The Organizational Dynamics of Compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act in the Food and Tobacco Sector
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The Organizational Dynamics of Compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act in the Food and Tobacco Sector. / Monciardini, David; Bernaz, Nadia; Andhov, Alexandra.
In: Business and Society, 12.2019, p. 1-53.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - The Organizational Dynamics of Compliance with the UK Modern Slavery Act in the Food and Tobacco Sector
AU - Monciardini, David
AU - Bernaz, Nadia
AU - Andhov, Alexandra
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - Empirical studies indicate that business compliance with the UK ModernSlavery Act is disappointing, but they struggle to make sense of thisphenomenon. This article offers a novel framework to understand howbusiness organizations construct the meaning of compliance with the UKModern Slavery Act. Our analysis builds on the endogeneity of law theorydeveloped by Edelman. Empirically, our study is based on the analysis ofthe modern slavery statements of 10 FTSE 100 (Financial Times StockExchange 100 Index) companies in the food and tobacco sector, backedby interviews with business, civil society, and public officers. We offer adynamic model that draws attention to the role of compliance professionalsin framing ambiguous rules and devising a variety of organizational responsesto modern slavery law. Contrary to extant research that tends to praiseorganizations for going “beyond compliance”, our study underlines therisks of managerialization of modern slavery law, whereby merely symbolicstructures come to be associated with legal compliance, even when they areineffective at tackling modern slavery.
AB - Empirical studies indicate that business compliance with the UK ModernSlavery Act is disappointing, but they struggle to make sense of thisphenomenon. This article offers a novel framework to understand howbusiness organizations construct the meaning of compliance with the UKModern Slavery Act. Our analysis builds on the endogeneity of law theorydeveloped by Edelman. Empirically, our study is based on the analysis ofthe modern slavery statements of 10 FTSE 100 (Financial Times StockExchange 100 Index) companies in the food and tobacco sector, backedby interviews with business, civil society, and public officers. We offer adynamic model that draws attention to the role of compliance professionalsin framing ambiguous rules and devising a variety of organizational responsesto modern slavery law. Contrary to extant research that tends to praiseorganizations for going “beyond compliance”, our study underlines therisks of managerialization of modern slavery law, whereby merely symbolicstructures come to be associated with legal compliance, even when they areineffective at tackling modern slavery.
UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0007650319898195
U2 - 10.1177/0007650319898195
DO - 10.1177/0007650319898195
M3 - Journal article
SP - 1
EP - 53
JO - Business and Society
JF - Business and Society
SN - 0007-6503
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