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1. Introduction
2. Drawback of globalization
2.1. Impact on environment
2.2. Employment challenge
2.3. Rise of Xenophobia
3. Conclusion
4. Reference list

1. Introduction

Nowadays, globalization has affected deeply into our life, from culture to
economics, from economics to environment and to peoples daily life. The term
globalization, which just establish in the 1970s and often referred to a worldwide
movement towards economics financial, trade and communication integration. For

example, it is possible for us to see people eating western food in Asia. Another
example would the purpose of the Silk Road was not just trading goods from China
to others country but also to spread its culture, knowledge and religion. In addition to
that, religious such as European Christian and Islamic missionaries traveling to many
different places in order to spread its message. Besides that, some automobiles use
components made from many different countries, as in the car being built up in
Korea with the components coming from Japan, Germany or United Kingdom. It is
important to discuss this topic because globalization may have severe drawback to
the society at large. This research will discuss three drawbacks of globalization on
the economy, culture and also the environment.

2. Drawbacks of Globalization
2.1 Impact on environment
Globalization had done radical effects on our lifestyle. It does not only take part in
the huge growth in finance and international trade but also enable countries to get
closer to each other and has taken part in many innovations in technology and

science. Even so, globalization has also created areas of concerns, and most
importantly among these concern is its impact on the environment (Buzzle, 2016).
Globalization had increased in the requirement of products, which resulted in an
increase in the production of goods, which in turn puts pressure on the environment.
It also increases the transportation of product from one place to another. People
used to consume locally-made product, but with globalization, people consume
products that was from foreign countries. (Buzzle, 2016)
Globalization also results in the rise of pollution level. The amount of fuel
consumed in the process of transporting theses goods from the foreign country is
huge. Thus, these will not only result in the pollution of air but also increase the
usage of non-renewable energy which will not self-sustain such as gasoline and
petroleum. (Buzzle, 2016)
Besides that, the gasses that are produced from the vehicle that is used to
transport these goods which are called CO2 taken in the thinning of the ozone layer
and also a deterioration in greenhouse effect that causes global warming. (Buzzle,
2016)

Lastly, the industrial waste that is generated during the process of making these
goods were not settled in an eco-friendly way, instead it was just dumped freely in
the nearest river or the ocean. This has killed many underwater creatures and
polluting the ocean by producing harmful chemical (Buzzle, 2016). Hence, it is

reasonable to conclude that globalization had caused a huge impact on environment

in a negative way.

2.2 Employment challenge

Ideally, globalization is supposed to support free trade and reduce trade restrictions,
however, there are still many obstacles that businesses face, for instance, Value
added taxes (Vats) is applied on import in 161 countries. In addition to that, it has

been

proven

that

globalization

does

cause

unemployment

in

developed

countries. Developed countries which often define as an independence state with a

highly developed economy relative to other nations such as Australia, Canada,
French, United State and Japan (Boundless, 2016). As the developing countries are
growing, their economic structures changed. It changes the structure of individual
economies in ways in which have an effect on totally different teams inside those
countries otherwise. In another word, it is reorganizing employment opportunities
and incomes. (Foreignaffairs, 2011)
For example, jobs are lost in developed countries and transferred to lower cost
countries. According to conservative estimations by Robert Scott of the Economic
Policy Institute, granting China most favored nation status drained away 3.2 million
jobs, together with 2.4 million manufacturing jobs. He pegs the net losses is due to
the deficit with Japan at 896,000 jobs, additionally as additional 672,900 jobs from
the North America country to United State trade-deficit run-up from 1994 through
2010 (Forbes, 2015).
Besides that, the worker in developed countries like the United State faces pay-cut
demands from employers who threaten to export jobs. This has created a culture of
fear for many middle-class workers who has a little leverage in the global game. This
phenomenon is happening due to the ability of large multinational companies to
exploit tax haven in other countries to avoid paying taxes. Multinational companies
are accused of social injustice, unfair working conditions such as slave labor wages,
living and working conditions (Forbes, 2015).
Lastly, imported goods become cheaper as rising markets engaged with the global
economy, benefiting consumers in both developed and developing countries while

small local companies experiencing hard time as they dont have the ability and
resources to compete with other multinational company at global scale and forced to
close down or cut down the stuff to keep the company running. Therefore, it is
reasonable to conclude that employment challenge was a result of globalization.

2.3 Rise of Xenophobia

With the rise of globalization the world is becoming a community in which people
from different cultures, religious and countries are able to connect with each other
through various types of technologies advanced and it is becoming common to find

one being in a foreign country for education, business or even jobs. Yet, living in a
foreign country might cause problems as a foreigner might not be completely
welcome by the local regardless of their occupation. This situation is referred as
Xenophobia (Globalization and rise in Xenophobia, 2007). Xenophobia is often
defined as the fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is
strange or foreign (MerriamWebster, n.d). The reason for Xenophobia to happen is
that these local feel the presence of foreigners is threatening them to lose identity
and would lead the rise in unemployment. It has been proven that country with high
level of unemployment exhibit a huge rise in xenophobia. Besides that, it might
probably because of humans nature as human being tend to be afraid of unknown
and in this case foreigner (Globalization and rise in Xenophobia, 2007).
According to a research done by ILO (a specialized agency of United Nation) in 2001
that 150 million people, which are 2.5% of worlds population live temporarily or
permanently outside their homeland. Most of them, 80-97million, are migrant workers
and the member of their families. The last 12 million are refugee outside of their
homeland (Xenophobia in Singapore, 2014). From the table below. we can clearly
see that the number of foreigner is increasing greatly in Singapore since 1970.
Today, almost 40% of Singapore population are foreigners, most of them are working
here. The rise in PRs and non-resident between 2000 and 2013 is huge compared to
the last 30 years. This growth has resulted in unhappiness among Singapore, who
has complained about over-crowed public transport, hosing estate, shopping malls
and even hospital, which somehow causes the rise in Xenophobia of Singaporean
(Theonlinecitizen, 2014).
Besides that, the reason for Xenophobia to happen is that the job opportunities were
mostly taken by foreigners, one of the most obvious example is that most of the

SMRT bus drivers were from China (Theonlinecitizen, 2014). In addition to that, the
local feel that foreigner has threatened their position in their country. If Xenophobia
were not settled in a well-manner it might bring plenty of consequences that will
cause damage to the nation such as destroying the nations economy structure that
built by tourism, the violation of human rights and also the deaths and displacement
of individuals. Thus, it is reasonable to conclude that globalization contributed to the
rise of Xenophobia.
Key Demographic Indicators, 1970 2013 (Singstat)
Population
Total

1970
2074.5

1980
2413.9

1990
3047.1

2000
4027.9

2010
5076.7

2012
5312.4

2013
5399.2

('000)
Resident

2013.6

2282.1

2735.9

3273.4

3771.7

3818.2

3844.8

Population2,3 ('000)
Singapore Citizens

1874.8

2194.3

2623.7

2985.9

3230.7

3285.1

3313.5

138.8

87.8

112.1

287.5

541

533.1

531.2

Population1,2,3

('000)

Permanent
Residents ('000)

3. Conclusion
In conclusion, the research has shown how globalization has brought plenty of
drawbacks to not only one nation by encouraging pollutions, unemployment issue
and the Xenophobia. It is obvious from the research that the drawbacks have direct
negative impact on the environment, countrys economics and society. Therefore,

more research is needed to overcome the drawbacks caused by globalization. Much

research has been performed in the field but, it was not enough to solve the problem.
Thus, it may be worthwhile exploring the negative impact caused by globalization on
education and family communication. In my humble opinion, I agree that
globalization brings more drawback than benefit.

5. Reference
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