Problem
Unethical practices of transnational corporations
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Illegal multinational commerceCorruption by international enterprises
Corporate intimidation
Social irresponsibility of transnational businesses
Incidence:
Move production to countries and localities where they can pay less than a living wage or use the threat of moving jobs to break up labor unions and bargain down wages. Gains from productive activity are thus shifted from working people to money people. Furthermore, the stress of attempt ing to maintain self and family on insecure jobs paying less than a family wage results in family breakdown and violence and depletes the social capital of society.
Broader Problems:
Abuse of authorityUnethical commercial practicesIrresponsible international tradeCommercial disregard of social responsibility Narrower Problems:
Smuggling cigarettesHuman rights violations by corporationsBribery by transnational enterprisesRecords destruction by transnational enterprisesMonopolistic activity by transnational enterprisesMisuse of free production zones and export enclavesPolitical intervention by transnational corporationsDomination of countries by transnational corporationsSocially irresponsible programmes of transnational banksExploitative financial policies of transnational corporationsDomination of economic integration by transnational corporationsDiscrimination against women workers in multinational enterprisesParticipation of transnational corporations in the apartheid systemDisruption of domestic social policies by transnational corporationsExcessive exploitation of raw material reserves by transnational enterprisesDisruption of cultural and social identities in host countries by transnational corporations Aggravates:
Abuse of scientific powerImperialistic distribution systemInappropriate transfer of technologyRestraint on development by transnational corporationsHarmful effects of advertising by transnational corporationsErosion of national sovereignty by transnational enterprisesIncreasing income disparity due to transnational corporationsInterference of transnational banks in domestic economic policiesDependence on import of staple foods due to transnational corporations Strategies:
Researching transnational corporationsLinking corporate strategies to employment effectsDetermining environmental liabilityIntimidatingScrutinizing practices of transnational corporationsCorrupting international enterprisesMonitoring economic control by transnational corporationsEngaging in illegal multinational commerceEngaging in multinational commerceClaiming corporate intimidation Subject(s):
Commerce → Business enterprisesCommerce → Commerce
Commerce → Multinationals
Innovative change → Change
Law → Legality
Societal Problems → Corruption
Societal Problems → Irresponsibility
Societal Problems → Maltreatment
Society → Social
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST