GARDE and corporate accountability

The GARDE programme reflects rapid societal changes connected to globalization processes and that is why it focuses on the identification of the key issues of this phenomenon and its aim is to help people who are hurt by the negative impacts of globalization. Therefore, the main aim of the GARDE Program is to make multinational corporations behave responsibly and we try to achieve this mainly through strategic litigation. It is thanks to such missions that we not only provide legal aid to citizens who suffer from the irresponsible and reckless behavior of corporations who cooperate with state institutions, but we also open social debates over such issues.

GARDE is unique in the Czech Republic in that no other organisation is systematically concerned with the activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs). Both corporate accountability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) fall into the GARDE programme. During the past several years, GARDE has begun to concern itself with discrimination against employees and consumer protection.

GARDE is a member of the executive committee that represents the Czech Republic in the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) and represents EPS in the international OECD Watch network.