Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Globalization
- Negative effects
- individual cultures could blend into one
global culture
- people in developing countries still suffer from
malnutrition/ die of curable diseases
- people work under cruel working
conditions (sweatshops)
- fincancial crisises will ultimately affect
other countries bc of global trade
- diseases can easily spread
- refugee crisis in europe
- Progress
- planes, ships, trains were developed
- fast transportation of goods from
one country to another
- Internet
- collaboration between business
partners is easier
- cost-effectiveness of
multinational companies
- Economic challenges
- costumers want best cost/perfomance
ratio -> competion in global market
- employees can't defend their rights
- outsourcing damages local labour
markets
- sweatshops
- exploiting of the poor and indirect support
of child labour
- workers probably won't use the
products they assemble
- widening gap between the rich and poor
- national crisises
- Ecological challenges/role of customers
- environmental pollution (doesn't stop at borders)
- factories produce exhaust
fumes
- vehicles on the roads steadily increase
- more and more are travelling by
plane
- "Food-miles": loads of imported fruits
and vegetables
- "carbon footprint"
- global warming and its effects
- greenhouse gases trap heat and cause the
temperature to rise
- floods in coastal areas, heavy rainfall, droughts,
melting of glaciers
- biodiversity is threatened bc of desertification and extinction
- unwise use of water ressources -> desertification
- environmental sustainibility is an important topic for
many nations
- Kyoto protocol (2005)
- reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by an annual 5.2%
- national limitations
- 138 nations have signed it (2010)
- developing countries need more time and financial support
- Also: Paris Agreement adopted by 195 coutnries
- conflict between economic and ecological aspects
- companies face global competition
- countries refuse to protect the environment bc of
disadvantages for companies
- international cooperation since pollution does not
stop at borders
- media and communication
- connect with people all over the world
- collecting and exploiting user's data
- keep in touch with friends
- UN
- preserve international peace
- defends human rights and fundamental freedoms
- promote friendly relations between nations
- support international cooperation
- conflict management and establish lasting peace
- humanitarian aid
- EU
- 28 states belong to the EU
- prevent extreme forms of nationalism
- promote social progress while still keeping diversity alive
- friendly relations between member countries
- freedom and justice for Europeans
- respect human rights
- military cooperation in peacekeeping missions
- International peacekeeping
- peacekeepers are sent to the countra once peace has
been established
- soldiers, police officers or other civilian personnel
- overseeing elections
- providing reconstruction aid
- NATO