Opaque Transparency: Why California’s Supply Chain Transparency Act is Unenforceable

Benjamin Thomas Greer

doi:10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0925

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Benjamin Thomas Greer

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https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0925

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tráfico de personas, transparencia de la cadena de suministro, trabajo forzado en California, SB657

Resumen

Los traficantes son agentes dinámicos, de gran fluidez: reaccionan bien a la demanda de los consumidores y a los sectores económicos sin regular, y se adaptan fácilmente para explotar las debilidades de las leyes vigentes. La globalización corporativa de los comercios y de las grandes cadenas de suministro ha contribuido a que el tráfico de personas se haya convertido en el negocio criminal de crecimiento más rápido en el mundo. El gobierno de California ha sido el primero en exigir que los negocios revelen a sus clientes su política anti-tráfico. El llamado California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (CATSCA), de 2010, obliga a los mayoristas a publicar en sus sitios web, de forma preeminente, las políticas que siguen - caso de que las tengan - para detectar y combatir el trabajo en esclavitud dentro de su cadena de suministro. Este artículo explora los requisitos del CATSCA y examina la efectividad legal de las normas sobre transparencia de California.

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