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This 5 page paper examines labor laws as well as environmental regulations in the United States. Treaties are also discussed and globalization is viewed as a problem in both areas. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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care of itself. The latter group scoffs at the idea of the ozone problem or of problems relating to garbage. Instead, they suggest that the Earth has made it thus
far and there is no reason to suspect that anything would occur to render the future any different. The other group wants the government to be proactive because they feel
that corporate greed supersedes the mentality that firms should clean up after themselves. This leads to questions regarding the balance of power between the state and the right of corporations
to make their own decisions about environmental issues. Also, it leads one to the question: why are regulatory programs designed a particular way and what influences their development over time?
The answer is complex. Dionne (1998) reports that the government in the United States has made efforts to enforce a good number of environmental agreements. However, its efforts can
be undermined if in fact a company shuts down and then starts up in a nation with fewer restrictions (1998). American businesses do request fewer rules or
at least a tightening in terms of international environmental agreements (1998). It is not a case of sour grapes. Rather, American corporations do work under tough environmental standards and this
is deemed to be unfair in the competitive global marketplace. Compliance with environmental regulation is costly. If American companies compete with international firms that do not have to shell out
the money for these issues, then the other firms will be able to undercut them in terms of prices. It is a rather simple equation. American firms want the playing
field leveled, but certainly profit is foremost on their minds, and not the future of the worlds water and air supply. Clearly, economic and political interests have shaped the development
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