The Social Impacts of Multinational Corporations: An Outline of the Issues with a Focus on Workers
Author(s)
Goodwin, Neva R.
Abstract
MNCs are in many ways the world’s most powerful economic actors. Corporations, compared with nations, focus on a smaller number of goals, which, by many accounts, they pursue more effectively. It is critical to understand how the interests of the MNCs align with and diverge from the interests of the rest of the society. This chapter will examine the ways in which MNCs affect the life experience of workers; those that they employ directly and workers who are significantly affected by spillover effects of these firms.
