European and Other Codes of Conduct for the Companies Operating in South Africa

Abstract

Both in South Africa and the United States, the Sullivan Principles were the most widely known and recognized code of international conduct. The Principles were not, however, the only code of conduct adopted by companies in South Africa. A number of countries and regions, industry groups, and even individual companies had promulgated their own codes, all of which had some generic, or boilerplate, standards or principles dealing with race-based discrimination in the workplace (equal opportunity, upward mobility, and so on).