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Choose ONE of the following economic institutions and answer questions about them using the internet:

1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

2. The World Bank

3. The World Trade Organization

1. When was this organization founded? January 1st, 1995

2. Where is its headquarters? Geneva, Switzerland

3. What is the goal of the organization? (Do NOT copy/paste the mission statement- summarize in your own words!) The goal of the WTO is to ensure worldwide trade flows smoothly, predictably and freely.

4. Is the United States involved in this organization? If so, how? If not, why not? The United States is involved in the WTO. The US is a steadfast supporter of the rules based multilateral trading system it governs.

5. Are there any controversies surrounding this organization? If so, summarize them. Some critics of the WTO believe that the WTO only serves the interests of multinational corporations, undermines local development, penalizes poor countries and increases inequality.

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Choose ONE of the following trade agreements and answer questions about them using the internet:

1. The European Union

2. NAFTA

3. ASEAN

4. Mercosur

1. When was this trade agreement signed? November 1st, 1993

2. What countries are involved in this trade agreement? Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

3. Discuss one controversy about this trade agreement. Some believe that the European Union undermines national sovereignty and the nation state. This is because The Court Justice of the European Union can directly influence rights in member states through the principle of direct effect and supremacy.

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Choose ONE of the following multinational corporations and summarize a news story in which a multinational company  EITHER a) challenged the authority of a government OR b) is being challenged by a government on the principles and practices associated with free-market economics

Examples of multinational corporations to choose from:

Royal Dutch Shell
Apple
Nestle
CITI Group

Coca-Cola
AT&T
Proctor & Gamble
McDonalds

Microsoft
Exxon Mobil
Delta Airlines

Google
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
L’Oreal

Recently, in 2020, The US department of Justice has sued Google in a massive antitrust lawsuit. The DOJ claims that Google's exclusionary practices hurt the market and even consumers because those practices could deprive them of the innovation that competition brings. Google says the lawsuit is "deeply flawed". Antitrust cases are usually slow and could take years. But a decision could impact both Google's billions of users and the billions of people who use competing services.

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9.5: Environmental Organizations & Consequences of Globalization

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9.5: Environmental Organizations & Consequences of Globalization

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Choose ONE of the following organizations and answer questions about them using the internet:

1. Greenpeace

2. Green Belt in Kenya

3. Earth Day

1. What is the focus of this organization? (What are they trying to accomplish?) Greenpeace focuses to ensure the ability of the Earth to nurture life by protecting biodiversity, preventing pollution, ending all nuclear threats, and promoting peace.

2. Research and summarize a recent protest they staged. What were they protesting? Where? How did they protest? What was the result? In 2020, Greenpeace protested Shell's plans to pollute the North Sea. The protestors used occupation and legal battles to fight against the corporation. This would eventually led to Shell removing abandoned oil tankers from the sea.

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Go to http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ and read the declaration

1. Choose the FIVE rights that you think are the most important (this can be the ones that are important to you personally, or the ones you think have the biggest impact on humanity) Article 2, 4, 9, 16, 18

2. Are there any rights on this list that you think should not be guaranteed human rights? If so, why not? Are there any rights that you think SHOULD be on the list, but aren’t? I agree with the human rights and I do not think any should be added or removed.

3. Find a right on the list that is not guaranteed by the US government. Why do you think this right is not protected by the US government? Article 24 is not protected by the US government. I think this right is not protected by the US government because it is hard to limit working hours as many different work environments fluctuate in the amount of hours needed to keep a business running.

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Choose ONE of the following examples of anti-globalization responses to research and answer the questions about them:

1. “Battle of Seattle”

2. Brexit

3. Creation of fair trade companies

4. Advent of locally developed social media platforms (Weibo in China)

1. What happened during this event?/What led these companies to be created? Give some context around the event or creation of a company. During Brexit, The United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union. They felt as they could benefit greatly from no longer being in the EU.

2. What type of response is this to globalization? (Think SPICE themes) Brexit is was a response to all five spice themes. The UK thought that EU gave the UK a Social, Political, Interaction, Culture and Economic disadvantage.

3. How is this an anti-globalization response? Brexit is an anti-globalization response because EU was a globalization in which 27 countries interacted in all forms of SPICE.

4. What happened as a result of this response? UK goods trade was 15% lower and almost every industry was affected by Brexit due to the reduced investment and recession and migrated workforces and skilled worker shortages.

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9.8: International Organizations to Maintain World Peace

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9.8: International Organizations to Maintain World Peace

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Choose ONE of the following international organizations, research them on the internet (start with their official websites), and answer the questions about them:

1. The League of Nations

2. The United Nations

3. The International Criminal Court

1. When was this organization founded? October 24, 1945

2. Where is its headquarters? New York, New York US

3. What is the goal of the organization? (Do NOT copy/paste the mission statement- summarize in your own words!) The goal of the UN is to maintain worldwide peace.

4. Is/was the United States involved in this organization? If so, how? If not, why not? The US is involved with the UN. The US provides the largest financial contribution to the UN's overall budget. The US also hosts the UN's headquarters in New York.

5. Are there any controversies surrounding this organization? If so, summarize them. Some critics of the UN have said that it threatens national sovereignty and promotes globalism. They also say that the UN gives legitimacy to dictatorial and often terrible regimes.

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Choose one of the humanitarian organizations from the list below, and answer these questions about them:

1. UNICEF

2. The Red Cross

3. Amnesty International

4. Doctors Without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontiers)

5. World Health Organization (WHO)

1. When was this organization founded? WHO was founded on April 7, 1948

2. Where is its headquarters? Geneva, Switzerland

3. What is/are its main goal(s)? The WHO's goal is to ensure that people have universal health coverage, to protect more people from health emergencies, and provide a further billion people with better health and well-being.

4. Describe one current/recent issue that this organization has addressed, and how it address(ed) it The WHO addressed the issue of Covid-19 by releasing guidelines to help prevent the spread. Recently the WHO released the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan unveiling how they step by step handled the issue by using prevention, surveillance, containment, treatment, coordination and much more.