Codes of conduct in the multinational workplace

Abstract

The workplace activities of the multinational enterprises responsible for supplying consumers in the developed North with goods produced in the developing South have come under growing scrutiny in the past decade. In response, growing number of MNEs have embraced the concept of “corporate social responsibility”, producing codes of conduct by which they claim to do business. This article describes the intent and content of such codes, as well as the Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development’s own MNE code of conduct, and illustrates how they perform in upholding the core labour rights enshrined by the International Labour Organisation, in particular the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining.

Citation

Verney, E. (2003), "Codes of conduct in the multinational workplace", Journal of International Trade Law and Policy, Vol. 2 No. 2, pp. 25-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/14770020380000346