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Article

30 Jun 2005

Author:
Patricia Feeney & Colleen Freeman, Rights & Accountability in Development (RAID)

[DOC] Response by Patricia Feeney & Colleen Freeman (RAID) to letter by Thomas Vant (Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD)

Thomas Vant’s letter...is a deliberate obfuscation of the issue at hand, namely, too many multinationals are simply not adhering to OECD governments’ expectations for responsible corporate conduct in developing countries, thus the need for binding corporate accountability frameworks...In the five years since OECD governments updated the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, 106 complaints have been submitted by trade unions and NGOs to governments against companies alleged to be in breach of their principles and standards. [refers to Wal-Mart]