The United Kingdom's Modern Slavery Act exposed companies to a new ethical challenge in their supply chains. An estimated 40.3 million people worldwide are in modern slavery, working in a range of supply chains, including construction and facilities management. In this article, we show how the UK construction and facilities management sector responded to this challenge through an intra-industry initiative and went through a process of collaborative sense-making and sector-wide agreement on a joint approach to challenge modern slavery in the sector's operations and supply chains. The research takes an engaged research approach whereby the researchers have been able to gain deep and continued access to the phenomenon from participation in a multi-company initiative on the implementation of responses to the UK Modern Slavery Act in supply chain and procurement activities of their sector. We identify and discuss key areas for supply chain and procurement practitioners tasked with addressing a human rights topic in their operations and supply chains: Motivation, risk hot-spots, challenges and response and provide a rich understanding of an intra-industry initiative which creates a basis for further research on collective sustainability approaches by businesses who are otherwise commercial competitors. The study's results and insights are useful for policymakers and practitioners who are aiming to apply market-based approaches for sustainability improvements in supply chains.

中文翻译：

---

英国建筑和设施管理部门对《现代奴隶制法案》的回应：反对现代奴隶制的行业内倡议

英国的《现代奴隶制法案》使公司在其供应链中面临新的道德挑战。全世界估计有 4030 万人处于现代奴役状态，在一系列供应链中工作，包括建筑和设施管理。在本文中，我们展示了英国建筑和设施管理部门如何通过行业内倡议应对这一挑战，并就联合方法来挑战该行业现代奴隶制的问题进行了协作决策过程和全行业协议。运营和供应链。该研究采用了一种参与式研究方法，研究人员通过参与一项关于在其部门的供应链和采购活动中实施对英国现代奴隶制法案的回应的多公司倡议，从而能够深入并持续地了解这一现象。 . 我们确定并讨论供应链和采购从业者的关键领域，其任务是解决其运营和供应链中的人权主题：动机、风险热点、挑战和响应，并提供对行业内倡议的丰富理解，该倡议创造了一个为商业竞争者的企业进一步研究集体可持续性方法奠定基础。研究'