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  2. Global Value Chains and Development - Wikipedia

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    The review noted the book's three main parts, focusing on the foundations of GVC theory, governance and upgrading, and policy issues and challenges. While recognizing the book's theoretical contributions, they pointed out three unanswered questions related to lead firms, the geographic scope of GVCs, and the operationalization of GVC governance ...

  3. One World: The Ethics of Globalisation - Wikipedia

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    One World: The Ethics of Globalisation is a 2002 book about globalization by the philosopher Peter Singer.In the book, Singer applies moral philosophy to four issues: the impact of human activity on the atmosphere; international trade regulation (and the World Trade Organization); the concept of national sovereignty; and the distribution of aid.

  4. Global justice - Wikipedia

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    Norwegian philosopher Henrik Syse claims that global ethics and international justice in the western tradition form part of the tradition of natural law: the topic has been organised and taught within Western culture since Latin times of Middle Stoa and Cicero, and the early Christian philosophers Ambrose and Augustine. Syse states

  5. Criticisms of globalization - Wikipedia

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    In the name of free markets and with the promise of an improved standard of living, local authorities give up some of their political and social powers to international organizations. [10] Thus, globalization causes the greater empowerment of these international organizations and the diminishing influence of local state institutions. [15] [16]

  6. Global citizens movement - Wikipedia

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    The concept of global citizenship first emerged in the 4th Century BCE among the Greek Cynics, who coined the term “cosmopolitan” – meaning citizen of the world.The Stoics later elaborated on the concept, and contemporary philosophers and political theorists have further developed it in the concept of cosmopolitanism, which proposes that all individuals belong to a single moral community.

  7. Globalization and Its Discontents - Wikipedia

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    Globalization and Its Discontents is a book published in 2002 by the 2001 Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz. The title is a reference to Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents . The book draws on Stiglitz's personal experience as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Bill Clinton from 1993 and chief economist at the World Bank ...

  8. Business ethics - Wikipedia

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    Ethical issues arising out of international business transactions—e.g., bioprospecting and biopiracy in the pharmaceutical industry; the fair trade movement; transfer pricing. Issues such as globalization and cultural imperialism; Varying global standards—e.g., the use of child labor

  9. Economic globalization - Wikipedia

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    World War I disrupted economic globalization, with countries adopting protectionist policies and trade barriers, slowing global trade. [7] The 1956 invention of containerized shipping and larger ship sizes reduced costs, facilitating global trade. [8] [9] Globalization resumed in the 1970s as governments highlighted trade benefits.