GLOBAL ECONOMICS 3103
Topic/Concept: Economic Rights
Outcomes:
To foster an awareness that economic forces must be based on human rights considerations
- To develop an awareness of the limits of technology
- To explore the advantages and limitations of transnationals in bringing about real development
- To analyse various aspects of sustainable development
Curriculum Connections:
The articles and activities are designed to enhance the Intended Learning Outcomes defined in the Global Economics 3103 Course Description. Special emphasis is on the following four items:
- - The individual within the Global Economy (Learning Outcome # 1)
- Technology and the Global Market Place (Learning Outcome # 2)
- Transnational Corporations (Learning Outcome # 5)
- Sustainable Living (Learning Outcome # 7)
Strategies
The strategies consist of two kinds. The first group are of short two page articles designed to introduce new ideas. Each article is followed by appropriate questions and observations to promote further exploration of the themes raised.
The second group consists of three activities to illustrate:
- The advantages of Multiculturalism in business
- The inherent disadvantage that many national companies experience in competing with transnational corporations
- The relationship between various entities and groups affected by the need to harvest timber in a tropical rainforest
Articles and Activities
I. Individual Within the Global Economy
Economic Justice Remains
a Road Untravelled p. 9 ERR The real cost of unemployment
Just When You Thought It Was Safe p. 17 ERR Self Employment
Part Time Job: Full Time Exploitation p. 23 ERR Part time employment
Attention Shoppers p. 25 ERR Sunday Work
Social Services Subsidies For Whom p. 34 ERR Who really benefits from social services subsidies
II. Technology and the Global Market Place
Computers: Harbingers of a Golden Age p. 67 ERR Technology and society
Modern Alchemists Promise Gold p. 73 ERR The global fascination craze
V. Transnational Corporations
Flags of Convenience p.119 ERR Technology and safety
Right to Employment p. 85 HRR Communities and natural resources allocation
VII. Sustainable Living
Pave or Plough p. 60 ERR Agriculture and development
Trains: The Travel Alternative p. 65 ERR Travel and development
Development or Dependence p. 79 ERR One industry towns
Under the Northern Lights p. 82 ERR Appropriate technology and natural resource allocations
A Clean Get-Away p. 88 ERR Technology and pollution
The Fourth "R" p. 88 HRR Human rights and the environment
Simulations
Multiculturalism Means Business Unit 8 SR Focus on the advantages that a diverse workforce can bring to a business
Making Exercise Books p.212 GTGL Practical implications of unequal competition
Timber Harvest p.204 GTGL Competition among interest groups when there is an attempt to harvest timber in a rainforest
Implications for Teaching/Learning:
Students should become more aware of the issues and complexity of economics on a global scale. All economics impacts on people. Some of these impacts can be negative concerning the humanrights of adults and children.
Economics develops assumptions. One example is the idea that globalization is the solution to the world's economics problems.
Global economics raises questions concerning the potential and actual conflict between development and sustainability.
Legend:
ERR The Road Untravelled: An Economic Rights Reader
CCR The Way We Are: A Cross Cultural Reader
HRR Freedom and Responsibility: A Human Rights Reader
SR Let's Stop Racism: A Teacher's Guide
GTGL Global Teacher, Global Learner