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Using the OECD guidelines to tackle corporate corruption (pdf 225kb)

The Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, adopted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), are a set of social, labour, environmental and anticorruption standards developed for transnational companies.

A total of 40 nations - 30 OECD governments and 10 nonmember states - have endorsed them as a basic component of responsible corporate conduct for multinational enterprises (MNEs) that are based in or operating from their territories.

While the Guidelines are voluntary for companies, they have been useful for promoting corporate accountability. Civil society has effectively used the Guidelines to draw attention to such irresponsible behaviour and trigger corrective actions.

 

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