The Hanoi Principles: For Voluntary Codes of Business Ethics in the Construction and Engineering Sector

The Hanoi Principles are a set of business ethics principles and implementation guidelines for the engineering and construction sector in the APEC region. In cooperation with the U.S Department of Commerce, and under the auspices of the the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Ministerial Working Group, Fluor led the effort to develop the Hanoi Principles.

Representatives from all 21 APEC economies met in Hanoi in September of 2011 to draft the principles over the course of two days. They were subsequently approved by the APEC SME Ministers at their meeting in Bangkok in October of 2011 and by the APEC Leaders at their meeting in Honolulu in November of 2011.