4.4.1
The impact of MNCs
Assess local effects on labour, businesses, communities and the environment, then national effects through FDI, trade, skills, consumers, business culture, tax and transfer pricing.
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Topic 4.4
Global industries and companies
Examine how multinational companies affect local and national economies. Weigh effects on workers, local firms, communities, consumers, skills, trade and tax revenue. Then test ethical decisions across workplaces, the environment, supply chains and marketing, and assess how political influence, law, pressure groups and social media may control MNCs.
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Relevant earlier lessons for Topic 4.4
Topic 4.4 applies earlier ideas about government decisions, the external environment and stakeholder conflict to multinational companies. The five Topic 4.4 lessons teach the required knowledge in full, while the links below provide optional supporting revision.
Government and the external environment
Stakeholders and objectives
These links are optional supporting revision. The relevant knowledge is taught again within Topic 4.4, and opening an earlier lesson does not change your Topic 4.4 completion.
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4.4.2
Ethics
Examine stakeholder conflict, pay, working conditions, sustainability, emissions, waste disposal, labour exploitation, child labour, labelling and promotion.
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4.4.3
Controlling MNCs
Judge the likely effectiveness of political influence, legal control, pressure groups and social media in different business and country contexts.
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