Module 2: Globalization & Trade
Unit 2: Globalization & Multinational Corporations
Learning Activities
Activity 1: MNC Profiling: What does a Multinational Corporation Look Like?
Students will do research and weigh information in order to assess whether multinational corporations (MNCs) foster international development or deepen global inequalities.
Process
In groups, students will research an MNC and evaluate its record as a global corporation. One group should evaluate the presence of the MNC in Canada.
1. Divide the class into groups.
2. Assign groups one of the following corporations to research:
- Wal-Mart
- Nestlé
- General Motors
- Monsanto
- Dow Chemical
- The Gap
- Nike
- McDonald's
3. Ask groups to create profiles of the assigned corporation.
Profiles should include:
- Date of establishment
- Location of headquarters
- Countries in which it operates
- Number of people it employs
- Type of products it offers
- Who does the company try to sell its products to?
- Total sales
- What do organizations that criticize multinationals say about the MNC (labour rights, human rights, environmental impact)?
- What claims does the MNC make about the benefits it brings to communities?
Curriculum Connections for Activity 1: MNC Profiling: What does a Multinational Corporation Look Like?
In groups, students will research and profile an MNC and evaluate its record as a global corporation.
Performance Assessment
- Report Writing
- Team Work
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