Globalization can be seen as a good thing as well as a bad thing, depending on your position in the workplace. For example, globalization is very beneficial to developing countries because they have access to big markets in North America and can export cheap goods, but globalization is not a positive or white and blue collar working people. The purpose for globalization is to provide free trade from around the world, the creation of a worldwide market so that consumers have access to products from different countries, and the ability to move labour from country to country to market their skills. Globalization to me is seen as a positive for the world and the near future as we get to collaborate with other countries so that our economy may flourish.
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Free trade is supposed to break down barriers between nations when it comes to trading. Barriers such as tariffs and VATs (Value Added Taxes) are being reduced. In the documentary, “Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing” we are introduced to a man who is just one of the people who transport shipments of Coke to South Africa. Melissa Lee, the documentary reporter, even states that they are able to transport over 85000 2 litre bottles of Coke in the span of a week. Thanks to free trade and globalization, there are Coca-Cola bottling plants in South Africa, resulting in expanding their market and making more money. Although globalization brings in benefits, there are some negatives that are being dragged along with it. There is quite a number of barriers that are still in place even after free trade from globalization; over 160 countries have VATs. Globalization does provide free trade, but there are still barriers that we can hope will start to come down in the future. Not only does globalization provide free trade, it also creates a worldwide market that allows consumers to buy products from different …show more content…
The reason why a company would want to transfer jobs from one country to another is because the other country has a cheaper economy, therefore being able to pay employees less money and have the company become more profitable. This is very beneficial to companies as well because they can save money on salaries by hiring people to work in other countries for very cheap wages. In the documentary we are also introduced to a young man who created a commercial for Coca-Cola and the FIFA World Cup. Coca-Cola asked people in South Africa to come up with a commercial for them, knowing that they wouldn’t need to pay them as much as they would pay a professional director from the U.S for example. This is a huge positive for businesses, but is a negative for employees. Employees might be threatened to take a paycut otherwise they will be transferred to another country to continue their work. Some employees are just unable to move so they have to quit their job and find a new one, and some employees will make the move and start fresh in another country. Globalization will create and take jobs. In conclusion I see globalization as a positive for the world because of what it brings to the table. It provides free trade, a worldwide market, and movable labour from country to country. Like anything else there is always something negative out of something positive which means there is a bad side to globalization. It still doesn’t
Free trade is supposed to break down barriers between nations when it comes to trading. Barriers such as tariffs and VATs (Value Added Taxes) are being reduced. In the documentary, “Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing” we are introduced to a man who is just one of the people who transport shipments of Coke to South Africa. Melissa Lee, the documentary reporter, even states that they are able to transport over 85000 2 litre bottles of Coke in the span of a week. Thanks to free trade and globalization, there are Coca-Cola bottling plants in South Africa, resulting in expanding their market and making more money. Although globalization brings in benefits, there are some negatives that are being dragged along with it. There is quite a number of barriers that are still in place even after free trade from globalization; over 160 countries have VATs. Globalization does provide free trade, but there are still barriers that we can hope will start to come down in the future. Not only does globalization provide free trade, it also creates a worldwide market that allows consumers to buy products from different …show more content…
The reason why a company would want to transfer jobs from one country to another is because the other country has a cheaper economy, therefore being able to pay employees less money and have the company become more profitable. This is very beneficial to companies as well because they can save money on salaries by hiring people to work in other countries for very cheap wages. In the documentary we are also introduced to a young man who created a commercial for Coca-Cola and the FIFA World Cup. Coca-Cola asked people in South Africa to come up with a commercial for them, knowing that they wouldn’t need to pay them as much as they would pay a professional director from the U.S for example. This is a huge positive for businesses, but is a negative for employees. Employees might be threatened to take a paycut otherwise they will be transferred to another country to continue their work. Some employees are just unable to move so they have to quit their job and find a new one, and some employees will make the move and start fresh in another country. Globalization will create and take jobs. In conclusion I see globalization as a positive for the world because of what it brings to the table. It provides free trade, a worldwide market, and movable labour from country to country. Like anything else there is always something negative out of something positive which means there is a bad side to globalization. It still doesn’t