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Podcast: Understanding SME engagement with the modern slavery acts

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Professor Hinrich Voss and Dr Dave Webb

Hinrich Voss is Professor of International Business at the Centre for International Business University of Leeds (CIBUL). He is interested in the relationship and interaction between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and institutions. This interest has evolved into a research strand on Chinese and emerging market MNEs (EMNEs) and one on sustainability and ethics. Dave Webb is Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and a Visiting Senior Research Fellow here at Leeds University Business School. He has held numerous international academic and industry positions in Germany, the Far East, the United States and the United Kingdom together with an executive position at a customer satisfaction management consultancy firm in South Africa. David’s primary interests are in the domain of macro-marketing focusing in particular on the interface between marketing and quality of life (QOL), self-determination theory and the psychology of consumption.

Hinrich Voss and Dave Webb sat at a table with microphones

In this episode, Professor Hinrich Voss (Leeds University Business School) and Dr Dave Webb (University of Western Australia) discuss modern slavery and how it affects small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), including both Australian and UK legislation.

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This podcast episode was recorded in February 2020. If you would like to get in touch regarding this podcast, please contact research.lubs@leeds.ac.uk. A transcript of this episode is available.

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