ABSTRACT
Launched in 1977, the Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy is directed towards companies, governments, trade unions and employer organisations. A government or trade union can seek to establish whether or not the behaviour of a company is in accordance with the Declaration. Like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines, which influenced the Declaration, companies are encouraged to observe standards comparable to the host country in which they operate. The Declaration focuses on multinational enterprises. However, the Declaration is very clear that the principles laid down in this Declaration do not aim at introducing or maintaining inequalities of treatment between multinational and national enterprises.
