... of problems that could occur due to language and social barriers. Ethics The Russian labor code forms the basis of labor relations in Russia and outlines employee rights, however there are discrepancies between the letter and the practice of Russian Labor code. In Russia normal working hours are 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week with one lunch hour break. Russian law tries to limit overtime. Employees are ... provided 28 paid vacation days off. Russia also offers maternity leave and keeps the mothers position open until the child is 3 years of age. Today, Russia ... started turning a r...

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... States and that requires them to know no English, even though all road signs in the United States are written in English. In additional efforts to keep drivers safe, American truck drivers are given random drug tests and are limited as to the number of hours they can drive. Truck drivers in Mexico are not given drug tests, nor are they limited to ... the amount of hours they are allowed to drive per day or week. The final problem concerning highway safety concerns the inspection of goods that are imported from Mexico. The majority of the trade between the United States and Mexico is don...

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... longer need government approval to invest and are treated as domestic investors. NAFTA has also increased intellectual property rights and allowed companies to obtain patents in Mexico and Canada. In the past, companies were hesitant to export research and development intensive goods; with increased intellectual property protection, however, exports of these goods have shown a definite increase. As a result ... States. U.S. mills invest hundreds of millions of dollars to build plants in Mexico as an effect of the reduced tariffs and shipping time. It takes only eighteen hours to ship goo...

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... with great economic turmoil; creation of jobs in populations with high unemployment rates; promotion and maintenance of high levels of employment; elimination of foreign exchange restrictions that might hamper the growth of world trade; provision of loans and input of investements in to third world countries; and many others. It is important to realize that with every international policy ... funding help with monetary relive for such things as transportaion, and promotion of protests and events. As stated before the Internet makes the above jog of organizing and funding the events such...

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... . While each of these issues, no matter how few or many protest them, hold importance, some are more convincing reasons for protest than others. The vast disparity in wealth between the upper class and the impoverished, and developed countries and developing is staggering. As globalization has continued, multinational corporations, foreign investors, and citizens of more powerful nations have entered ... against globalization, workers have not benefited from globalization, instead, they have lost. Women of the maquiladoras in Mexico, workers in the sweatshops in Indonesia, and the farme...

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... industries. Having secure food supplies, for example, is more important than having a steady supply of automobiles or portable CD players. Agricultural practices also have a big impact on natural environments and the social fabric of society, even in societies where farm populations have shrunk. And many small, poor countries are dependent on one or a few agricultural products for their export earnings, which ... produce more crops even if they are genetically modified, it won't matter for that reason, and as long as the crop yield is large they will fundamentally make the larger profit...

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... Claiborne jacket sown in El Salvador is paid just 74 cents - less than half of one per cent. In the US, the labour cost to sew a garment is typically 10 per cent of the retail price. Workers in poor countries may have to work 12 hours a day, seven days a week with few protections for health and safety. In some countries, globalisation leads ... ', as opposed to free trade'. Within richer countries, there is growing inequality as unfair competition from countries repressing workers' rights to organise pushes down the earnings of the less skilled sections of the workforce. The WTO is intere...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate