Resources for companies working in weak governance zones

This list provides links to resources available to companies working in weak governance zones who are seeking guidance in the areas of: 

• human rights, humanitarian law and security forces
• anti-corruption
• fiscal issues

See also, useful resources for due diligence in the mining sector (PDF)

Human rights, humanitarian law and security forces

• The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Chapter II.  www.oecd.org/daf/investment/guidelines
• International Labour Organisation www.ilo.org
• International Committee of the Red Cross (www.icrc.org) Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their two Additional Protocols of 1977
• Voluntary Principles for Security and Human Rights www.voluntaryprinciples.org
• OECD Development Assistance Committee Guidelines on Helping Prevent Violent Conflict www.oecd.org/dac/conflict/preventionguidelines
• Human Rights and Business Project http://hrca.humanrightsbusiness.org of the Danish Institute for Human Rights  www.humanrights.dk
• International Alert (www.international-alert.org) Extractive Industries: Conflict–Sensitive Business Practice www.international-alert.org/our_work/themes/extractive_industries.php
• UN Global Compact (www.unglobalcompact.org) Business Guide for Conflict Impact Assessment and Risk Management  http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/issues_doc/7.2.3/BusinessGuide.pdf
• World Bank Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction Unit www.worldbank.org/conflict 

Anti-Corruption

• OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions www.oecd.org/daf/nocorruption
• United Nations Convention against Corruption (www.unodc.org)
• OECD Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service www.oecd.org/gov/ethics
• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Chapter VI. www.oecd.org/daf/investment/guidelines.
• The UN Global Compact.  Tenth Principle  www.unglobalcompact.org
• Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (www.fatf-gafi.org) Forty Recommendations on Money Laundering www.fatf-gafi.org/standards
• Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (www.bis.org/bcbs) Customer Due Diligence for Banks www.bis.org/publ/bcbs85.htm
• Wolfsberg Standards on Anti-Money Laundering www.wolfsberg-principles.com 
• Transparency International Business Principles for Countering Bribery www.transparency.org
• International Chamber of Commerce (www.iccwbo.org) Rules of Conduct and Recommendations on Combating Extortion and Bribery www.iccwbo.org/policy/anticorruption/iccfccd/index.html
• Transparency International Business Principles for Countering Bribery (BPCB) www.transparency.org/global_priorities/private_sector/business_principles, including the Six Step Implementation Process
• TRACE (non-profit membership association that specializes in anti-bribery due diligence reviews and compliance training for international commercial intermediaries) www.traceinternational.org
• International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (www.ogp.org) Guidelines on Reputational Due Diligence www.ogp.org.uk/pubs/356.pdf

Fiscal issues

• Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) www.eitransparency.org
• OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations www.oecd.org/ctp/tp
• OECD Best Practices on Budget Transparency www.oecd.org/gov