Modern Slavery and Working Conditions in the European Trucking Industry: A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Resilience

Ki-Hoon Lee; Wolfram Groschopf; Andreas Mossyrsch

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_6

Modern Slavery and Working Conditions in the European Trucking Industry: A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Resilience

Ki-Hoon Lee^*, Wolfram Groschopf, Andreas Mossyrsch

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Institute for Transport and Logistics Management

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to uncover grey areas of modern slavery and to highlight the key challenges and opportunities of modern slavery and working conditions in European road transport. Under the increasing pressure on modern slavery in supply chains, supply chain managers and researchers have mainly focused on the focal firm and/or a buying firm without considering outsourced suppliers’ activities such as transportation and logistics. To close this gap in the existing literature, the paper presents insights from the transportation and logistics field in the European Union based on an explorative online survey. The results clearly indicate the existence of modern slavery in sub-tier supplier activities in European road transportation: Short-visa holding truck drivers from non-EU Eastern Europe countries are placed in vulnerable positions where they are exploited.

Translated title of the contribution	Moderne Sklaverei und Arbeitsbedingungen im europäischen Straßengüterverkehr: eine zunehmende Bedrohung für die Resilienz von Wertschöpfungsketten
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Supply Chain Resilience
Subtitle of host publication	Insights from Theory and Practice
Editors	Sebastian Kummer, Tina Walkolbinger, Lydia Novoszel, Alexander M. Geske
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International
Pages	65-73
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-95401-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-95400-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_6
Publication status	Published - 25 Sept 2022

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Series	Springer Series in Supply Chain Management
Volume	17
ISSN	2365-6395

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Modern Slavery in European Road Transport
Groschopf, W. (Speaker)
11 May 2022
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Arbeitsbedingungen osteuropäischer LKW-FahrerInen in der EU
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26 Apr 2022
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Filmdokumentation zum Symposion „Moderne Sklaverei in der europäischen Transportwirtschaft“ geht online
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Lee, K.-H., Groschopf, W., & Mossyrsch, A. (2022). Modern Slavery and Working Conditions in the European Trucking Industry: A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Resilience. In S. Kummer, T. Walkolbinger, L. Novoszel, & AM. Geske (Eds.), Supply Chain Resilience: Insights from Theory and Practice (pp. 65-73). Springer International. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_6

Lee, Ki-Hoon ; Groschopf, Wolfram ; Mossyrsch, Andreas. / Modern Slavery and Working Conditions in the European Trucking Industry : A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Resilience. Supply Chain Resilience: Insights from Theory and Practice. editor / Sebastian Kummer ; Tina Walkolbinger ; Lydia Novoszel ; Alexander M. Geske. Cham : Springer International, 2022. pp. 65-73 (Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, Vol. 17).

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Supply Chain Resilience: Insights from Theory and Practice. ed. / Sebastian Kummer; Tina Walkolbinger; Lydia Novoszel; Alexander M. Geske. Cham: Springer International, 2022. p. 65-73 (Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, Vol. 17).

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Lee KH, Groschopf W, Mossyrsch A. Modern Slavery and Working Conditions in the European Trucking Industry: A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Resilience. In Kummer S, Walkolbinger T, Novoszel L, Geske AM, editors, Supply Chain Resilience: Insights from Theory and Practice. Cham: Springer International. 2022. p. 65-73. (Springer Series in Supply Chain Management, Vol. 17). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-95401-7_6

Modern Slavery and Working Conditions in the European Trucking Industry: A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Resilience

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Modern Slavery in European Road Transport

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