Sample Essay 3

States, NGOs like the Greenpeace, and MNCs are the key players in global environmental affairs. How do these different actors approach global environmental problems? 

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  1. a. States

    i. The problems and solutions are global; states are engineered to take care of themselves

    ii. Solutions may require significant costs
    iii. International cooperation is required
    iv. Free-rider problems
    v. Tragedy of the commons
    vi. Short time-horizons for most politicians/governments
    b. MNCs
    ii. Traditionally driven by profit maximization
    ii. Who is important?-share-holders
    iii. A New Trend from 1990s onwards:
    Stake-holders
    Corporate Citizens
    iv. Corporate Social Responsibility-Corporations are not responsible to only share-holders but also communities and workers in other countries, anything affected

    c. NGOs (Greenpeace, etc€¦)
    i. Do no have state's resources
    ii. But can influence public opinion

  2. a. States

    i. The problems and solutions are global; states are engineered to take care of themselves

    ii. Solutions may require significant costs
    iii. International cooperation is required
    iv. Free-rider problems
    v. Tragedy of the commons
    vi. Short time-horizons for most politicians/governments
    b. MNCs
    ii. Traditionally driven by profit maximization
    ii. Who is important?-share-holders
    iii. A New Trend from 1990s onwards:
    Stake-holders
    Corporate Citizens
    iv. Corporate Social Responsibility-Corporations are not responsible to only share-holders but also communities and workers in other countries, anything affected

    c. NGOs (Greenpeace, etc€¦)
    i. Do no have state's resources
    ii. But can influence public opinion

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