Kougkoulos, Ioannis; Cakir, M. Selim; Kunz, Nathan Michael; Boyd, Doreen S.; Trautrims, Alexander; Hatzinikolaou, Kornilia; Gold, Stefan (2021). A Multi‐Method Approach to Prioritize Locations of Labor Exploitation for Ground‐Based Interventions Production and Operations Management, 30(12), pp. 4396-4411. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/poms.13496
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Recent estimates suggest that more than 40 million people worldwide are in situations of modern slavery and other forms of labor exploitation. UN Sustainable Development Goal 8.7 addresses this problem and urges stakeholders to take effective measures to end all forms of labor exploitation by 2030. Labor exploitation is often a direct consequence of forced migration, and humanitarian operations have a key role to play in tackling this issue worldwide. Academic research can facilitate this by providing the necessary decision-making tools to support antislavery practitioners in humanitarian organizations and governments. For effective resource allocation, these practitioners need tools to help them systematically identify and assess the risks of labor exploitation in an area. In this study, we develop a multi-method approach that combines various data sources to capture the issue's complex and multidimensional nature. Through satellite remote sensing, we first identify 50 informal settlements hosting migrant workers in the strawberry production area of Southern Greece. We then apply a multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method to a subset of six informal settlements in order to evaluate their labor exploitation risks based on eight criteria. In addition to being practically implemented by a humanitarian organization and a government agency in Greece, our study advances research on humanitarian operations and labor exploitation by elucidating how a multi-method approach can be used for data-driven prioritization of interventions against labor exploitation. Our approach offers opportunities for other applications in the field of humanitarian operations.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
Business School > Institute for Sustainable Business Business School |
Name: |
Kougkoulos, Ioannis; Cakir, M. Selim; Kunz, Nathan Michael; Boyd, Doreen S.; Trautrims, Alexander; Hatzinikolaou, Kornilia and Gold, Stefan |
ISSN: |
1059-1478 |
Publisher: |
Wiley-Blackwell |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Nathan Michael Kunz |
Date Deposited: |
02 Aug 2023 14:26 |
Last Modified: |
10 Oct 2023 08:45 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1111/poms.13496 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
labor exploitation; multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA); satellite remote sensing; sustainable development goals |
ARBOR DOI: |
10.24451/arbor.19635 |
URI: |
https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/19635 |
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