This report investigates how consumers understand modern slavery and their role in perpetuating and/or eradicating modern slavery. It is organised into three sections. The first section focuses on consumer perceptions of modern slavery, the second on consumer accounts and justifications for (widespread) inaction in relation to modern slavery, and the third on questions of consumer trust and responsibility within a multi-stakeholder environment. For each section findings are combined with related prior academic research and suggestions for change are made.

Credit: University of Glasgow, University of Melbourne, Royal Holloway University of London