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BEST Practices: Internal Policies and Practices


Whether your organization creates software, runs hotel properties, manages members, or governs a municipality, it can make an impact to prevent sex trafficking and sex buying within its operations. The following is a list for choosing which best practices to adopt.

 

Assess Impact

Our self-assessment tool helps organizations measure their progress and opportunities in the prevention of sex trafficking.

View the self-assessment

Demonstrate Leadership

  • Internal Commitment by Executive Leaders
  • Public Commitment
  • Knowledge Sharing

    Read more about leadership
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Marilyn Carlson, former CEO and Chair of Carlson, led the US tourism industry in the fight against child sex trafficking.


Adopt Policies

  • Organization-Wide Policy
  • Travel Policy
  • Entertainment & Business Expense Policy
  • Work Time Policy
  • Work Properties Policy
  • Reporting Policies & Procedures
  • Disciplinary Policies & Procedures​
  • Organization-Wide Value Statement

     View sample policies
“ManpowerGroup stands for the dignity of work, employment opportunities for all, ethical and effective business practices, a sustainable environment, and successful local communities. ManpowerGroup stands against practices that exploit people and limit opportunities for individuals to fully enjoy the dignity of work, especially the most vulnerable in society. We attempt to reduce abuse, focusing on creating awareness of, and opposition to [practices such as] . . . human trafficking.”
- Manpower Group Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, 2004.

Educate Employees

  • Inform
  • Train
  • Block Websites

 
    See examples of employee engagement
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Align Suppliers

  • Inquire and Educate
  • Code of Conduct for Suppliers
  • Procurement & RFPs
  • Contracts

     See examples of contract language
United States Government contracts prohibit contractors, contractor employees, subcontractors, and subcontractor employees from engaging in severe forms of trafficking in persons during the contract and procuring commercial sex acts during the performance of the contract. Contractors that fail to imply are subject to suitable remedies, including termination.

Involve Customers

Educating customers about the issue can be a way to build brand loyalty through shared values while helping to prevent exploitation.

Learn more about involving customers

Unique Business Impact

Traffickers use (a) products and services, (b) properties and facilities, and (c) employees to fund and facilitate their crimes. Many employers can interrupt this exploitation by taking additional steps that align with their core businesses.  Examples are below:

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MasterCard, Visa, Inc., and American Express Co. barred their credit cards from being used to pay for ads on backpage.com, a website known to be use by sex traffickers to advertise sexual services of trafficking victims.
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Microsoft partnered with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and Seattle Against Slavery to run trafficking-deterrence ads on Bing. These ads targeted sex buyers who used prostitution-related search terms.
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Hotel members of the Washington Lodging Association offered free rooms for law enforcement sting operations in which trafficking victims have been recovered and connected with services.
A reputable commercial real estate company reported to law enforcement regarding suspicions that a tenant was running a prostitution ring behind the front of a massage business.

Learn more about your unique business impact
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