CENGAGE MINDTAP Chapter 06 Reading Pro Opp Chapter Review Agr bus as i con cult risk 6-7a Chapter Problems 1. According to globalslaveryindex.org, nearly 45.8 million people around the world were victims of modern-day slavery in 2016. They live in some 167 countries, including the United States, which is estimated to have as many as 58,000 in labor and/or sex slavery. Kevin Bales, a scholar and activist trying to build a global coalition to end slavery, explains that this count does not include sweatshop workers or those who are just extremely poor, but "people who are controlled by violence, who cannot walk away." While this is a definition that would encompass slavery in the American pre-Civil War South, Bales notes the important difference between slavery then and now: 1. ^ Historically, the investment of purchasing a slave gave incentive for the master to provide a minimum standard of care, to ensure the slave would be healthy enough to work and generate profit for the long term. Today, slaves are extremely cheap and abundant, and thus disposable. Today the interest is not in "owning" slaves, only in controlling themthrough violence or the threat of it. A slave is exploited for as long as he or she is profitable; then discarded. * What impact might global slavery have on the health and safety conditions of ordinary workers? Research: (a) What efforts are being made by international and nongovernmental groups to abolish this trade? Start by looking at the United Nation's blue heart campaign against human trafficking. 2. In 2010, California adopted the Transparency in Supply Chains Act. This law requires large retail sellers and manufacturers to disclose on their web sites their efforts to eradicate slavery and trafficking in their direct supply chains. In 2015, the United Kingdom included similar provisions in its Modern Slavery Act. Suppose you were about to buy a package of shrimp that promised to be sourced without slave labor. Would that affect your buying decision