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[CITE: 22USC6481]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
               CHAPTER 73--INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
 
                 SUBCHAPTER V--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6481. Business codes of conduct


(a) Congressional finding

    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.

(b) Sense of Congress

    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--
        (1) upholding the right to freedom of religion of their 
    employees; and
        (2) ensuring that a worker's religious views and peaceful 
    practices of belief in no way affect, or be allowed to affect, the 
    status or terms of his or her employment.

(Pub. L. 105-292, title VII, Sec. 701, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2815.)
