OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

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OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises are annex to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. They are recommendations providing voluntary principles and standards for responsible business conduct for multinational enterprises operating in or from countries adhered to the Declaration. The Guidelines are legally non-binding. Originally the Declaration and the Guidelines were adopted by the OECD on 1976 and revised on 1979, 1982, 1984, 1991 and 2000.

Contents 1 Basic elements 2 Institutions 2.1 National Contact Points 2.2 OECD Investment Committee 2.3 Advisory committees 2.3.1 BIAC 2.3.2 TUAC 3 Adhered countries 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Basic elements

The Guidelines cover business ethics on:

• employment
• human rights
• environment
• information disclosure
• combating bribery
• consumer interests
• science and technology
• competition
• taxation

[edit] Institutions

[edit] National Contact Points

According to the OECD Council decision each adhering country has to set up the National Contact Point (NCP). NCP is a government office responsible for promotion of the Guidelines on a national level. NCP handles all enquiries and matters related to the Guidelines on adhered country.

• Contact information of the NCPs

[edit] OECD Investment Committee

OECD Investment Committee is the OECD body responsible for overseeing the functioning of the Guidelines and implementation of all OECD investment instruments. The Committee consists member states' senior officials from treasuries, economics, trade and industry, and foreign affairs ministries and central banks. All OECD member states are members of the Investment Committee. Argentina, Brazil and Chile are observers while Estonia, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia participate in the work of the Committee on issues related to the Guidelines.

[edit] Advisory committees

[edit] BIAC

• The Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD

[edit] TUAC

Main article: Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD

[edit] Adhered countries

1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Austria
4. Belgium
5. Brazil
6. Canada
7. Chile
8. Czech Republic
9. Denmark
10. Estonia
11. Finland
12. France
13. Germany
14. Greece
15. Hungary
16. Iceland
17. Ireland
18. Israel
19. Italy
20. Japan
21. South Korea
22. Latvia
23. Lithuania
24. Luxembourg
25. Mexico
26. The Netherlands
27. New Zealand
28. Norway
29. Poland
30. Portugal
31. Romania
32. Slovakia
33. Slovenia
34. Spain
35. Sweden
36. Switzerland
37. Turkey
38. United Kingdom
39. United States

[edit] See also

• OECD
• OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

[edit] External links

• Text of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• Contact information of the NCPs