Mac Bride Principles
The MacBride Principles — consisting of nine fair employment principles — are a corporate code of conduct for United States companies doing business in Northern Ireland and have become the Congressional standard for all US aid to, or for economic dealings with, Northern Ireland. They were written by Nobel Laureate Seán MacBride, a founding member of Amnesty International who served as its International Chairman, and were launched in November 1984.
Read more about Mac Bride Principles: The Principles, Parallel British Reforms, Campaign, Endorsement
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