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What can Businesses do to Appease Anti-Globalization Protestors?
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What can Businesses do to Appease Anti-Globalization Protestors?

Joel E. Oestreich
Business and society review (1974), v 107(2), pp 207-220
2002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8594.00133
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Abstract

A handful of highly visible events over the past few years — most notably protests at the meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle on November 30–December 2,1999, and protests at World Bank/International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington, D.C. and Prague in 2000—have brought new attention to a much older social movement of the left. Opposition to the global reach of ‘‘Western capitalism’’ (a term used intentionally here) is hardly a new phenomenon. It has appeared over the years in various ways: with reference to the power ‘‘big business,’’ to the phenomenon of ‘‘neo-imperialism,’’ to the ‘‘exploitation’’ of developing countries, and to what is known within academic circles as ‘‘dependency theory,’’ among other forms. Its latest guise is an opposition to the phenomenon of globalization. However, despite the movement’s long pedigree, there still is no real consensus on what their opposition means or what anti-globalization protestors really want. Responding to this growing phenomenon, this article will attempt to explain some of the main variations of anti-globalization thinking, at least as they relate to demands made against international business enterprises. It will also ask what business can do to respond to these particular demands. And it will argue that ultimately, given the difference in perspective between businesspeople and anti-globalization protestors over some basic philosophical points, the answer to that last question is: ‘‘not very much.’’ [1st paragraph]

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