Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism

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Corporate Assignments

Fall 2009
Ant 362b
Global Issues

These are your corporate investments.  As an investor (capitalist) you expect your investments to yield a profit. If you buy stocks or mutual funds or dabble in commodities, you expect to your money to "reproduce." However the process through which money "grows" is often hidden, or conveniently overlooked. Your task in this report is to examine the social, political, or economic costs of the reproduction of money. First, you need to follow your investment to see whether or not your money "reproduced." But more importantly, you need to research how your corporation went about reproducing your money. In what sort of conditions did workers labor? What were the environmental costs of producing whatever it was your corporation produced? What sort of political power does your corporation assert? What are the economic or social costs of production?

You may find that your corporation is very responsible; but you have to also remember that the sort of information that you want is not something that corporations (or the state, for that matter) wants you to know. Consequently you need to do some real searching. Our website (http://www.plattsburgh.edu/legacy/corporate_resources.htm) provides some excellent resources for you to start with; just go to internet resources, then to corporations (or the capitalist) to begin. Multinational Monitor and Corporate Watch are both good places to start; you may also went to go to the site on "Researching Corporations." But don't neglect library resources, either newspapers (e.g. the NY Times index), or other searchable databases.

Last Name First Name

Corporation

Ballard Justin Verizon Communications
Bebee Megan ConocoPhillips
Berger Shawn Goldman Sachs Group
Burroughs Amanda Target
Casey Ryan Dell
Coons Joshua Wells Fargo
Desofi Karissa Freddie Mac
Essien Thomas Allstate
Guennel Jason FedEx
Kelly Brian Prudential Financial
King Caitlin Alcoa
Kusek Michael DuPont
Lewis Christin 3M
McDonald Ryan Archer Daniels Midland
Maly Sarah Merck
Norrie Robert Nationwide
Peck Melissa International Paper
Pike Stockton Staples
Rubin Ilana Kimberly-Clark
Shannon Kerry Loews
Sheerer Andrea United States Steel
Stevenson James Anheuser-Busch
Stores Jason Gap
Teran Alex Colgate-Palmolive
Traub Matthew Marriott International
VanDerWende Kevin Waste Management
Venne Brendan Dole Food
Vitalis Ahmed ConAgra Foods
Williams Nicholas MGM Mirage
Young Stephen Circuit City Stores
   
   
   

 

 

 

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