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01-Dec-2008
Analysis of the Chinese government's efforts to encourage responsible business conduct in China and by Chinese enterprises operating abroad, highlighting in particular efforts to strengthen environmental protection and respect for core labour standards.
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13-Oct-2008
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has issued a resolution acknowledging the important contribution of the OECD to the development of standards of corporate governance and strongly supporting the work of the OECD in this area.
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13-Oct-2008
Jointly organised by OECD and ILO, this conference was devoted to the theme of "Employment and Industrial Relations: Promoting Responsible Business Conduct in a Globalising Economy". Discussions focused on wider dissemination of good corporate labour practices and better understanding and use of the OECD and ILO instruments. The key findings from this conference are now available.
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13-Oct-2008
The OECD Council Decision of June 2000 instructs the NCPs to contribute to the resolution of issues that arise relating to implementation of the Guidelines in specific instances. With a view to improving the quality of information disclosed by NCPs, OECD publishes an archive of specific instances that have been or are being considered by NCPs.
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25-Sep-2008
Good corporate governance is one of the keys to healthy financial markets in today’s globalised economy. Amid current market turmoil, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría has called for a new drive to raise standards and performance in this area.
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31-Jul-2008
Peru has become the 41st adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises, in recognition of its impressive progress in pursuing investment policy reforms to improve the country's business climate and reduce poverty.
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11-Jun-2008
Good boardroom practice requires more than law and regulation: judgement, diplomacy and integrity. This book provides practical help for boards that navigate their way from principles to practice. It aims to describe how boards can practice good corporate governance in reality. This initiative reflects the importance that the OECD attaches to the private sector as a force in implementing good corporate governance.
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10-Jun-2008
As ongoing corporate bribery investigations and scandals make headlines around the world, Transparency International (TI) has published a working paper on the OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, a set of social, labour, environmental and anti-corruption standards for transnational companies. This working paper explains the Guidelines and their relevance in fighting corruption in the private sector. Case studies illustrate recent instances when civil society has filed complaints in different countries related to bribery and other violations.
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22-May-2008
On 16 April 2008, the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance invited representatives from the activist hedge fund industry and other activist investors to discuss potential policy issues including their use of shareholders rights (such as board nomination), the impact of their activism on market abuses prevention, the scope for shareholder cooperation into the light of “acting in concert” regulations, as well as the use of derivatives instruments to boost investors’ voting power.
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Events
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from 27-May-2009 to 28-May-2009
After a successful launch in 2008, the Southern African State Owned Enterprise Network met again on 27-28 May 2009 in Maputo, Mozambique. The substantive issues on the agenda included appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks for SOEs, relations with stakeholders and the equitable treatment of minority shareholders.
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on 17-Nov-2008
In his remarks, Mr Gurría highlighted the outcomes of the G-20 meeting where leaders called on a better collaboration between international organisations to support governments’ work on policies to overcome the crisis and lead the global economy back to sustainable growth.
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from 02-Dec-2008 to 03-Dec-2008
Organised in Mexico City, 2-3 December 2008, this meeting provided an important opportunity to take stock of recent corporate governance-related developments in Latin America, particularly in the wake of the current global financial turmoil.
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on 10-Nov-2008
Organised in Doha, Qatar, on 9-10 November 2008 as part of the Hawkamah Annual Conference, participants focused on finalising and endorsing the MENA Policy Brief on Corporate Governance of Banks and preparing a Policy Brief on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
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from 24-Jun-2008 to 25-Jun-2008
Professor John G. Ruggie, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights, delivered the keynote presentation on the occasion of the 8th annual meeting of National Contact Points in Paris on 24 June 2008.
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from 19-Apr-2006 to 20-Apr-2006
The Asia Network on Corporate Governance of SOEs met on 19-20 April 2007 in Cebu, the Philippines. This second meeting focused on the role of the board and the relations with stakeholders (two chapters of the OECD guidelines on corporate governance of state owned enterprises, namely the responsibilities of the boards and relations with stakeholders in chapters VI and IV).
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from 18-Jun-2008 to 20-Jun-2008
This event, which took place in Seoul, focused on the globalisation of capital markets and its impact on corporate governance. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, gave a keynote address on the progress of international corporate governance reform and next steps.
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from 25-Jun-2008 to 26-Jun-2008
Senior policy makers from Asia met in New Delhi, India, on 25-26 June 2008 to discuss challenges in the corporate governance of state-owned enterprises, particularly in the area of transparency and disclosure and the equitable treatment of shareholders.
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