The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises aim to help businesses, labour unions and NGOs meet this challenge by providing a global framework for responsible business conduct.  While observance of the Guidelines is voluntary for businesses, adhering governments are committed to promoting them and to making them influential among companies operating in or from their territories.

This Annual Report describes what governments have done to live up to this commitment over the period June 2002-June 2003.  It also provides an overview of how the business sector’s contribution to the fight against corruption might be enhanced, focusing, in particular, on governments’ roles in this effort and on how the Guidelines can be used in synergy with other anti-corruption instruments.