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Globalization Discussion

The document discusses 8 scenarios showing different aspects of globalization and asks readers to decide whether globalization depicted in each scenario is positive or negative. The scenarios include a local factory closing and outsourcing jobs overseas, a band gaining international fans through the internet, staying in touch with a friend from a foreign country via video chat, cheaper foreign goods being available online, a proposed increase in taxes on imported goods, a company offering international relocation opportunities, advocating for endangered species internationally, and investments being affected by a global financial crisis.

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Globalization Discussion

The document discusses 8 scenarios showing different aspects of globalization and asks readers to decide whether globalization depicted in each scenario is positive or negative. The scenarios include a local factory closing and outsourcing jobs overseas, a band gaining international fans through the internet, staying in touch with a friend from a foreign country via video chat, cheaper foreign goods being available online, a proposed increase in taxes on imported goods, a company offering international relocation opportunities, advocating for endangered species internationally, and investments being affected by a global financial crisis.

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Directions: Each scenario shows globalization in a different form.

Within your group, discuss


each scenario. Decide if globalization is positive or negative in each respective scenario. You
can say “it depends” if you believe it is a bit of both. You must justify your answers.

Scenario A: In your local town, one of the main sources of employment for three generations has
been “The Cannery”. The company has recently decided to close the factory and outsource the
canning of fruit to another country where labor and fruit are cheaper.

Scenario B: Your friend's band has really taken off on YouTube and people from places as far as
Jamaica and Austrailia are downloading it.

Scenario C: You meet someone really nice while you're on holiday in Bali and can now keep in
touch via Skype.

Scenario D: The shoes that you really like are much cheaper via an online shop in America.

Scenario E: The American Government is being pressured to increase sales tax on the price of
foreign goods by 10% by the year 2021.

Scenario F: The company that your father works for has recently been taken over by a trans-
national corporation with job opportunities in many parts of the world if he is prepared to
move/relocate.

Scenario G: A representative from World Wildlife Fund invites students to become involved in and
advocate to help secure the future of white rhinos.

Scenario H: Your mother's investment fund has been negatively affected by the global financial
crisis, and she is worried that she won't have enough money when she retires.

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