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The latter half of this century is marked by the explosive growth of global commerce. ""Moral Issues and Multinational Corporations"" analyzes the nature, circumstances and prospects for moral sensitivity in multinational corporations. The major areas of difficulty include: enormous corporate wealth and vast size, global economic and cultural diversity, the mobility of corporations and their products and political manipulation of corporations by national governments. These issues come to intense focus in South Africa, which is examined separately. The conclusion addresses the question of whether future conditions may allow higher and more consistent standards of moral conduct for global commerce.

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Peter Atkins is a fellow of Lincoln College in the University of Oxford and the author of about 70 books for students and a general audience. His texts are market leaders around the globe. A frequent lecturer in the United States and throughout the world, he has held visiting professor­ships in France, Israel, Japan, China, and New Zealand. He was the founding chairman of the Committee on Chemistry Education of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and was a member of IUPAC s Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division.

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