Quality Impact
Quality Impact
The Chartered Quality Institute
Is Your Business Complicit? Inside the Modern Slavery Crisis in Global Trade
22 minutes Posted Jun 9, 2025 at 4:00 am.
0:00
22:40
Download MP3
Show notes

What does quality have to do with modern slavery? In this eye-opening episode, Rashad Issa speaks with Steve Gibbons, Director at Ergon Associates and expert in human rights due diligence. Steve unpacks how businesses – often unknowingly – contribute to exploitation across global supply chains. From certification blind spots to the real impact of climate-driven migration, this conversation reveals the risks hiding in plain sight, and the bold moves quality professionals can take to lead meaningful change.