Roles/Responsibilities Of Globalization

Question 1

Quality of Life

Answer 1

The conditions in people’s lives - includes material possessions and non-material things (ex: clean environment, personal safety, political rights)
- people have different ideas about what is needed for a good quality of life

Question 2

Standard of Living

Answer 2

A common measure of the quality/quantity of goods/services that are available

Question 3

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Answer 3

• measure of a country’s wealth/standard of living
• indicates health of the economy

Question 4

Disparity

Answer 4

• social/economic condition that is unfair/unequal
• ex: literacy rates, life expectancy, income, natural resources

Question 5

Human Development Index (HDI)

Answer 5

• measures quality of life in 3 areas:
  GDP Index - GDP per capital
  Life Expectancy Index
  Knowledge Index - adult literacy + school enrollment rates
• doesn’t give entire picture about quality of life

Question 6

Internationalism

Answer 6

• policy of countries working together for the common good regardless of race, religion, nationality, etc
  (Ex: United Nations - expanded from ensuring world peace to improving quality of life)

Question 7

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)

Answer 7

• states the human rights that everyone is equally entitled to
• 30 articles focus on 6 categories:
  Political rights (vote, participate in government)
  Civil rights (freedom of opinion/expression)
  Equality rights (no discrimination)
  Social rights (education, healthcare)
  Cultural rights (speak first language, partake in cultural life)
  Economic rights (fair wages, safe working conditions)

Question 8

Trade/Transportation and spreading human rights/democracy

Answer 8

Challenges:
- TNCs find labour in countries with low load our costs and less strict environmental laws - can lead to human rights violations
- governments pressured to reduce spending from institutions - privatization of industries/higher costs for people
Opportunities:
- trade can stop human rights violations (boycotts or economic sanctions) - may also worsen situations

Question 9

Boycott

Answer 9

Refusing to purchase goods/services from a company because you disagree with corporate policies (similar to buy cost - agreeing with policies)

Question 10

Migration

Answer 10

Movement of people around the world
- economic immigrant (workers finding better quality of life)
- immigrant sponsored by family
- refugees (find safety/economic opportunity)