1. Do no intentional harm.
2. Produce more good than harm for the host
country.
3. Contribute to the host country’s development.
4. Respect the human rights of their employees.
5. Respect the local culture; work with it, not
against it.
6. Pay their fair share of taxes.
7. Cooperate with the local government to develop
and enforce just background institutions.
8. Majority control of a fi rm includes the ethical
responsibility of attending to the actions and
failures of the fi rm.
9. Multinationals that build hazardous plants are
obliged to ensure that the plants are safe and
operated safely.
10. Multinationals are responsible for redesigning
the transfer of hazardous technologies so that
such technologies can be safely administered in
host countries.