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Globalisation Flashcards

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What does the GEI measure?

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Created by the UNDP, measures Gender Disparity

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What 3 categories does the GEI measure?

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  • Reproductive health
  • Empowerment
  • Labour Market Participation
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3 ways in which countries are made switched on?

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  • Large labour force (skilled)
  • Strategic location - coastline
  • Natural resources- Oil
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What makes TNCs so successful?

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  • They alter their products from each country they sell for
  • Use numerous strategies to help them expand globally
  • Source any material they need all over the world
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What are special economic zones (SEZ)?

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Small industrial areas where favourable conditions are created to attract foreign direct investment

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What does UNDP stand for?

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United Nations Development Programme

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What does switched off mean?

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Those who are against globalisation leading them to be left behind or isolated.

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What is the meaning of dereliction?

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Abandoned buildings

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What is deindustrialisation?

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Removal of factories

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What is global shift?

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Movement of our western economies to our Asian countries

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How has international organisations increased globalisation?

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International organisations have promoted globalisation in terms of foreign investment for TNCs and aid from countries and NGOs

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3 examples of Trade Blocs

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  • EU
  • ASEAN
  • NAFTA
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What is remittance?

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Money sent back home due to migration reasons

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How has mobile pones increased globalisation?

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Enables people to communicate and access the internet wherever you are

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What is the multiplier effect?

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When a positive thing turns into another positive thing

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What does switched on mean?

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Countries that are in favour of globalisation, therefore increased connectedness to the world

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How has fibre optics increased globalisation?

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Due to superfast internet connections being achievable, communication is viable. Therefore, higher interconnectivity.

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What is fibre optics?

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Cables that deliver fibre optic broadband and can facilitate fast movements of data

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What are Trade Blocs?

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Countries that group together as members of a Trade Bloc and promote free trade and the exclusion of tariffs

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What is globalisation?

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The way in which places and people becoming more interconnected.

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What are transnational corporations?

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Firms with operations spread across the globe and operating in many nations

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What are the 3 main global organisations that have promoted globalisation?

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  • World Bank (WB)
  • World Trade Organisation (WTO)
  • International Monetary Fund (WMF)
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What are the indicators used to measure globalisation?

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  • The KOF Index
  • The AT Kearney Index
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What is the paralympic movement?

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Big inclusive sporting event highlighting equal opportunity for everyone and the athletes competing remembered for their talents

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In our developing world, how is disabilities presented?

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Seen as a curse

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Meaning of cultural erosion?

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Wearying away of culture

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What is a host and source country?

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Host country is where migrants are moving too. Source countries are where migrants are moving from

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What made people leave Poland?

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  • Low living standards
  • Unemployment: 20-35% (40% youth unemployment)
  • Low income level

Also took advantage of the lenient British welfare system

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What is an E- tailer?

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A retailer selling goods via the internet.

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What is the World Trade Organisation (WTO) purpose?

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WTO believes in free trade without subsidies and tariffs. WTO encourages all trade between countries to be free.

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Risk caused by increased globalisation for banks

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Alliances between banks are created. Therefore in the future, competition in the electronic marketplace will be fierce.

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How has social networking increased globalisation?

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Allowed places and people to be better connected. Also helps to spread ideas to different parts of the world.

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What is outsourcing?

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Obtaining goods or services by contract from an outside supplier

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How has TNCs increased globalisation?

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TNCs have made places much more interconnected and ideas/cultures can be shared more frequently due to this.

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What is the International Monetary Fund (IMF) purpose?

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Lends money for development and maintains international financial stability.

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What is electronic banking?

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Banks that use their online operations to expand into foreign markets

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What does the AT Kearney Index score?

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  • Political engagement
  • Technological connectivity
  • Personal contact
  • Economic integration
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5 examples of free zones in the UK

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  • Teesside
  • Liverpool city region
  • East Midlands airport
  • Thames
  • Plymouth and South Devon
39
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What is time-space compression?

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If it takes less time to get to places, effectively making places seem closer.

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What normally occurs due to deindustrialisation?

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  • Pop. decrease: Out Migration of working age groups
  • Unemployment: Huge increase
  • Health: Decrease due to lower income levels
  • Educational attainment: Decreased due to less confidence
  • Land Use: Increased dereliction
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What are enterprise zones?

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Geographical defined areas in which commercial and industrial business can set up and expand.

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What is foreign direct investment (FDI)?

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Big TNCs in one country investing into another country. Normally a low income country

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What is the aim of free zones?

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To create new jobs and accelerated the UK economy

44
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3 ways in which countries are made switched off?

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  • Political isolation
  • Physical location - Landlocked
  • Resources controlled by TNCs - due to old trade agreements
45
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What is gross national income (GNI)?

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How much money a country has taken into account, the money earned by residents abroad, plus any taxes paid abroad

46
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What is the world banks (WB) purpose?

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The WB was formed to finance economic development via loans from wealthy countries to developing countries.

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What is purchasing power parity (PPP)?

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a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries’ currencies

48
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What is meant by cultural diffusion?

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Spread of cultures across the globe

49
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What is gross domestic product (GDP)?

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Measure of national income, calculated from national output and national expenditure

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How has transport in terms of jet aircrafts and containerisation increased globalisation?

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  • Containerisation has made trade much quicker and easier and more frequent in terms of transporting a large amount of goods
  • In terms of jet aircrafts, This also has made transport quicker, cheaper, easier, and more frequent. Main example of this is Jet2.
51
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A criticism of AT Kearney

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Only includes 62 countries and the indicators can be quite unreliable in terms of measuring globalisation.

52
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What is cumulative causation?

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A model that explains why wealth becomes concentrated in some places

53
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What is deprivation?

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Having a lack of something

54
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How has electronic banking increased globalisation?

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As it’s created alliances with other banks. Therefore, becoming more interconnected.

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How has transport in terms of steam ships and railways increased globalisation?

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These British technological advances in has revolutionised how business was conducted around the world. Also improved due to the instantaneous communication provided by phones.

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3 positives of McDonalds in terms of globalisation

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  • Sharing of western culture bringing in new diets
  • McDonalds employ more than 1.7 million people, creating new job opportunities.
  • McDonalds also creating a positive image in terms of giving to charity. (Made 400 rooms for families in need)
57
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What does the KOF index score for each country?

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  • Economic globalisation
  • Social globalisation
  • Political globalisation
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What is disposable income?

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Money left after paying for necessities

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How has internet technology increased globalisation?

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Enables companies to locate anywhere as they can control workers via calls. Also, allows people to socially keep in contact.

60
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Definition of informal housing

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Slum settlement, Not funded by government

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What is the two speed world?

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One sector of industry/business or part of the world growing at a much faster rate than the other in terms of development and the economy

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What is glocalisation?

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The adaptation of a global product for a local market

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What are technopoles?

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A cluster of technologically innovative businesses and research institutions.

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What is the shrinking world theory?

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As places are easier and quicker to get to, the world is hypothetically shrinking

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3 negatives of McDonalds in terms of globalisation?

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  • introduction of another culture can result in a loss of some traditions
  • Exploitation of children, mainly through advertisement.
  • Accusations were made in 2000 that sweatshops were used.
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Purpose of the paralympic movement?

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The purpose is to change peoples perspectives on what it means to be disabled. Spreading positive global culture.

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What is business clustering?

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Geographical concentration of interconnected businesses

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5 reasons why a country may be cheap to investors

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  • Cheap labour costs
  • Large workforce
  • Wage rates
  • Political stability
  • Size of economy and population
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What are free zones?

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Zones that act as a hub for global trade and investment

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What does the Gini index (GI) measure?

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The GI measure the increasing inequalities within countries - an index value between 0 - 100. value of 0 means everyone has the same income whilst 100 means high income inequality

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What is the Gini index sometimes shown as?

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Can be shown as the Gini coefficient which is the same, other than the values being from 0 -1.

72
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are culturally mixed societies positive or negative?

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Quite positive due to increased interconnectivity and inclusiveness.

73
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How has globalisation contributed to migration?

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There are now large diasporas from many countries residents in other countries due to globalisation.

74
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Meaning of diaspora.

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Dispersal of people

75
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Why has migration rates increased due to globalisation?

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  • Open border for migration : such as within the EU
  • FDI : encourages TNC workers to work overseas
  • Deregulation of some job markets, allowing foreign qualified workers.
  • Humanitarian crisis : Russia and Ukraine
76
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Meaning of censorship?

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The prohibition of resource’s such as films from other countries that the government find unacceptable.

77
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What are the 2 types of censorship?

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State controlled and State monitered

78
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What is trade protectionism?

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Deliberate attempt to limit imports or promote exports by putting up economic barriers to trade. This occurs as protectionists believes this protects their local economy

79
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What is resource nationalism?

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control over natural resources, mainly from the government, due to economic reasons

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What is the ecological footprint?

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The impact from a person or a community on our environment.

81
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Why do we need to consider food security?

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By 2050, food demand likely to double worldwide.

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Why do we need to consider water usage?

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Due to increased food production, water supplies will deplete due to crop production and animal husbandry.

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Why do we need to consider energy consumption?

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As it is predicted by 2035, there will be a 50% increase in global energy use, which is a severe increase

84
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Why do we need to consider and protect our environment?

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From manufacturing items to our television, this has increased our ecological footprint massively which is damaging our planet due to causing an increased climate.

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What is localism?

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A range of political philosophies that priorities locals over national and global.

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2 positives of local sourcing?

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  • Good for public relations, demonstrating investment in the local community.
  • Easier to satisfy local preferences and source specialised products.
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2 negatives of local sourcing?

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  • local suppliers that are small businesses may be less efficient with restricted economic scale
  • Close supplier/staff connections can lead to issues with ethical supplier selection.
88
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Meaning of fair trade?

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A trading partnership that seeks equality in terms of international trade.

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Meaning of ethical consumption?

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Practice of purchasing products and services.

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