Which of the following arguments by critics of MNCs has not been used?
a. MNCs divert capital needed for economic development in Third World countries into areas that the
MNCs themselves need, and thus slow economic development.
b. MNCs are undermining local cultures by creating international standards of taste
c. MNCs pollute Third World countries' environments without regard to the damage they cause, and
also strip Third World states of their natural resources
d. MNCs, because of their structure, are supportive of authoritarianism, and therefore undermine
democratic governments in the Third World.
Which of the following statements has not been used as an argument to support multinational corporations?
a. MNCs aid in preventing war by linking the economies of nations.
b. Multinational corporations help economic development by aiding technology
transfer to less developed states.
c. Multinational corporations accelerate the movement from totalitarian regimes
toward democratic regimes.
d. Multinational corporations provide training to local personnel, and therefore help
economic development.
Why were motherdaughter arrangements for MNCs so dominant before World War II?
a. They were not. Before World War II, MNC organization was evenly divided
between motherdaughter, international division, and product division structures.
b. Chief executive officers of many MNCs realized that World War II was about to
start, and they wanted to give their companies as much flexibility as possible.
c.It gave the MNCs great flexibility, which was needed because of national
differences in consumer preferences, differences in industrial standards, and high
barriers to trade
d. Little interest existed in MNCs, so they could do essentially whatever they want
Which of the following is NOT a reason that ethics play less of a role in international politics than in domestic politics?
a. The institutions of international society are particularly weak.
b. The disjuncture between order and justice is smaller in international than in domestic politics.
c. International politics often exhibits greater complexity of causation than domestic politics.
d. There is weak international consensus on values.
e. Public morality requires officials to take actions that would be unethical if conducted by private citizens.
Hobbes believed that
a. the existence of states in a balance of power alleviates the condition of international anarchy enough to allow some degree of order.
b. insecurity is as great at the international level as at the individual level.
c. even the existence of states in a balance of power cannot do anything to alleviate the state of nature in the international sphere.
d. the state of nature is a state of constant war.
e. individuals must avoid giving up their freedom to a government, even in the name of protection.
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