New Jersey Temple Construction: Social Inequalities and Modern Slavery
商品編號：W27261
出版日期：2022/09/19
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商品主題：General Management/Strategy; Sustainability
商品類型：Case (Pub Mat)
涵蓋議題：modern slavery;caste;non-profit;supply chains;global value chains;international business;
難易度：4 - Undergraduate/MBA
內容長度：12 頁
地域：India; United States
產業：Construction
事件年度：2021
On May 11, 2021, US federal agents raided the premises of a Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple in New Jersey and freed dozens of workers who had been operating under modern slavery conditions. Shortly afterward, six workers filed a class-action lawsuit against BAPS at the United States District Court, District of New Jersey. The lawsuit solicited to address the violation of the laws applied to workers, including laws prohibiting forced labour. The lawsuit claimed, among other things, that BAPS isolated workers, coerced workers to live and work in conditions causing psychological deterioration, limited workers’ outside contacts, and caused financial and reputational harm. Although this was only one particular case to come to light, it pointed to a broader problem faced by many companies across the world, either within their own operations or in the supply chains of the organizations they partnered with for corporate social responsibility purposes. How could companies ensure that they abided by fair labour practices and avoided the use of modern slavery?
教學手冊：New Jersey Temple Construction: Social Inequalities and Modern Slavery - Teaching Note
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