sábado, 23 de octubre de 2010

TASK 8

The Corporation

Multinational corporations are entities that nowadays have an enormous power because of the great influence on the countries that they execute and the financial muscle they own, besides, they have many legal benefits that often leaves them free to operate in different jurisdictions, therefore, a good regulation is the only thing that can prevent monopolies and abuses, however, it is natural that corporations will try to monopolize the market through many strategies most often not benefical to society.

Due to the above, if the most important decisions of the corporation are concentrated in a small group to impose their interests over the interests of the society, the breeding ground for corruption and corporate fraud will be well fed and the actions of the corporation will be very far from being part of a real strategy of social responsibility, and therefore the effects of organizational actions may have serious damage components on the image of the organization.

In conclusion, it is clear that in order to change this structure of behavior, it's mandatory to execute a deep change within the corporations regarding individual morals in order to change to a more human vision of the institution that has to include aspects like fairness in the workplace, the proper distribution of wealth and access to power strictly by professional capacity of those members within the corporation.

References:

- Achbar Mark, Abbot Jennifer and Bakon Joel.The corporation documentary, 2003
Video Taken form Youtube.com, 2010. Corporations vs The People - Fighting Corporate Rule. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POY-4YHPUBI
- image: Image: Hardin, Patrick, Catalog Reference: pha0357, Avalaible at: http://www.cartoonstock.com/cartoonview.asp?search=site&catref=pha0357&MA_Category=&ANDkeyword=corporations&ORkeyword=&TITLEkeyword=&NEGATIVEkeyword=

sábado, 16 de octubre de 2010

TASK 7

Women Migrant Workers and the OIM

IOM is an organization that is commited to the people rights regarding migration. The organization was created in 1951 and has been dedicated on the promotion of international migration laws, protection and assistance for migrants.


One of the most important issues with IOM is its work with migrant’s women rights, taking into account that at the moment, migrant women generally are family heads.Figures say that women represent almost half of the migrant population globally, and however, migration policies and regulations in countries of origin and destination have generally not adjusted to this situation. So, in this way the OIM is providing training in order to improve social skills and internationally acceptable standard certification for the women migrant workers.

IOM is concerned about providing good quality of living in the host countries where the migrants travel, and has worked with governments in order to educate and develope the apropriate authorities on women migratory issues in order to give an important value to this issue that perjudicates migrant women worldwide, creating in this way, agreements and campaigns that support the ideal of the organization.




Images References:
- OIM, 2010 (online) available on http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/media/feature-stories/featureArticleAF/cache/offonce/lang/en?entryId=10454
- Migrant Worker, 2010 (online) available on
http://www.humanrights.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/migrant.jpg .