A 5 page paper discussing this controversial point. Multinational organizations have found over the years that it is to their benefit to work within the local culture rather than against it. Globalization does affect local culture, but many of the changes involved can be seen as being positive ones. Today’s multinationals increasingly realize that they have power over local cultures, and the best-managed of these organizations strive to operate in concert with important traditions that do not conflict with international ideas of acceptable behavior. The end result is that positive qualities of national cultures can be preserved while more unattractive ones – such as disregard for human rights – can be minimized as the people’s standard of living improves along with the growth of business. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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features of the failed trade talks in Seattle centered around complaints by developing nations that established economies consistently try to dictate conditions to developing countries. Among these complaints is
one charging that developed nations require structural and fundamental change in the culture of developing nations before sustained trade can occur. Multinational organizations
have found over the years that it is to their benefit to work within the local culture rather than against it, however. Globalization does affect local culture, but many
of the changes involved can be seen as being positive ones. The Downside Much discussion of globalization centers on exploitation of uneducated, poor
people in developing nations. Businesses moving manufacturing, mining or other operations to developing nations venues frequently are castigated as being exploiters of disadvantaged humanity, seeking only their own financial
gain and associated benefit for their shareholders. Critics of globalization refuse to see any benefit at all, which has been the case in complaints about companies such as Gap
and Nike (Mason, 2000). In some cases, the charges have been valid. Many Asian and other nations see no real problem with
sweatshop conditions or child labor. One of the benefits is that globalization brings other perspectives into areas where they would not otherwise exist, thereby improving the quality of life
of all local people employed in nearly any job at all, whether that employment is with a multinational organization or with a local grocer. Increased Standard of Living
There are many reasons that developing economies are "developing," rather than already being developed. Singapore stands as an example - and a goal -
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