On the other hand, multinationals have been
blamed for hastening the collapse of traditional ways of life; for taking advantage of weak
and/or corrupt governments to exploit resources in developing countries; for implementing
questionable safety, environmental, and financial practices; and for profiting from
unsustainable technologies while blocking technologies antithetical to their interests.
Multinational corporations are implicated in some of the world’s most pressing problems—
the growing disparities between rich and poor, for example, and global climate change.