Trabalho escravo contemporâneo no processo industrial têxtil de empresas transnacionais

Abstract

The fashion industry plays a very important role in the national and global economy and its production chain stands out more and more in the process of economic development in the contemporary world. The present study aims to study the phenomenon of modern slavery (work similar to slavery) in transnational textile companies, under the analysis of International Law and national instruments regarding the subject, and verify how governance practices can help in combating this problem. Using the deductive method, the present study uses the survey and reading of theoretical texts, supplemented by documentary analysis. International and Brazilian legal instruments aimed at the issue of slave-like labor are analyzed, as well as its regulation and the liability of companies for violations of human rights. Elements about governance practices, their relationship with work in the transnational textile industry and how compliance can be a useful tool to combat slave-like labor are also explored.