Globalization and Corporate Social Responsibility

Globalization have moulded the world it is today, and after reading numerous articles about it for my academic skill assignment, despite the fact that there are many people thinks globalization has made the world better, I believe that globalization have more negative effects on us more than it brought us good.

There are many points that I could show about globalization being a terrible thing, there are just a few factors that made my blood boil, to the point it disgusts me. First, the distribution of money into a country is repulsively unequal because people who work in labour is composed of poor people usually, and capitalists are mostly rich people, this causes them the be richer and wages goes lower, making workers work harder and get paid less.

Another factor is that human and drug trafficking drastically increased because of globalization. In 2010, it has been reported by the United Nations that MORE THAN US$320 Billion has been generated globally.People get kidnapped, trafficked for forced labour, sex slave or have their organs stolen. Drugs appearing increasingly easy for people to acquire. What has globalization done to the safety of society?

Media plays a major role in globalization, and what does media do to the world? It massacres cultures. Big companies sell their product all over the world, shutting minor local business shops, ultimately, all products all over the world are more homogeneous. If that's not enough, media advertises them, and cultures begin to hybridize. The unique cultural experience of individual countries will one day be tainted by the mixture of other cultures, or probably vanish completely because all the attention goes somewhere else. Take the culture of Brunei for example, their traditional wear has been altered to hug their body to show body figures, which is inspired by the western culture that media emphasizes on. You go to a country half way across the globe, hoping to try something new and exotic, but only find the same things you'd find the same things you'd find at home.

It is undeniable that globalization helps everyone to connect easily and help in advancement of the world -- but is it worth it ? The world is clogged with smoke and inequality. Corporate Social Responsibility has been introduce to counteract the problem caused by globalization, and honestly, it is a feeble attempt. Look at China, one of the best economy in the world, but the toxicity levels of the air is ridiculously high, and some of the working conditions of their workers are unimaginable. 
Globalization shows mother nature's true executioner; not bears or sharks, but us. We're the ones setting the world on fire.

"Death By China" is a book that illustrates the problems that rose from China's "successful" economy. Very interesting stuff :)