Staying ahead of the curve on corporate responsibility: Indigenous peoples’ rights, taxation and disclosure
In the fourth post of his Legacy Blog Series, Roel Nieuwenkamp encourages the responsible business conduct community to start planning for the next update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Staying ahead of the curve on corporate responsibility: Climate change, digitalisation and animal welfare
In the third post of his Legacy Blog Series, Roel Nieuwenkamp encourages the responsible business conduct community to start planning for the next update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Global FDI outflows tumble 44% in the first quarter of 2018 due to US tax reform
OECD data for foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the first quarter of 2018 reveal that global FDI outflows fell to USD 136 billion from USD 242 billion in the previous quarter. OECD's Maria Borga analyses the cause of this precipitous drop.
Better financial knowledge for better social policies
Structural economic reforms, such as labour market and pension reforms, are often difficult to introduce because of voter discontent. Elsa Fornero and Anna Lo Prete have investigated whether painful reforms take more or less of a toll on the politicians who introduce them in countries where financial literacy is higher.
Responsible business @OECD: Plain language please!
In the second post of his Legacy Blog Series, Roel Nieuwenkamp makes a plea for the use of plain language to help advance the responsible business conduct agenda.
Your input is needed to help shape the future of public service
The OECD's Daniel Gerson explains why your input counts for the draft Recommendation on Public Service Leadership and Capability.
Making globalisation work for all and corporate responsibility
In the first post of his Legacy Blog Series, Roel Nieuwenkamp takes a look at responsible business conduct in the broader context of trade and investment policies in the globalisation debate.
Closed courts: how could open data help the fight against corruption in the UK?
As the UK’s 2018-2020 Open Government National Action Plan is being drawn up, Rahul Rose of Corruption Watch UK looks at how a less opaque court system could benefit public interest journalism, including efforts to expose major bribery scandals.
A nudge or a shove? What will it take to push responsible business conduct?
On the occasion of the release of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance on Responsible Business Conduct, the OECD’s Tyler Gillard looks at how governments can encourage international standards of responsible business conduct in business activities and supply chains.
