Investigative Journalist Cam Simpson on Combating Forced Labor and Other Supply Chain Risks
This episode's guest is Cam Simpson. Cam is an award-winning London-based writer and investigative journalist who has focused on supply chain, corruption, and forced labor and trafficking issues. He is the senior international correspondent for Bloomberg Businessweek in London and Bloomberg News. Previously, he worked for The Wall Street Journal, with posts in the Middle East and Washington, and as a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune.
Cam and Perkins Coie White Collar & Investigations Chair Markus Funk discuss Cam's diverse career, with a particular focus on Cam's work relating to human trafficking and other forms of forced labor. They also share their thoughts on the growing trend towards sustainable investing (specifically, on "ESG," or environmental, social, and governance investing), and on the past, present, and likely future enforcement of U.S. and foreign laws and regulations aimed at stemming corruption, forced labor, and related supply chain and compliance misconduct.
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