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 # Labor Supply Chain Integrity and Ethical Recruitment: A Perspective from IOM

 


 

 Jan 31, 2014 12:00 PM ET

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[Labor Supply Chain Integrity and Ethical Recruitment: A Perspective from IOM](http://www.bsr.org/en/our-insights/blog-view/labor-supply-chain-integrity-and-ethical-recruitment-a-perspective-from-iom)

**By Federico Soda**, Head of Labour Migration and Human Development, International Organization for Migration

Globalization has made corporate value chains even more multi-tiered and complex and expanded labor opportunities into new geographies. As a result, migration has expanded, also increasing suppliers’ reliance on recruitment intermediaries to find, hire, and place those workers.

This reliance on sometimes distant intermediaries in an already complex supply chain can involve reputational risk for companies, particularly in relation to the mistreatment of workers. In the age of social media, this risk can potentially destroy brands and even companies.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and BSR are collaborating to improve international labor migration and recruitment practices, specifically through [IOM’s International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS)](http://iris.iom.int/), a voluntary fair recruitment framework designed to benefit all stakeholders in the labor migration process. We will also launch a public-private alliance on ethical and fair recruitment. This alliance will...

*To read more, [please visit the BSR blog](http://www.bsr.org/en/our-insights/blog-view/labor-supply-chain-integrity-and-ethical-recruitment-a-perspective-from-iom).*



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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