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Defining the Issue

The United States recognizes two primary forms of trafficking in persons: forced labor and sex trafficking. This site focuses primarily on forced labor, a crime whereby traffickers exploit and profit at the expense of adults or children by compelling them to perform labor. Several terms are used throughout RST such as trafficking in persons, human trafficking, and forced labor.

Defining the characteristics and forms of human trafficking

By Sector

Product

What is being produced, and especially how a particular product defines the nature of the work, may contribute to trafficking risks.

Operations

How a supply chain is set up and how workers are recruited, hired, and employed are factors of whether workers are better protected from or more exposed to risks.

Workforce Characteristics

Who the workers are, where they are from, their level of skill, their level of control over their lives, and pressures they are subject to are key to their degree of vulnerability to trafficking risks.

By Geography

Country

The political, socioeconomic, and legal profiles of a sourcing country all contribute to a vulnerable workforce.

Labor

The demographics of the workforce, what jobs they are qualified for based on education and skill, how replaceable they are, and especially what pressures they are under to find and keep almost any job due to financial needs, translate to their vulnerability to being trafficked.

Responsible Sourcing Tool Accessibility Conformance Report, WCAG Edition, VPAT®

This is an accessibility statement from the Responsible Sourcing Tool.

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Measures to support accessibility

Responsible Sourcing Tool takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Responsible Sourcing Tool:

  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Responsible Sourcing Tool is partially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Responsible Sourcing Tool. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Responsible Sourcing Tool:

We try to respond to feedback within 1-2 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology

Responsible Sourcing Tool is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

  • Chrome browser with NVDA on Windows 11
  • Safari browser with VoiceOver on iOS
  • Chrome browser with Keyboard Operability on Windows 11
  • Chrome browser with Browser Zooming on Windows 11
  • Colour Contrast Compatibility

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Responsible Sourcing Tool relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Responsible Sourcing Tool website, there may be some limitations. One item is not owned by Responsible Sourcing Tool, and is controlled by a third party. Hence, the website might have certain sections with accessibility compliance issues as per WCAG. We are working towards having the accessibility of these items enhanced, or finding a more accessible alternative for the same. It has been mentioned below. Please contact us if you observe any other item which is not listed:

  1. Highcharts

Assessment approach

Responsible Sourcing Tool assessed the accessibility of Responsible Sourcing Tool by the following approaches:

  • External evaluation

Formal complaints

Please reach out to us by writing at . A reporting form is available on this page, below.

 

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)

View the Responsible Sourcing Tool VPAT document

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We are dedicated to creating a digitally accessible experience for everyone using the Responsible Sourcing Tool website, including people living with disabilities. The work we do to provide the best user experience for everyone is ongoing, through applying the current accessibility standards as they apply to our public website. While this effort is a work in progress and our website is not yet 508 Compliant, please contact us and send any questions or concerns.

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