Globalization

Aux termes de ces considérations dualistes de la mondialisation, voici une façon tout à fait intéressante de mesurer le degré de mondialisation proposée par A.T. Kearney et « Foreign Policy », et basée sur l'indice de la mondialisation (Globalization Index). Cet indice s’appuie à la fois sur les éléments économiques (l'intégration économique est exprimée en volume du commerce et des investissements étrangers directs) et sur les éléments non-économiques (technologies exprimées par le nombre

properly in a given concrete situation. After defining Business Ethics, the author tackled the issue of globalization that is raising many ethical questions, controversies, and negative comments and misunderstandings. Indeed, facing the alter-globalization movement, companies have to legitimize their actions, abiding by business ethics requirements. In that framework, it seems obvious that globalization and the “deterritorialization” business activities are strongly linked with business ethics. For instance

includes violation of trademarks, copyrights, patents, design rights, as well as a number of related rights. Counterfeiting of goods can be seen as one of the most significant drawback of globalization economy. This widespread parallel economy perfectly succeeded in integrating itself to the economic globalization. But the phenomenon is much more complex that what we can see in newspapers or in stores during holidays. The huge amount of money generated by the trade of counterfeited goods all around

deux images de la Tour de Londre une de 1890 et l'autre à notre époque. On a pu conclure qu'avant les gens avaient l'habitude de vivre près de leur lieu de travail alors que maintenat The bright/sunny side of globalization : London, an evolving city, "Cities are dynamos driving globalization": cities produce energy. + the City = 1st world financial centre, one of the major stock exchanges. The city's message to the world = Showcase/pride/of a country/city, of its prosperity, its economic power.

Marshall McLuhan, et surtout par le biais des mouvements antimondialistes et altermondialistes, qui attirent, par leur dénomination même, l'attention du public sur l'ampleur du phénomène. Dans le monde anglophone, la popularisation du terme globalization et son usage comme terme fourre-tout a accentué le débat académique. Il est maintenant admis que le terme désigne le développement de l'interdépendance au niveau mondial. À partir de cette définition générale chaque grand courant académique met

1 Architectural Ethics, Multiculturalism, and Globalization Michael E. Zimmerman Tulane University Professional Ethics, Vol. 11, No. 4 (2003), 1-14. In this essay, I approach architecture, ethics, and globalization from the perspective of postmodern theory, which has both influenced and been influenced by architectural theory. In fact, architects were among the first to utilize the term "postmodernism." By "postmodern theory,” I have in mind positions that on the one hand criticize Western ethnocentrism

integration can be defined as the process whereby the markets of different countries for different goods, services and factors of production are increasingly becoming parts of a global market. Saskia Sassen (2006) writes that « a good part of globalization consists of an enormous variety of micro-processes that begin to denationalize what had been constructed as national — whether policies, capital, political subjectivities, urban spaces, temporal frames, or any other of a variety of dynamics and

quotes the GI Bill. In deed, the money given to the soldiers after the second world war has permitted them to go back studying or to have a housing. It was like a renewal. Then, this American Dream has managed to export to the whole world thanks to globalization from the end of the Second World War. Thus, a standard of living is spread to all the world in an aim of consuming. Consuming concerns entertainments, needs, health, housing... Consequently, the United States have become a model at a global level

liberalization of exchanges lead to some criticisms………….16 2/ the powerful relationship of nations is the main criticism of the free trade…………………………………………………………………………………………..17 III/ which solutions can be found? ……………………………………………………..……18 A/Globalization and increase of poverty and disparities……………………………………..19 1/ the world average income per capita has strongly increased, but in a very irregular way according to countries……………………………………………...…………………………20 2/quality of life…………………………………………………………………

marriages are celebrated with a huge abundance of food for example. Is food culture in danger? We can obviously state that food culture is mainly threatened by a well know phenomenon, globalization. Globalization can be defined as the process which transforms local or regional phenomena into global ones. Globalization has led to a huge change in everyone’s way of life, also regarding the way we feed ourselves. As Eugene Newton quotes in his book Everyone eats, from Eric Schlosser, the writer of Fast