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The Guidelines (www.oecd.org/daf/investment/guidelines) are recommendations addressed by governments to multinational enterprises operating in or from adhering countries. They provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct in a variety of areas including employment and industrial relations, human rights, environment, information disclosure, combating bribery, consumer interests, science and technology, competition, and taxation. [more]
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on 17-Nov-2008
In his remarks, Mr Gurría highlighted the outcomes of the G-20 meeting where leaders called on a better collaboration between international organisations to support governments’ work on policies to overcome the crisis and lead the global economy back to sustainable growth.
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13-Oct-2008
Jointly organised by OECD and ILO, this conference was devoted to the theme of "Employment and Industrial Relations: Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in a Globalising Economy". Discussions focused on wider dissemination of good corporate labour practices and better understanding and use of the OECD and ILO instruments. The key findings from this conference are now available.
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13-Oct-2008
The OECD Council Decision of June 2000 instructs the NCPs to contribute to the resolution of issues that arise relating to implementation of the Guidelines in specific instances. With a view to improving the quality of information disclosed by NCPs, OECD publishes an archive of specific instances that have been or are being considered by NCPs.
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31-Jul-2008
Peru has become the 41st adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, in recognition of its impressive progress in pursuing investment policy reforms to improve the country's business climate and reduce poverty.
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31-Jul-2008
Russia’s international investment flows reached record levels in 2007, with USD 52 billion of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, but more needs to be done to improve the investment climate, according to a new OECD report.
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from 24-Jun-2008 to 25-Jun-2008
Professor John G. Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights, delivered the keynote presentation on the occasion of the 8th annual meeting of National Contact Points in Paris on 24 June 2008.
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10-Jun-2008
As ongoing corporate bribery investigations and scandals make headlines around the world, Transparency International (TI) has published a working paper on the OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, a set of social, labour, environmental and anti-corruption standards for transnational companies. This working paper explains the Guidelines and their relevance in fighting corruption in the private sector. Case studies illustrate recent instances when civil society has filed complaints in different countries related to bribery and other violations.
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