An ethical framework for crossboarder labor recruitment: An Industry/Stakeholder Collaboration to Reduce the Risks of Forced Labor and Human Trafficking
- Document number
- 2895
- Date
- 2011
- Title
- An ethical framework for crossboarder labor recruitment: An Industry/Stakeholder Collaboration to Reduce the Risks of Forced Labor and Human Trafficking
- Author/publisher
- ManpowerGroup, Verité
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Guidelines/Recommendations, Research/Study/Analysis, Training Material/Resources,
- Keywords
- KeywordsPrevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Activism, Education, Training;
- Summary
- This Framework, including the Verification process, is designed as a remedy to the current institutional fragmentation of the cross border recruitment marketplace, where employers, recruiters, and their local and regional subcontractors may operate in different jurisdictions with limited accountability to one another, to regulators, or to workers. The Framework creates a set of credentials and information for third parties that will help eliminate unscrupulous brokers, by:
• Allowing employers to avoid entanglement with unethical sources of labor supply
• Providing more leverage to NGOs, labor unions, consumer groups, and other stakeholders trying to persuade mployers to use ethical partners
• Helping recruitment firms with limited geographical reach to selectively partner with ethical subcontractors in other regions
• Supporting licensing, oversight, and law enforcement initiatives by regulators
• Improving information and choices for workers themselves
This document is intended as the first phase in a three-phase project. In the second phase, ManpowerGroup and Verité will create a demonstration project to measure the effectiveness of the Framework in a real-world labor market setting. In the third phase, ManpowerGroup and Verité will develop and disseminateresults, further recommendations, and supporting materials for the wider replication and adaptation of the Framework. At all stages of this process, we welcome engagement and discussion from any interested party. - Related documents