MULTINATIONALS: A RECORD OF EXPLOIT

MULTINATIONALS: A RECORD OF EXPLOITATION?
Advocates of the multinationals often see them as positive forces in economic development, creating jobs and bringing capital,
technology, and expertise to communities or countries that might have
difficulty developing these resources on their own account. Their critics,
though, tend to see them as authoritarian juggernauts that are ultimately
out to exploit their hosts for all they can g~t. The argument identifies the
horns of a major dilemma in that the policies that serve the interests of a
multinational firm may not be in the best interests of the community or
nation in which the firm is located. Hence, given the immense power of the
multinational firm, its hosts often find themselves having to rely on a
benevolent social responsibility on the part of the multinational.