Business Ethics (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Definition of globalisation
Definition of globalisation
Integration of world economies, industries, markets, cultures and policy-making
TNCs
TNCs
Transnational corporations - businesses in >1 country
Why globalisation makes production cheaper
Why globalisation makes production cheaper
Cheaper labour, resources, fewer health & safety requirements
Chinese people lifted from poverty since 1978
Chinese people lifted from poverty since 1978
800 million
Sweatshops
Sweatshops
Factories where workers exploited with low pay, long hours
Nike goods manufactured in America until
Nike goods manufactured in America until
1971
What changed Nike's practices in 1996
What changed Nike's practices in 1996
Photo of child stitching footballs distributed, caused outrage
Organisations monitoring Nike
Organisations monitoring Nike
NikeWatch and Clean Clothes Campaign
Rana Plaza factory collapse date
Rana Plaza factory collapse date
24 April 2013
Rana Plaza death toll
Rana Plaza death toll
1,134 deaths and 2,500 injured
Foxconn used by which company
Foxconn used by which company
Apple (to produce iPad, iPhone, etc.)
Foxconn worker shift length
Foxconn worker shift length
12-hour shifts for years
Kantian view on globalisation problem
Kantian view on globalisation problem
Treats people as means rather than ends