3 Governments in many developing countries such as Nigeria and Peru are keen to attract new industry into their country to achieve sustainability through a better economy. This in theory would increase the number of jobs available to locals, bringing in more people from out with the area, introducing new technologies to the area; the flow of capital would begin to increase and start to give local people a better quality of life. But in reality, what may seem like an immediate solution for a developing country to enter into the economic market, in the long term, can cause many environmental and socio economic problems. A perfect example of this kind of problem caused by MNCs is the development of the oil industry in the Niger Delta. .
Nigeria is the largest crude oil petroleum producer in Africa and is one of the largest producers in the world.4 This would suggest it to be a well established and rich country on the road to development, however organizations such a Greenpeace, say that big name corporations such as Shell, Mobil, and Chevron to name but a few, have left Nigeria as one of the poorest countries in Africa through their inadequate and immoral modes of practice.
Most of Nigeria's oil is found along the coastline of the Niger delta, which is a massive environmental issue as there is real concern of marine pollution from "spillage and blowouts"5. In 1997 a report released by the World Bank stated the 300 oil spills take place each year and pollute the Niger delta with 2.3 billion cubic meters of oil.6 This has serious implications to the standards of environmental codes of practice these companies employ, and to the standard of drinking and useable water for the people in the area. There has also been damage to local communities through destruction of farmland from polluted waters; streams and creeks face the same fate, not to mention the health issues and risks contamination of water poses.
Introduction Globalization is a term often used in today's modern context. Yet not many people are sentient of the implications that come with globalization. Many people are still unquestioning about the sugar-coated truths of globalization, swallowing facts with blind faith. What my essay seeks to...
Additionally, most multinationals generate profits at the expense of environmental conservation. As developing countries intensely compete to attract overseas investments, the countries dangerously lower their environmental standards. ... Rivers in cities that house MNCs is a clear evidence of this insensitive dumping. Apparently, the multinationals are outsourcing to developed countries merely to evade the strict environmental regulations in their home countries. ... Despite increased environmental awareness and the massive resources that developing countries have invested in environmental co...
Thus, they wanted to establish if labor standards of MNCs countries of origin resulted in higher wages in host countries. ... They also assessed how MNCs would affect the governance of labor related standards and practices of MNCs could be transferred from countries of origin to host and the extent in which labor related practices of MNCs could be traced to the characterstics of the national business system from which they originated. ... Mechanisms in which MNCs diffuse Labor standards MNCs facilitate transfer of labor practices from countries of origin to host for efficiency reasons, prefer ...
Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.1 In spite of significant improvements of environmental protection by environmental justice activists, over the years many people worldwide still live in unsafe and unhealthy environments. ... In order to understand environmental justice issues, one has to consider the environmental justice movement from the larger dynamics of society that produ...
When an MNC enters a less developed country the Government in that country has set regulatory environment for businesses forming an ambiguous business-government relationship, may further propel the corruption. One such popular example is Daewoo, according to Luo(1997) whereby the founder and Chairman, Kim Woo-Chong, became a fugitive for alleged bribery shortly after the company's failure.(5) The problem is that once such MNCs enter the country they find corruption money as a cost to the company they only worsen the problem. ... According to Joseph LaPalombara (Report No.767) "The ...
For MNCs which want to open business in Philippine, a huge amount of labor force is waiting to be hired. 3. ... About the legal system, there are many aspects, and for the MNCs, the investments law, the intellectual property law and the environmental law are the three main laws that MNCs must care about. ... MNCs will be required to surrender their certificates of registration, and they may be required to refund all capital equipment incentives availed of. ... The third law is the Environmental Law. In this law, it identifies three types of environmentally critical projects; the environmentall...
This model will be based on three core threads mentioned in literature surrounding environmental education with a bid to use complimentary learning processes. ... Recently speculations about dropping climate change from the National Curriculum have put Environmental Education back in the spotlight. ... This question arises as there are numerous definitions associated with the term 'environmental education.' ... Environmental education also entails practice in decision making and self-formulation of a code of behaviour about issues concerning environmental quality.' ... There ...
Environmental racism is the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color (3). Environmental racism, sadly, still goes on today. ... The movement's response environmental racism is "environmental justice.... While the governments answer to Environmental Justice is Environmental Equity: poison all people equally (3). ... Throughout the years, the Environmental Movement gave birth to other movements, such as the Sustainability Movement and Environmental Justice. ...
