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1 SECTION A (Source-Based Case Study) Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates 1 Being Part of a Globalised World Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions you should use your knowledge of the issue to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. (a) (b) Study Source A. Why was this cartoon published? Explain your answer. Study Source B. What can you learn from this source about the impact of MNCs in developing countries? Explain your answer. [6] [5] (c) Study Sources C and D. How far does Source C agree with Source D? Explain your answer. [7] (d) (e) Study Source E. Can you trust Source E? Explain your answer. How far do the sources show that MNCs bring more benefits than harm to developing countries? Explain your answer. [7] [10]

2 Do MNCs bring more benefits or harm to developing countries? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. Multinational Corporations, also known as MNCs, refer to businesses with economic activities in more than one country. In an increasingly globalized world, MNCs such as UNIQLO and Nike are able to move their operations into other countries to minimise their costs. Although the presence of MNCs in countries have provided many benefits such as the increase in job opportunities to individuals and increasing their income, MNCs have also been accused of causing negative impacts on local businesses and individuals such as subjecting workers in developing countries to long working hours and extreme poor working conditions . This has led to a continuous debate on the impacts that MNCs have on countries. Study the follow sources to asse ss if MNCs have brought more benefits or harm to countries. Source A: A cartoon from an Indian blog post of a sweatshop employed by GAP, an international American clothing brand.

3 Source B: Adapted from an online report on the impact of MNCs. Source C: Adapted from an article published in an international newspaper. Today, the MNC Nike has almost four times more workers in Vietnam than in the United States. Workers in Vietnam work for long hours under tough working conditions. But Nike pays its Vietnamese workers three times higher than the minimum wage earned in local factories, provides its workers free or subsidized meals, education, and training, as well as medical services . The rise in their living standard has given Nike workers more incentive to invest more in their children's education instead of sending them to work on farms at an early age. Source D: An article published online about workers’ rights. Investigators found that UNIQLO makes visits to the factory shop floor every week to monitor the quality of the products – but there seems to be no similar commitment to monitor the safety of workers . On top of an 11-12 hour workday, workers were working between 112 and 134 hours of overtime on a monthly basis - labour laws in China recommend a maximum of 36 overtime hours. Workers' pay falls far below a living salary and they are not paid in accordance with the normal standards set out in Chinese labour law. Workers do not wear pro tective gear and work under dangerous conditions with poor safety measures in place. Source E: Adapted from an article published in a pro-MNCs American magazine. There are many reasons to believe that multinationals in particular do good, not harm. Studies find that multinationals actually pay what economists call a “salary premium,” that is, an average salary that exceeds the usual rate in the area where they are located . For example in Vietnam, workers in foreign -owned enterprises generally make al most twice the salary of the average worker employed at a local company. As for the long working hours, the yo ung Third World workers who work long hours at multinational factories generally do so voluntarily. Why? Because they want to make money as quickly as possible so they can return to their villages. Acknowledgements: Source A: Adapted from http://sgmoderateobserver.blogspot.sg/2012/08/an -pr-mr-troy.html Source B: Adapted from http://childlabor.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/16/30021465.html Source C: Adapted from: http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/noble -feat-nike Source D: Adapted from: https://waronwant.org/media/reality-behind