Post by allers on Jun 3, 2005 6:22:48 GMT -5
End Corporate Exploitation!
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: CTerryland
Description: The third world is a cruel place, full of famine, wars, sickness and intense poverty.
Multi-national corporations exploit the people in these places to a horrendous degree. They create sweat shops where people are paid 4 cents an hour for intense manual labour. They underpay farmers or pollute the local waters. Multi-national corporations are responsible for many large scale abuses of human rights.
That said these corporations are bringing wealth to the third world. The workers may get little money, but at least they are getting SOME money.
That said the Free Land of CTerryland proposes a new UN commission. This commission will follow the activities of the worlds Multi-National Corporations. When they are found to be guilty of gross exploitation they will be hit where it hurts- the wallet. The corporations will be fined, and continue to be fined until they change their behaviour to the better. If they refuse then they will have the fines put on them forcibly, via trade sanctions and tariffs.
The fines will not be so big as to bring down companies, just make it more worthwhile to clean up their act. Nor will the commission strive for total income equality, or anything in the region. It will be restricted to only the most disturbing exploitation. This will allow free trade to continue, and will not take money away from some of the worlds poorest people. At the same time however it will lower the amounts of exploitation of the third world. It is difficult to see how anyone with a heart could possibly wish for the gross exploitation of these people, with these provisions created to safeguard free trade and so on I believe we can find a true balance between the developed and the developing worlds needs.
Approvals: 5 (Republic of Freedonia, Tiber City, Domzalski, United democratic, Rolling Stone)
Status: Lacking Support (requires 144 more approvals)
Voting Ends: Sun Jun 5 2005
A resolution to reduce income inequality and increase basic welfare.
Category: Social Justice
Strength: Significant
Proposed by: CTerryland
Description: The third world is a cruel place, full of famine, wars, sickness and intense poverty.
Multi-national corporations exploit the people in these places to a horrendous degree. They create sweat shops where people are paid 4 cents an hour for intense manual labour. They underpay farmers or pollute the local waters. Multi-national corporations are responsible for many large scale abuses of human rights.
That said these corporations are bringing wealth to the third world. The workers may get little money, but at least they are getting SOME money.
That said the Free Land of CTerryland proposes a new UN commission. This commission will follow the activities of the worlds Multi-National Corporations. When they are found to be guilty of gross exploitation they will be hit where it hurts- the wallet. The corporations will be fined, and continue to be fined until they change their behaviour to the better. If they refuse then they will have the fines put on them forcibly, via trade sanctions and tariffs.
The fines will not be so big as to bring down companies, just make it more worthwhile to clean up their act. Nor will the commission strive for total income equality, or anything in the region. It will be restricted to only the most disturbing exploitation. This will allow free trade to continue, and will not take money away from some of the worlds poorest people. At the same time however it will lower the amounts of exploitation of the third world. It is difficult to see how anyone with a heart could possibly wish for the gross exploitation of these people, with these provisions created to safeguard free trade and so on I believe we can find a true balance between the developed and the developing worlds needs.
Approvals: 5 (Republic of Freedonia, Tiber City, Domzalski, United democratic, Rolling Stone)
Status: Lacking Support (requires 144 more approvals)
Voting Ends: Sun Jun 5 2005