1.3 & 5.2 Sustainability Globalisation
Need to KnowAt the end of this section the student should be able to:
outline the concepts of economic, social and environmental sustainability and explain their interconnections identify indicators of economic growth, social cohesion, inequality, and environmental sustainability; examine relationships between the indicators consider potential implications of sustainable development for individual behaviour, choice, habits and values; business decisions; government policy. explain the concept of globalisation and discuss the positive and negative implications of globalisation discuss the reasons for multinational corporations (MNCs) investing in countries outside their home country investigate data patterns in inflows/outflows of foreign direct investment into Ireland over a period of time and evaluate the effect of multinational corporations/foreign owned industry on Ireland’s economy |
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