The Business Ethics for APEC SMEs Initiative is the world's largest public-private partnership to strengthen ethical business practices in target sectors, training 1,350+ stakeholders and expanding high-standards to 18,000+ companies (13,000+ SMEs). It also designs and implements model consensus agreements to strengthen ethical business practices across health systems. In 2016, these results were recognized by APEC Leaders, APEC Ministers, APEC SME Ministers, and APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade. The 2018 APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum held in Tokyo, Japan will expand this success as the first program to leverage the latest technologies for rapid scale-up in code of ethics implementation for SMEs. With most industry associations across APEC economies having implemented a code aligned with APEC Principles, achieving the Nanjing Declaration's 2020 commitments at the enterprise-level requires a "train-the-trainer" meeting of principals to build capacity on utilization of these technologies within their home economy. This project aligns with several rank one funding criteria by strengthening MSME innovation capacities and competitiveness, supporting the multilateral trading system, fostering trade facilitation, advancing human development, and supporting the ease of doing business work stream.
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