22 U.S.C. § 6481 — Business codes of conduct

Congress recognizes the increasing importance of transnational corporations as global actors, and their potential for providing positive leadership in their host countries in the area of human rights.

It is the sense of the Congress that transnational corporations operating overseas, particularly those corporations operating in countries the governments of which have engaged in or tolerated violations of religious freedom^*, as identified in the Annual Report^*, should adopt codes of conduct—