Dr. Sandra Morgan and Dave Stachowiak discuss the Transparency in Supply Chains Act that will become law in the State of California on January 1st, 2012. This new legislation helps to ensure ethical labor practices for companies based in California, which can also create a trickle effect and create greater ethical supply chain standards around the world.
Key Points

Transparency in Supply Chains Act requires companies to disclose their efforts in ensuring that their direct supply chains are free of slavery and human trafficking.
Addressing slavery regarding the law of supply and demand through our consumer practices is good, but we need to also address legislation and laws to enforce slave-free supply chains.
If the consumer is knowledgeable about what kind of accountability the law is requiring, we can ask better questions to hold companies accountable.
Consumers have a responsibility to hold companies accountable, but also to hold ourselves accountable in our purchasing decisions.
Training and capacity building is a key component to the effectiveness of the Transparency in Supply Chain Act.
The Act will result in improving the dignity and human rights of workers globally.

Resources

2015 California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
SB 657 Human Trafficking
Effective Supply Chain Accountability Guide 
U.S. Department of Labor's List of Goods Produced by Child labor and Forced Labor

[Note from the Ending Human Trafficking podcast team: This episode was recorded in 2011 so the contact information provided is no longer accurate. Please refer endinghumantrafficking.org/contact for the correct contact information to get in touch with the EHT podcast.]








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Transcript
Dave [00:00:00] You're listening to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. This is episode number 17, recorded in November 2011. Welcome to the Ending Human Trafficking podcast. My name is Dave Stachowiak.

Sandie [00:00:28] And I'm Sandie Morgan.

Dave [00:00:30] And this is the show where we empower you to study the issues, be a voice, and make a difference in ending human trafficking. And Sandie, on our previous episode we had talked about the Solidarity Sleepout that the Live2Free organization at Vanguard University had sponsored, and I know that you have an update for us before we jump into today's topic.

Sandie [00:00:55] Oh, my goodness, Dave, it was an amazing event because it was so high impact. And personally, I wanted to see lots of students experience what it's like to sleep outside because you don't have a place to go. And the weather was very reasonable because we're here in Southern California. So we didn't expect major hardships, but it was damp. And we had Rhonda Sortino come and tell her story when she was a child and homeless. And we had musicians come and we made PB and J sandwiches. PB and J, peanut butter and jelly. And we were kind of extra blessed because somebody brought in hot chocolate for us and we wrote some notes and put together some toiletry bags to distribute to homeless youth. And then we settled down for the night. As I crawled into my sleeping bag, I realized that wearing my sweats out on the damp lawn was not a good idea. The water on the lawn had whipped up the bottom of my pants, and so the bottom three inches were wet. And now I have the whole night to sleep in wet clothes because I don't have anything else. I have no other clothes there. And I realized, you know, this is the reality way beyond I just have no other clothes for tonight, but maybe I don't have any more clothes for tomorrow or the next day or so many other things. I just don't have an option and I have to deal with it. During the night, many of the students who were getting cold because the dampness w...