Episode Details

Dr. Sandra Morgan and Dave Stachowiak discuss the Transparency in Supply Chains Act that will become law in the State of California on January 1st, 2012. This new legislation helps to ensure ethical labor practices for companies based in California, which can also create a trickle effect and create greater ethical supply chain standards around the world.

Key Points

• Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires companies to disclose their efforts in ensuring that their direct supply chains are free of slavery and human trafficking.
• Addressing slavery regarding the law of supply and demand through our consumer practices is good, but we need to also address legislation and laws to enforce slave-free supply chains.
• If the consumer is knowledgeable about what kind of accountability the law is requiring, we can ask better questions to hold companies accountable.
• Consumers have a responsibility to hold companies accountable, but also to hold ourselves accountable in our purchasing decisions.
• Training and capacity building is a key component to the effectiveness of the Transparency in Supply Chain Act.
• The Act will result in improving the dignity and human rights of workers globally.

Resources

• 2015 California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
• SB 657 Human Trafficking
• Effective Supply Chain Accountability Guide 
• U.S. Department of Labor’s List of Goods Produced by Child labor and Forced Labor

[Note from the Ending Human Trafficking podcast team: This episode was recorded in 2011 so the contact information provided is no longer accurate. Please refer endinghumantrafficking.org/contact for the correct contact information to get in touch with the EHT podcast.]

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Transcript

Dave [00:00:00] You’re listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. This is episode number 17, recorded in November 2011. Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.

Sandie [00:00:28] And I’m Sandie Morgan.

Dave [00:00:30] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. And Sandie, on our previous episode we had talked about the Solidarity Sleepout that the Live2Free organization at Vanguard University had sponsored, and I know that you have an update for us before we jump into today’s topic.

Sandie [00:00:55] Oh, my goodness, Dave, it was an amazing event because it was so high impact. And personally, I wanted to see lots of students experience what it’s like to sleep outside because you don’t have a place to go. And the weather was very reasonable because we’re here in Southern California. So we didn’t expect major hardships, but it was damp. And we had Rhonda Sortino come and tell her story when she was a child and homeless. And we had musicians come and we made PB and J sandwiches. PB and J, peanut butt