Articles

April 2008

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   The Multinational Enterprises Declaration

   01 April 2008

   The story of the ILO’s Multinational Enterprises Declaration goes back more than three decades from before 1977, when it was formally adopted, to the end of the 1960s when the activities of multinationals were first beginning to attract serious attention – and, from some quarters, serious criticism.

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   Multinationals and socially responsible labour practices: Better business - Looking back, looking forward

   01 April 2008

   A major international forum in Geneva has marked the 30th anniversary of one of the first initiatives by the international community to put the social dimension into globalization. Andrew Bibby reports on a key tool to encourage multinational businesses to adopt socially responsible labour practices.