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Discussion Board:

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Part 1

What are transnational corporations? What are their benefits and drawbacks? How do you think transnational corporations may change their practices to become more socially responsible? Give examples with citations.

Part 2

After watching the Cross Cultural video, there were many topics covered briefly. What did you find the most interesting and unique? Complete further research on this fact and go into a little more depth then the author on this fact.

Part 3

After watching the two videos on Women’s suffrage and women’s right, what was the most impressive fact to you that you learned? Which country would you find it the most difficult to live and work and why?

Dont have to watch full video just skim through to get backgrounds.

Example from classmate for reference but do not copy,

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According to Chernotsky and Hobbs, transnational corporations, also known as TNCs, are “companies that operate on a global scale with integrated operations across regions and countries” (Chernotsky & Hobbs, 2018, p. 168). The benefits of transnational corporations are compared to many countries, some TNCs have more assets. TNCs give a head start for how economic activity is today. TNC “investment helps countries build infrastructure and enhance their capability of economic growth” (Chernotsky & Hobbs, 2018, p. 171). There are many people that don’t agree with TNCs and are worried about what is behind the TNCs motives. The working conditions that TNCs implement is not ethically moral, some would compare these factories to sweatshops. These workplaces are unsafe environments for workers. I believe that in order for TNCs to become more socially responsible, they need to protect their workers. For example, H&M “has been the subject of criticism for continuing safety issues and depressed wages across its factory network in South Asia” (Chernotsky & Hobbs, 2018, p. 172). TNCs need to become more responsible for their employees and have more care and respect for them. It’s not that hard to have a cleaner and safer work environment. As well as paying their workers more money. The reason why TNCs have these factories in third-world countries is that labor is cheap. It wouldn’t hurt these companies to pay money to help benefit their workers.

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The topic that I found the most interesting and unique was the accepted and familiar point of view. I liked how Riccardi compared how British people stand in a line compared to Norwegians. He stated that British people would tend to stay in the same order, especially if another cash register opened up (Riccardi, 2014, 5:35-6:10). The last few people of the original line would go towards the new cash register but would stay in the same formation they were in in the original line. I thought this way of forming lines was “accepted and familiar.” From what I have noticed when shopping at grocery stores in the United States, we tend to follow the same “rule” as people in the UK. While in Norway, when a cash register opens up, every person goes for it. It is the belief of first come, first served. Riccardi found out that Norwegians are about equality, they don’t bother with titles and tend to dress casually (Riccardi, 2014, 7:06-7:16). This can create some confusion when a person is in a different country with a different accepted and familiar point of view. While standing in line seems pretty universal, it is interesting to see what is accepted and familiar in different countries.

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The fact that I found most interesting and impressive was that people like Margaret Sanger and Emma Goldman had to fight for women to have access to birth control (Green, 2013, 6:34-6:40). According to Green, in response to “how women should be able to enjoy sex without having children,” men replied with “women can enjoy sex?” (Green, 2013, 6:40-6:43). It was quite infuriating that men believe that they can have a say of what a woman does to her body. It is also infuriating that Sanger and Goldman were constantly ridiculed and even arrested for trying to provide birth control for women.

After learning about which countries are the worst for women, I do believe that South Africa would be the most difficult country to live in. Due to their very high rates of rape and sexual assault, being a woman would be scary (Kasparian & Uygur, 2012, 2:28-2:37). My heart goes out to all the women in South Africa that have to deal with this terror constantly. Being a woman is already difficult since we aren’t always considered to be equal, but South African women have to fear for their life on top of that.

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References

Chernotsky, H. I., & Hobbs, H. H. (2018). Crossing borders: International studies for the 21st century (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Riccardi, P. (2014). Cross cultural communication. TEDx Talks. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMyofREc5Jk&featu

Green, J. (2013). Women’s suffrage: crash course us history #31. CrashCourse. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGEMscZE5dY

Kasparian, A. & Uygur, C. (2012). Best and worst countries for women. The Young Turks. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DVoYw3YahI

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