To complete Module 8 read Chapter 8, answer 5 website questions, and complete the reflection in the discussion forum.

1. http:/www.essential.org/monitor
   
   Document: Multinational Monitor
   
   What is the purpose of the Multinational Monitor?
   
   
2. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/m1294.html#topten
   
   Document: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
   
   Mokhiber begins his article with the statement “those criminals who inflict the most damage on society are above average in the official measures of intelligence.” What does he mean by this statement?
   
   
3. http://pathfinder.com/@@oz00hwuapotknqeg/fortune/magazine/specials/
   mostadmired/comebacks.html
   
   Document: Fortune Magazine’s Most Admired Corporations 1996
   
   What two charactericstics correlate most strongly with a corporation’s reputation? Which of the eight characteristics do directors, executives, and analysts name as most important to a company’s reputation? Which are ranked as least important? The Fortune analysis points out that Digital’s quality-or-management score improved the most over the past year largely because of the work of CEO Robert Palmer. What factors does Fortune name as reasons Palmer was such an effective CEO?
   
   
4. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/ind/nor.htm#taj
   
   Document: Destination-Northern India and the Ganges
   
   Which one of Weber’s four types of social action applies to the Taj Mahal? Explain.
   
   
5. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/mm1294.html#topten
   
   Document: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
   
   How did Monsanto rationalize the cow? What potential consequences did it ignore? What actions did it take to keep knowledge about the product from the consumer?
   
   
6. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/mm1294.html#topten
   
   Document: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
   
   What externality costs are associated with manufacturing pickup trucks with fuel tanks mounted outside the frame rails? What externality costs are associated with using U.S.-banned pesticides on bananas, pineapples, and other fruit grown in Central America?
   
   
7. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/mm1294.html
   
   Document: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
   
   How does Nike justify paying its workers low wages?
   
   
8. http://iww.org/labor/sabotage/s2.html
   
   Document: General Forms of Sabotage
   
   Give a general definition of sabotage. What is the purpose of sabotage? How do employer and working-class sabotage differ?
   
   
9. http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1996/April96/191.enr.htm
   
   Document: Top Manager and Corporations Convicted in Puerto Rico Oil Spill Disaster
   
   What formal procedures did the Bunker Group Incorporated and England Marine Services violate? What informal action did Captain McMichael take that directly resulted in the oil spill?
   
   
10. http://www1.ifs.org.uk/research/education/workrelatedtraining.htm
    
    Document: Work-Related Training Provides Big Rewards for Those Who Get It
    
    Which groups of people in Europe are more likely to receive work-related training? What are the benefits associated with such training? Do you think the European findings have relevance for the United States?
    
    
11. http://www.oshadata.com/fsdr.htm
    
    Document: The Defeat of Repeat
    
    What are the shortcoming in OSHA’s data collection and record-keeping system?
    
    
12. http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/1996/May96/233.enr.htm
    
    Document: Builder of Vast Northeastern Gas Pipeline Pleads Guilty
    
    What were the costs of the Northeastern Pipeline in environmental terms?
    
    
13. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/mm1294.html#topten
    
    Document: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
    
    Did FM and Halcon have in-house information that warned of a problem? How do these two cases illustrate the dilemma of expert power?
    
    
14. http://pathfinder.com/@@GUCN3gUAXevkNqeG/fortune/magazine/1995/
    950807/global500/workers.html
    
    Document: Companies Ranked by Number of Employees
    
    Who are the top fve employers among the Fortune 500? How many people does each organization employ?
    
    
15. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/mm1294.html#ed
    
    Document: Remembering Bhopal
    
    Once in the site, space down to page 13. How does the outcome of the Bhopal crisis reinforce oligarchy? Explain.
    
    
16. http://www.uilondon.org/uiabs95/michel.html
    
    Document: Corporate Citizenship and the Saskatchewan Uranium Industry
    
    How much of the world’s total population of uranium in 1994 came from the Saskatchewan uranium mines? How does the company’s community relations program function?
    
    
17. http://www.essential.org/monitor/hyper/mm1294.html#topten
    
    Document: The Ten Worst Corporations of 1994
    
    How might you apply Marx’s concept of alienation to the problems at Dole Foods and Nike?
    
    
18. http://www.igc.apc.org/elaw/update_summer_95.html#hyundai
    
    Document: Hyundai Plans Chip Factory for Eugene
    
    What information did West Eugene citizens gather to assess the potential impact of the manufacturing plant on their community?