Roundtable on Corporate Responsibility: Enhancing the Role of Business in the Fight against Corruption - Making the Most of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

25 June 2003, Paris, France

Overview

In conjunction with the Annual Meeting for National Contact Points, the OECD held a Corporate Responsibility Roundtable on "Enhancing the Role of Business in the Fight against Corruption - Making the Most of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises".

The Roundtable was structured as follows:

• Session I: A review of recent developments in current business practices in the fight against corruption;
• Session II: Governments and business - Forming effective alliances in the fight against corruption;
• Session III: The contribution of the OECD Guidelines as an anti-corruption instrument.

The meeting was attended by six recognised anti-corruption practitioners as well as by the National Contact Points (offices set up to promote the Guidelines in each of the 37 adhering countries) and by delegates of the OECD's Working Group on Bribery. The six invited speakers represented the business, trade union and NGO communities.

For further information, download the summary of the discussion.

Documentation

• Summary of the discussion
• Draft annotated agenda
• Business approaches to combating corrupt practices [ English / français ]
• Anti-Corruption instruments and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises [ English / français ]

See also:

• OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
• 2002 Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• 2002 Roundtable on Supply Chains and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• 2001 Annual Report on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
• 2001 Roundtable on Global Instruments for Corporate Responsiblity