The Business and Modern Slavery Conference

This year's theme, Towards Humanising Supply Chains -Reconciling People and Business, underscores our shared mission to reconcile ethical and humane practices with business operations, striving for a future where the well-being of people is integral to business success.

The exploitation of vulnerable individuals through abusive labor practices remains an urgent global issue, one that demands the attention of scholars, policymakers, and business leaders.

This conference provides a vital platform for engaging in meaningful dialogue, presenting cutting-edge research, and exploring innovative solutions. We invite participants from across business sub-disciplines and related fields to contribute to this essential conversation. Together, we will examine new avenues that dismantle harmful systems, while promoting sustainable, human-centered practices that reconcile the needs of both people and businesses.

The conference will be organised by the Modern Slavery and Social Sustainability Research Group. Dr Maryam Lotfi and Dr Anna Skeels, co-directors of the Modern Slavery and Social Sustainability Group, will be co-chairing the conference.

Important Dates

Abstract Submission

Astract submissions will be managed through EasyChair. If you don't already have an EasyChair account, you may need to create one first. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words in length excluding title, authors, tables and references.

As a developmental conference we are interested in abstracts which are summaries of completed papers, works in progress, and proposals for future projects. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:

• Modern slavery and supply chain management
• Reporting modern slavery
• Technology and modern slavery
• Modern slavery, laws and regulation
• Ethics and social responsibility
• Marketing and consumer behaviour
• Innovation and entrepreneurship
• Finance and investment
• Child labour
• Modern slavery and new approaches

Submit your  abstract.