Multinational Enterprises (EMP/MULTI): Publications

October 2009 

• Workers' housing - [pdf 75 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 6 (Fact sheet)
• International Labour Standards for Plantation Work - [pdf 89 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 7 (Fact sheet)
• Putting Decent Work Principles into Practice: Labour-Management Cooperation for Responsible Enterprise Restructuring - [pdf 89 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet (Fact sheet)
• Eliminating Discrimination in the Workplace - [pdf 139 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 5 (Fact sheet)
• The MNE Declaration - the detail - [pdf 83 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 3 (Fact sheet)
• Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - [pdf 86 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 4 (Fact sheet)
• The MNE Declaration: Your gateway to understanding and implementing labour standards - [pdf 70 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 2 (Fact sheet)
• The ILO and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) - [pdf 113 KB]
  29 October 2009 - ILO Helpdesk Factsheet No. 1 (Fact sheet)
• The Financial & Economic Crisis: Responding Responsibly Some frequently asked questions - [pdf 164 KB]
  29 October 2009 - HD/Crisis/No.1 (Report)

June 2009 

• Investing in the workforce: Social investors and international labour standards - [pdf 337 KB]
  20 June 2009 - Employment Working Paper No. 29 (Working paper)

May 2009 

• Helping companies to put decent work principles into practice - [pdf 291 KB]
  01 May 2009 - The ILO Helpdesk is a free and confidential service that can help your company align its operations with international labour standards and the ILO approach to socially responsible labour practices. (Publication)

January 2008 

• Leaflet: Tripartite Declaration on Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy - Translating labour principles into practice - [pdf 309 KB]
  01 January 2008 - (Brochure)

November 2007 

• A Perspective from the MNE Declaration to the Present: Mistakes, Surprises, and Newly Important Policy Implications - Working Paper No.11 - [pdf 285 KB]
  01 November 2007 - Our understanding of the impact of MNEs has deepened considerably since the early days of the MNE Declaration. ... (Publication)

April 2007 

• Recent developments on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Hardware Manufacturing. MULTI Working Paper No.103 - [pdf 955 KB]
  01 April 2007 - This paper examines corporate social responsibility in ICT manufacturing, in particular the extent to which brands work towards improving conditions of work in their supply chains, and how they go about doing this. The aim is to understand better some of the industry forces shaping choices brands and suppliers make concerning CSR, both at the company level and various industry initiatives. (Working paper)

January 2006 

• Short overview of the Principles of the MNE Declaration - [pdf 31 KB]
  01 January 2006 - (Publication)
• Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration) - 4th Edition - [pdf 212 KB]
  01 January 2006 - (Publication)
• Direct employment in multinational enterprises: Trends and implications, MULTI Working Paper No. 101 - [pdf 278 KB]
  01 January 2006 - This paper aims to examine the recent trends from a long-term perspective, and by utilizing both financial and employment data, provide a static as well as dynamic picture of the employment situation of global production undertaken by MNEs.The paper is primarily devoted to the examination of the quantitative picture of employment in MNEs. ... (Working paper)
• Multinational enterprises in the plantation sector: Labour relations, employment, working conditions and welfare facilities,Working Paper No. 93 - [pdf 265 KB]
  01 January 2006 - The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of the current situation in light of the principles of the MNE Declaration. The paper is based on the findings of research undertaken by an ILO team that visited Uganda at the beginning of 2003. (Working paper)

January 2005 

• Social Auditing in Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey Results from survey and case study research - [pdf 2016 KB]
  01 January 2005 - From a developmental perspective, this project is intended to contribute to the debate about the roles and responsibilities of governments, businesses and their organizations and worker organizations vis-à-vis the implementation of international labour standards. ... (Working paper)
• Economic and social effects of export processing zones in Costa Rica - Working Paper No. 97 - [pdf 846 KB]
  01 January 2005 - In this paper, Mauricio Jenkins analyses the economic and social impacts of export processing zones (EPZs) in Costa Rica and tests for backward linkages from firms in these zones to the local economy. Such a country case study of EPZs is particularly interesting and useful as many developing countries have encouraged EPZs as a tool to reap some of the benefits associated with globalization. (Working paper)