Lietonen, Anni Title: Guidelines for Businesses and Employers for Risk Management in Subcontracting Chains: Preventing Labour Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Finland Summary: The purpose of this guide is to give companies a brief overview on the risks of labour exploitation and demonstrate how the involvement in such scenarios can be avoided. The content is intended to be used as an information and risk management tool, which can help to promote ethically defensible enterprise that respects human rights. Even though the content is somewhat geared towards the Finnish context, any company that is or may become involved in labour exploitation, one way or another, can make use of the guide. It also features checklists, which contain various measures with which companies are able to reduce the risk of exploitation, especially in subcontracting and production chains. Such measures are of extreme importance, since companies may find themselves in dire straits, should signs of labour exploitation be discovered in, for instance, their subcontracting chains. Even simple misunderstandings can be damaging, since rumours are known to spread rapidly in the media, affecting the way clients and people in general view companies. Negative publicity can seriously affect the company's reputation, which in turn can translate to the loss of customers or profit. And should worst come to worst, the discovery of labour exploitation within the company's operations can result in police investigation, charges and, eventually, criminal convictions. Labour exploitation can be found especially in business lines where subcontracting chains consist of numerous links, e.g. in the construction and cleaning industries. The more links there are to the chain, the more difficult it is to survey how the subcontractors carry out their business. This means that companies are in danger of being involved in labour exploitation or even human trafficking due to possible abuse or neglect of working conditions on the subcontractor's part. Details: Helsinki, Finland: European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI), 2019. 29p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 31, 2019 at: https://www.heuni.fi/material/attachments/heuni/reports/aUBaR9OYb/HEUNI_report_88c_Guide_for_businesses_and_employers_1405.pdf Year: 2019 Country: International URL: https://www.heuni.fi/en/index/publications/heunireports/HEUNI_report_88c.html Shelf Number: 156125 Keywords: Construction Industry Human Trafficking Labor Exploitation Risk Management Subcontracting |