Table 1 Summary of OECD Guidelines...

Table 1

Summary of OECD Guidelines transition process

	The 1976 revision	The 2000 revision	The 2011 revision
Structure	Preface General Policies Disclosure Competition Finance Taxation Employment and Industrial Relations Science and Technology	Preface Ⅰ. Concepts and Principles Ⅱ. General Policies Ⅲ. Disclosure Ⅳ. Employment and Industrial Relations Ⅴ. Environment Ⅵ. Combating Bribery, Bribe Solicitation and Extortion Ⅶ. Consumer Protection Ⅷ. Science and Technology Ⅸ. Competition Ⅹ. Taxation	Preface Ⅰ. Concepts and Principles Ⅱ. General Policies Ⅲ. Disclosure Ⅳ. Human Rights Ⅴ. Employment and Industrial Relations Ⅵ. Environment Ⅶ. Combating Bribery, Bribe Solicitation and Extortion Ⅷ. Consumer Protection Ⅸ. Science and Technology Ⅹ. Competition Ⅺ. Taxation
Implementation Body	CIME	Reorganized from CIME to OECD Investment Committee in 2004
	BIAC and TUAC as an advisory body
	The concept of the NCP appeared in the mid-1980s	Introducing the NCP’s “Specific Instance” procedures, Recognition of NGO’s right to file a complaint
	–	OECD Watch launched in 2003
Remarks	The Chapter on “Environment” was added in the 1990 revision	∙ Deletion of the Chapter on “Finance” ∙ Addition of Chapters on “Anti-Bribery” and “Consumer Protection” ∙ The term “adhering countries” appeared instead of “member countries”	The Chapter on “Human Rights” was added

	The 1976 revision	The 2000 revision	The 2011 revision
Structure	PrefaceGeneral PoliciesDisclosureCompetitionFinanceTaxationEmployment and Industrial RelationsScience and Technology	PrefaceⅠ. Concepts and Principles Ⅱ. General Policies Ⅲ. Disclosure Ⅳ. Employment and Industrial Relations Ⅴ. Environment Ⅵ. Combating Bribery, Bribe Solicitation and Extortion Ⅶ. Consumer Protection Ⅷ. Science and Technology Ⅸ. Competition Ⅹ. Taxation	PrefaceⅠ. Concepts and Principles Ⅱ. General Policies Ⅲ. Disclosure Ⅳ. Human Rights Ⅴ. Employment and Industrial Relations Ⅵ. Environment Ⅶ. Combating Bribery, Bribe Solicitation and Extortion Ⅷ. Consumer Protection Ⅸ. Science and Technology Ⅹ. Competition Ⅺ. Taxation
Implementation Body	CIME	Reorganized from CIME to OECD Investment Committee in 2004
	BIAC and TUAC as an advisory body
	The concept of the NCP appeared in the mid-1980s	Introducing the NCP’s “Specific Instance” procedures, Recognition of NGO’s right to file a complaint
	–	OECD Watch launched in 2003
Remarks	The Chapter on “Environment” was added in the 1990 revision	∙ Deletion of the Chapter on “Finance” ∙ Addition of Chapters on “Anti-Bribery” and “Consumer Protection” ∙ The term “adhering countries” appeared instead of “member countries”	The Chapter on “Human Rights” was added

Note(s): CIME listens to the opinions of the industry and labor community through BIAC and TUAC, and on the contrary, BIAC and TUAC can actively express their opinions on CIME, and directly file a complaint to NCP for breach of the OECD Guidelines

It is said that there was no provision for NCP in the 1976 Guidelines, and the exact time when the expression NCP officially appeared in the OECD Guidelines was not confirmed, but some point out that the term ‘NCP' was introduced in 1979; Oldenziel (2000), “The 2000 Review of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: A New Code of Conduct?”, SOMO (Center for Research on Multinational Corporations), p. 12; Sang Soo Lee (2014), op. cit., re-cited at p. 225, fn. 16). BIAC, Business at OECD; TUAC, Trade Union Advisory Committee

OECD Watch was launched in the Netherlands in March 2003 as a network of NGOs interested in the OECD Guidelines

Source(s): Lee (2014), op. cit., pp. 224–225, Table 1

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