To many people, international investment by multinational enterprises is what globalisation is all about. Promoting appropriate business conduct by these companies is a real challenge however since their operations often straddle dozens of countries and hundreds of cultural, legal and regulatory environments.

2012 - Mediation and consensus building

This edition provides an account of the actions taken by the adhering governments over the 12 months to June 2012 to enhance the contribution of the Guidelines to the improved functioning of the global economy and focuses on how NCPs are working to improve their mediation skills. 

2011 - A new agenda for the future

This report enhances the transparency, accountability and public visibility of the Guidelines for MNEs, one of the OECD's most successful instruments, and more particularly the major improvements brought about by the 2011 Update, and highlights the outcome of the 2011 Corporate Responsibility Roundtable, a multi-stakeholder brainstorming on the launch of the work of the updated Guidelines.

2010 - Corporate responsibility - Reinforcing a unique instrument

Ten years after the 2000 revision of the Guidelines, work is starting on an update of the Guidelines to ensure their continued role as a leading international instrument for the promotion of responsible business conduct. This edition focuses on three core issues for consideration during the update: supply chains, human rights, and climate change.
  

2009 - Consumer empowerment and responsible business conduct

This edition focuses on consumer empowerment and responsible business conduct, notably the positive impact responsible consumers can exercise on international business behaviour through their purchasing decisions and the role of the Guidelines in promoting and protecting consumer interests. Special attention is given to supply chains, financial institutions and climate change. 
 

2008 - Employment and industrial relations

This edition highlights corporate responsibility practices in the area of employment and industrial relations, the impact of foreign direct investment on wages and working conditions, development and decent work - new directions for multinational enterprises in shaping a fair globalisation and selected initiatives and instruments relevant to corporate social responsibility.
 

2007 - Corporate responsibility in the financial sector

This edition includes a stocktake of corporate responsibility practices in the financial sector, financial sector instruments for responsible business conduct and synergies between the OECD Guidelines and financial sector instruments
 

2006 - Conducting business in weak governance zones

This edition highlights the completion of guidance for companies operating in weak governance zones. The Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones aims to help companies that invest in countries where governments are unable or unwilling to take up their responsibilities.
 

2005 - Corporate responsibility in the developing world

This edition provides an overview of corporate responsibility in the developing world.  Many developing countries have officially adhered to the multilateral instruments underpinning the concepts and principles of the OECD Guidelines and there is growing engagement by non-OECD business communities in many areas of corporate responsibility. 
 

2004 - Encouraging the contribution of business to the environment

This edition includes a review of recent developments in current business practices toward the environment, dealing with environmental risk and corporate contributions to environmental policy.
 

2003 - Enhancing the role of business in the fight against corruption

This edition includes an overview of how the business sector’s contribution to the fight against corruption might be enhanced, focusing particularly on governments’ roles in this effort and on how the Guidelines can be used in synergy with other anti-corruption instruments.
 

2002 - Responsible supply chain management

This edition provides an overview of the challenges of responsible supply chain management based on contributions from the business, trade union and NGO communities.
 

2001 - Global instruments for corporate responsibility

This edition includes comparative analysis and comments by the business, labour and NGO communities on the complementarities and differences between the Guidelines and other global instruments for corporate responsibility, such as the UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative.