AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Precautionary Principle, Conflict Resolution, Walmart
AN100 - Lecture 12 - Globalization and Resolving Conflict Part 1
Globalization
Lessons Learned
- Threatens “Precautionary Principle” of risk management (health risks)
- Collusion of states and MNCs
- Less to do with trade than with unrestricted business interests of MNC
- Corporate powers manipulate nation-states
Market Externality
- Refers to hidden costs not included in the price of a commodity
- The “hidden costs” = monetary and non-monetary expenses
- Pollution, health risks, climate change, exploitation of labour
- “Export of pollution” (Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal India in 1984 gas leak)
Global Production Chain
- Florida (printed and distributed)
- China (knit, spun, assembled)
- Texas (cotton picked)
Production Has Shifted From…
- Large retail stores (Hudson Bay) to small transnational retail stores (WalMart)
- Fragmentation of production from centralized to decentralized
Anti-Sweatshop Movement
- UFT lobbied code of conduct for trademark licenses
- What does this do?
- Suppliers of school supplies must meet minimum employment standards
- Forced supplier of university products to address unethical labour practices in
developing countries
Resolving Conflict Part 1
Political Anthropology
- Study of social and political power and their organization in different societies
- Classification of political forms:
- Bands, tribes (uncentralized)
- Chiefdom, states (centralized)
- Leadership patterns: informal leaders, big men, chiefs, PM, president
- Conflict resolution: in pre-state societies, to … social inequalities, new power
structures, impacts of globalization and modernization in State societies
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Document Summary
An100 - lecture 12 - globalization and resolving conflict part 1. Threatens precautionary principle of risk management (health risks) Less to do with trade than with unrestricted business interests of mnc. Refers to hidden costs not included in the price of a commodity. The hidden costs = monetary and non-monetary expenses. Pollution, health risks, climate change, exploitation of labour. Export of pollution (union carbide disaster in bhopal india in 1984 gas leak) Large retail stores (hudson bay) to small transnational retail stores (walmart) Fragmentation of production from centralized to decentralized. Uft lobbied code of conduct for trademark licenses. Suppliers of school supplies must meet minimum employment standards. Forced supplier of university products to address unethical labour practices in developing countries. Study of social and political power and their organization in different societies. Leadership patterns: informal leaders, big men, chiefs, pm, president. Conflict resolution: in pre-state societies, to social inequalities, new power structures, impacts of globalization and modernization in state societies.
