Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - 2003 Edition - Enhancing the Role of Business in the Fight Against Corruption.

Foreword......Page 5
Note by the Editor......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 7
Part I. Meeting of National Contact Points – An Overview of Guidelines-related Activities......Page 9
I. Introduction and Background......Page 10
Promotional activities by NCPs......Page 11
High level promotion......Page 14
Table 1. Linkages – The OECD Guidelines and Export Credit, Overseas Investment Guarantee and Inward Investment Promotion Programmes......Page 15
Promotional activities by the OECD Secretariat......Page 17
Specific instances – nature and outcomes......Page 18
Specific instances described in individual NCP reports......Page 19
V. The UN Expert Panel Report on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Democratic Republic of Congo......Page 21
Scope of the Guidelines......Page 22
NCP Procedures......Page 23
VII. Progress to date and considerations for future action......Page 26
Notes......Page 29
Annex. Structure of the National Contact Points......Page 30
I.1. An element of the OECD Declaration......Page 40
I.2. Values and principles having broad scope of application......Page 41
I.3. Recommendations covering areas such as supply chain......Page 42
I.4. International investment officials entrusted to implement the Guidelines......Page 43
Notes......Page 44
I. Introduction......Page 46
Individual NCP written procedures or guidance......Page 47
Initiating specific instances......Page 48
Measures to promote timeliness and efficiency......Page 49
Responsibility for information provision......Page 50
The role of host country legal, regulatory or administrative procedures......Page 51
Measures promoting communication and transparency......Page 52
Consistency of findings across NCPs......Page 56
Solicitation of feedback, training and further opportunities for experience sharing......Page 57
Archive of Communications......Page 58
Document 1. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multistakeholder Conference......Page 60
Boom or durable phenomenon?......Page 62
The search for an appropriate allocation of roles between government and business......Page 63
Who is the Guidelines’ audience?......Page 64
Future challenges for Guidelines’ institutions and implementation......Page 65
III. Building international cooperation......Page 66
This is a joint statement by the NCP, Adidas and ICN:......Page 68
Consideration of the matter and reasons for the conclusion......Page 72
Document 5. Exchange of Letters on Democratic Republic of Congo......Page 76
Document 6. Exchange of Letters on Cooperation between Global Reporting Initiative and OECD Secretary General......Page 82
Background – The Role of the National Contact Points in the Implementation of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises......Page 86
Figure 1. Institutions involved in implementing the Guidelines......Page 87
Consultations – Contributions by Business, Trade Unions and Non-governmental Organisations......Page 88
1. Scope of application......Page 90
3. Confidentiality......Page 91
c) Responsibility for information provision (0.17-0.19)......Page 92
e) Public statements while a case is being considered (0.27)......Page 93
Promotion......Page 94
Implementation......Page 95
Conclusions......Page 97
Visibility......Page 100
Accessibility......Page 102
Accountability......Page 103
The Scope of the Guidelines and the Supply Chain......Page 104
Procedural Issues......Page 105
Recommendations......Page 106
Notes......Page 108
Part II. Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility: Enhancing the Role of Business in the Fight against Corruption – Making the Most of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises......Page 110
Speakers:......Page 112
Background......Page 114
Is corruption a good business strategy?......Page 115
Victims or perpetrators of crime?......Page 117
Corporate policy and problems of definition......Page 118
Reporting and information disclosure......Page 119
Complex interplay between corporate responsibility and government responsibility......Page 120
Private initiatives, law enforcement and other pillars of anti-corruption systems......Page 121
The contribution of the OECD Guidelines to the fight against corruption......Page 123
Notes......Page 125
Opening Remarks......Page 126
Executive Summary......Page 128
I. Introduction......Page 129
Propensity to discuss corrupt business practices......Page 131
Table 1. Corruption content of the top 100 multinational enterprises’ public statements......Page 132
Figure 2. Anti-corruption statements by sector of activity......Page 133
Extortion......Page 134
Facilitation payments......Page 135
Gift giving and entertainment......Page 136
Business partners, suppliers, subsidiaries and agents......Page 137
III. Management Tools in the Fight against Corrupt Business Practices......Page 138
IV. Reporting on Corrupt Business Practices......Page 140
V. Implications for Anti-corruption Practitioners......Page 141
Annex I. Methodology......Page 143
Annex II. Attributes Used in Analysis of Anti-Corruption Statements......Page 145
Notes......Page 151
Bibliography......Page 152
Introduction......Page 154
I.1. OECD integrity instruments......Page 155
I.2. Some major inter-governmental instruments......Page 157
Table 1. OECD integrity instruments and other inter-governmental anti-corruption instruments......Page 161
Box 1. Major inter-governmental anti-corruption instruments......Page 158
II.1. The anti-bribery contents of the Guidelines, in comparison with the Revised Recommendation and the Convention......Page 160
Table 2. Comparing the Guidelines with the Convention and the Revised Recommendation......Page 169
II.3. The implementation mechanism of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises......Page 168
Table 3. What other inter-governmental anti-corruption instruments recommend companies should do to prevent corruption?......Page 173
III.1. Two major international private sector initiatives......Page 174
III.2. Industry initiatives......Page 175
Table 4. Three major private initiatives that promote anti-bribery programmes for companies in perspective with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises......Page 176
III.3. Other private initiatives......Page 177
Annex. Corruption Prevention Measures Recommended to Companies by Five Major International Anti-corruption Instruments......Page 178
Notes......Page 181
Appendix I. Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises......Page 182
Appendix II. The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: Text and Implementation Procedures......Page 184
Implementation Procedures......Page 193
Implementation Guidance......Page 195