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Umair Choksy, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Stirling

How blockchain technology could help to prevent child labour in global supply chains

Working in Istanbul, Turkey. Alp Eren Erbay/Shutterstock

How would you feel if the phone in your pocket or the chocolate treat you just enjoyed was made using child labour? The idea might appal you, but the truth is that child labour is lurking behind the manufacture of familiar everyday products including electronic devices and food.

It is particularly prevalent in industries such as cobalt mining and cocoa production. And as a recent BBC investigation revealed, it can also be found in the supply chains of well known cosmetics brands.

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