The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact (2000-2004)
- Introduction
- Anti-Corruption Agencies and Supreme Audit Institutions
- Code of ethics for supreme audit institutions (1998)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- Mexico Declaration on Supreme Audit Institutions Independence (2007)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- Marrakech declaration on the prevention of corruption (2011)
- Jakarta Statement on Principles for Anti-Corruption Agencies (2012)
- Kuala Lumpur Statement on Anti-Corruption Strategies (2013)
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015)
- Access to Information
- Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression (2000)
- Economic Community of West African States Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (2009)
- G20 Anti-Corruption Open Data Principles (2015)
- G8 Open Data Charter (2016)
- African Union Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa (2020)
- Asset Recovery and International Cooperation
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- 20 Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption (1997)
- Economic Community of West African States Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (2005)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- G20 Nine Key Principles of Asset Recovery (2011)
- G20 High-Level Principles on Mutual Legal Assistance (2013)
- Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (2015)
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015)
- Doha Declaration on integrating crime prevention and criminal justice into the wider United Nations agenda to address social and economic challenges and to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels, and public participation (2015)
- G20 High-Level Principles on Cooperation on Persons Sought for Corruption and Asset Recovery (2016)
- G7 Action to Fight Corruption
- Conferences of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Joint statement by the high-level segment of the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference (2018)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders
- Common African Position on Asset Recovery (2020)
- Business Integrity
- Council of Europe's Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (1999)
- The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact (2000-2004)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific (2001)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- Bali Business Declaration: The United Nations Convention against Corruption as a New Market Force (2008)
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2011)
- United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011)
- G20 High-Level Principles on Private Sector Transparency and Integrity (2015)
- G20 High Level Principles on the Liability of Legal Persons for Corruption (2017)
- Recommendation of the Council on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (2019)
- Foreign Bribery and Lobbying
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (1999)
- OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (1999)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (2009)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Tax Measures for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (2009)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- OECD Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying (2010)
- OECD Declaration on Propriety, Integrity and Transparency in the Conduct of International Business and Finance (2010)
- G20 Guiding Principles to Combat Solicitation (2013)
- G20 Guiding Principles on Enforcement of the Foreign Bribery Offence (2013)
- OECD Declaration on the Fight Against Foreign Bribery - Towards a New Era of Enforcement (2016)
- OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (2019)
- Illicit finance
- Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (1999)
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- G20 Common Principles for Action: Denial of Safe Haven
- G8 Action Plan Principles to prevent the misuse of companies and legal arrangements
- G20 High-Level Principles on Beneficial Ownership Transparency (2014)
- African Union Special Declaration on Illicit Financial Flows (2015)
- Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want (2015)
- EU 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2015)
- G7 Action to Fight Corruption (2016)
- EU 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2018)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Countering Illicit Trade: Enhancing Transparency in Free Trade Zones (2019)
- International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation: The FATF Recommendations (2012)
- Protection of whistleblowers
- Public Integrity
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- 20 Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption (1997)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (2007)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- African Charter on values and principles of public service and administration (2011)
- G20 High-Level Principles on asset disclosure by public officials (2014)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Public Procurement (2015)
- G20 Principles for Promoting Integrity in Public Procurement (2015)
- G7 Action to Fight Corruption (2016)
- G20 High Level Principles on Countering Corruption in Customs (2017)
- G20 High Level Principles on Organising Against Corruption (2017)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Public Integrity (2017)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government (2017)
- G20 High-Level Principles for Preventing Corruption and Ensuring Integrity in State-Owned Enterprises (2018)
- G20 High-Level Principles for Preventing and Managing ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Public Sector (2018)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Guidelines on Anti-Corruption and Integrity in State-Owned Enterprises (2019)
- G20 High-Level Principles for Promoting Public Sector Integrity Through the Use of Information and Communications Technologies (2020)
- G20 High-Level Principles for the Development and Implementation of National Anti-Corruption Strategies (2020)
- Tax-related Measures
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- OECD Protocol amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (2010)
- OECD Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (2014)
- OECD Declaration on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (2013)
- Resolution 69/313: Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda)
- OECD Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (2016)
- Other themes
Title of the document
The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact
(https://www.unglobalcompact.or...)
Issuing body
United Nations
Brief description
The Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact are derived from: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. Principle 10 was added in 2004 in accordance with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption adopted in 2003.
Relevant excerpts
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.
Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery
Chapters
- Introduction
- Anti-Corruption Agencies and Supreme Audit Institutions
- Code of ethics for supreme audit institutions (1998)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- Mexico Declaration on Supreme Audit Institutions Independence (2007)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- Marrakech declaration on the prevention of corruption (2011)
- Jakarta Statement on Principles for Anti-Corruption Agencies (2012)
- Kuala Lumpur Statement on Anti-Corruption Strategies (2013)
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015)
- Access to Information
- Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression (2000)
- Economic Community of West African States Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (2009)
- G20 Anti-Corruption Open Data Principles (2015)
- G8 Open Data Charter (2016)
- African Union Declaration on Principles of Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa (2020)
- Asset Recovery and International Cooperation
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- 20 Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption (1997)
- Economic Community of West African States Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (2005)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- G20 Nine Key Principles of Asset Recovery (2011)
- G20 High-Level Principles on Mutual Legal Assistance (2013)
- Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (2015)
- 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015)
- Doha Declaration on integrating crime prevention and criminal justice into the wider United Nations agenda to address social and economic challenges and to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels, and public participation (2015)
- G20 High-Level Principles on Cooperation on Persons Sought for Corruption and Asset Recovery (2016)
- G7 Action to Fight Corruption
- Conferences of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption
- Joint statement by the high-level segment of the 18th International Anti-Corruption Conference (2018)
- Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders
- Common African Position on Asset Recovery (2020)
- Business Integrity
- Council of Europe's Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (1999)
- The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact (2000-2004)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific (2001)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- Bali Business Declaration: The United Nations Convention against Corruption as a New Market Force (2008)
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (2011)
- United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (2011)
- G20 High-Level Principles on Private Sector Transparency and Integrity (2015)
- G20 High Level Principles on the Liability of Legal Persons for Corruption (2017)
- Recommendation of the Council on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (2019)
- Foreign Bribery and Lobbying
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (1999)
- OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (1999)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (2009)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Tax Measures for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (2009)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- OECD Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying (2010)
- OECD Declaration on Propriety, Integrity and Transparency in the Conduct of International Business and Finance (2010)
- G20 Guiding Principles to Combat Solicitation (2013)
- G20 Guiding Principles on Enforcement of the Foreign Bribery Offence (2013)
- OECD Declaration on the Fight Against Foreign Bribery - Towards a New Era of Enforcement (2016)
- OECD Recommendation for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (2019)
- Illicit finance
- Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption (1999)
- United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (2000)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- G20 Common Principles for Action: Denial of Safe Haven
- G8 Action Plan Principles to prevent the misuse of companies and legal arrangements
- G20 High-Level Principles on Beneficial Ownership Transparency (2014)
- African Union Special Declaration on Illicit Financial Flows (2015)
- Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want (2015)
- EU 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2015)
- G7 Action to Fight Corruption (2016)
- EU 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (2018)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Countering Illicit Trade: Enhancing Transparency in Free Trade Zones (2019)
- International Standards on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism & Proliferation: The FATF Recommendations (2012)
- Protection of whistleblowers
- Public Integrity
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- 20 Guiding Principles for the Fight against Corruption (1997)
- ECOWAS Protocol on the Fight against Corruption (2001)
- SADC Protocol against Corruption (2001)
- Anti-Corruption Action Plan for Asia and the Pacific (2001)
- United Nations Convention against Corruption (2003)
- African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (2003)
- African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (2007)
- Arab Anti-Corruption Convention (2010)
- African Charter on values and principles of public service and administration (2011)
- G20 High-Level Principles on asset disclosure by public officials (2014)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Public Procurement (2015)
- G20 Principles for Promoting Integrity in Public Procurement (2015)
- G7 Action to Fight Corruption (2016)
- G20 High Level Principles on Countering Corruption in Customs (2017)
- G20 High Level Principles on Organising Against Corruption (2017)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Public Integrity (2017)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Open Government (2017)
- G20 High-Level Principles for Preventing Corruption and Ensuring Integrity in State-Owned Enterprises (2018)
- G20 High-Level Principles for Preventing and Managing ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Public Sector (2018)
- OECD Recommendation of the Council on Guidelines on Anti-Corruption and Integrity in State-Owned Enterprises (2019)
- G20 High-Level Principles for Promoting Public Sector Integrity Through the Use of Information and Communications Technologies (2020)
- G20 High-Level Principles for the Development and Implementation of National Anti-Corruption Strategies (2020)
- Tax-related Measures
- Inter-American Convention against Corruption (1996)
- OECD Protocol amending the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (2010)
- OECD Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters (2014)
- OECD Declaration on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (2013)
- Resolution 69/313: Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development (Addis Ababa Action Agenda)
- OECD Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (2016)
- Other themes
Author
Jorum Duri
Date
09/06/2021
