Overview

This is the first book to explore workforce slavery and liberation together within commercial hotel, restaurant and bar activities, the hospitality industry being particularly vulnerable to potential illegal action and reputational damage via involuntary involvement in human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Slavery is the most oppressive form of labour exploitation and is illegal in Western Europe and most of the industrialised world. On the other hand, ‘neo-slavery’ oppresses the powerless through low pay and employment practices that predominantly serve the interests of the employer. This book explores the most exploitative forms of slavery, 'neo-slavery' and human trafficking in the hotel industry, and offers insights into empowerment through liberative trade unions and worker co-operatives. The study’s multifaceted cross-cultural approach includes in-depth chapters on Brazil and the Netherlands as well as a multitude of examples from the UK, exposing the topic as an international problem. Written by international specialists, this significant book will appeal widely to upper-level students and researchers in hospitality, and specifically, to all those interested in human resource management in the hospitality and hotel industry, as well as human rights issues and business ethics.

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Author:   Conrad Lashley
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367558482

ISBN 10:   0367558483
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   01 August 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. How would I feel? Slavery, neo-slavery ethics and oppression Conrad Lashley 2. Slavery ancient and modern: global and national insights Conrad Lashley 3. Slavery in Brazil: revelations from a destination Rosane Barcellos Marques and Conrad Lashley 4. When is a guest not a guest? Human trafficking in hotels in the Netherlands Erwin van der Graaf and Conrad Lashley 5. Human trafficking and modern slavery in Europe’s hotels Alexandros Paraskevas 6. Neoliberalism: the empire strikes back Conrad Lashley 7. Neo-Slavery: and the weakest will suffer what they must! Conrad Lashley 8. Empowerment: engaging workforce enthusiasm? Conrad Lashley 9. Trade union membership: the resistance power of the collective Conrad Lashley 10. Worker co-operatives: justice and liberation Conrad Lashley 11. The way things are, or are they? Conrad Lashley

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Conrad Lashley is Professor Emeritus in Hospitality Studies as well as Editor Emeritus of Hospitality & Society and Senior Editor of Research in Hospitality Management.

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