FRITZIE D.

GALLARDEZ
BSOA 2-I

10 ETHICAL ISSUES IN GLOBALIZATION

Jobs
One of the main issues concerning the globalization of the planet is that it has put many jobs in
first world countries in jeopardy. “Mind workers,” such as engineers, lawyers and doctors,
generally have the ability to find jobs and demand high prices for their work in first world
countries; laborers and manual workers, however, are experiencing a loss of positions in first
world countries, as their services can be outsourced much more cheaply to workers in third
world countries.

Brain Drain
The “brain drain” effect of globalization is another ethical issue; it refers to talented or educated
people in third world countries who leave their countries of origin for better opportunities in first
world countries. This leaves third world countries lacking homegrown, educated professionals
such as doctors and engineers.

Natural Resources
According to the State of The World 2006 Report, “The world's ecological capacity is simply
insufficient to satisfy the ambitions of China, India, Japan, Europe and the United States as well
as the aspirations of the rest of the world in a sustainable way.” Tropical rains forests around the
world, predominantly in Brazil, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, are being felled for fuel and
cattle-grazing pastures. Apart from wildlife concerns, this reduction in rainforests will have a
huge effect on oxygen levels for the entire planet.

Health
Easier means of transportation can easily lead to the spread of highly infectious diseases. This
is, however, no modern phenomena; in the 14th century, the Black Death spread from Asia to
Europe, wiping out approximately 50% of Europe's population. When Europe first colonized the
Americas, diseases such as smallpox were responsible for around 90% of Native Americans
who died during that time. Modern diseases such as HIV/AIDS and swine flu, however, have
been spread through modern means of transport such as air travel.

Financial
Due to an increasingly globalized world, there is a growing market and financial
interdependency between nations. The U.S. subprime mortgage collapse, for example, led to an
almost worldwide depression, especially affecting Europe.

Human Development
National policymakers, project managers, grassroots communities, and international aid donors
involved in development in poor countries often confront moral questions in their work.
Development scholars recognize that social-scientific theories of ‘development’ and
‘underdevelopment’ have ethical as well as empirical and policy components. Development
philosophers and other ethicists formulate ethical principles relevant to social change in poor
countries, and they analyze and assess the moral dimensions of development theories and
seek to resolve the moral quandaries raised in development policies and practice.

Economy
The financial shake-out of the dot.com the most enthusiastic prophets and promising children of
the New Economy things are less clear. For the sake of this argument, I prefer to see the New
Economy as one out of many aspects of globalization rather than a reality of its own. Despite
the fact that it is impossible to identify the precise moment the world enters a new era, be it that
of post-industrial society, of New Economy or of globalization, it is important to acknowledge
how deeply the economy has changed during the last quarter of the century.

Education
For over a decade, the Center for Global Education at Asia Society has been a leader in global
competence education. With initial investments from the Gates Foundation and Carnegie
Corporation, and in partnership with Harvard University and Stanford University, among others,
the Center for Global Education has developed the preeminent educator training program on
educating for global competence.

Cultural Globalization
The transmission of ideas, meanings, and values around the world in such a way as to extend
and intensify social relations. This process is marked by the common consumption
of cultures that have been diffused by the Internet, popular culture media, and international
travel. This has added to processes of commodity exchange and colonization which have a
longer history of carrying cultural meaning around the globe.

Religion
Religion is a system of beliefs and practices indeed with the globalization of economics and
politics, individuals feel insecure in a sense of psychological well-being and avoid existential
anxiety individuals turn to scripture stories and teachings that provide a vision about how they
can be bound to a “meaningful world, a world that is quickly changing day-by-day