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The '''''Multinational Monitor''''' is a bimonthly magazine founded by [[Ralph Nader]] in 1980. It is published by [[Essential Information]]. Although its primary focus is on analysis of [[corporation]]s, it also publishes articles on [[Trade union|labor]] issues and [[occupational safety and health]], the [[Environmentalism|environment]], [[globalization]], [[privatization]], the [[global economy]], and [[Developing country|developing nations]].
The '''''Multinational Monitor''''' was a bimonthly magazine founded by [[Ralph Nader]] in 1980. It was published by [[Essential Information]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Multinational Monitor|url=http://www.peopleandtheplanet.com/index.html@lid=26866&section=46&topic=31.html|work=People and the Planet|accessdate=5 December 2016|date=23 May 2002}}</ref> The magazine was formerly published on a monthly basis.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rob Weissman, editor of Multinational Monitor magazine|url=http://will.illinois.edu/mediamatters/program/mediamatters090524|accessdate=5 December 2016|work=NPR PBS|date=24 May 2009}}</ref> Although its primary focus was on analysis of [[corporation]]s, it also published articles on [[Trade union|labor]] issues and [[occupational safety and health]], the [[Environmentalism|environment]], [[globalization]], [[privatization]], the [[global economy]], and [[Developing country|developing nations]].


The headquarters of the magazine was in Washington DC.<ref>{{cite book|author=Carl Jensen|title=Censored 1996: The News That didn't Make the News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RY0UZWBwUIoC&pg=PA272|accessdate=5 December 2016|year=1996|publisher=Seven Stories Press|isbn=978-1-888363-01-2|page=272}}</ref> It was a [[non-profit]] and [[advertising]]-free publication.
The magazine is [[non-profit]] and [[advertising]]-free.


The last issue (according to the magazine's web-site) had a coverdate of May/June 2009; this magazine may now be permanently defunct, though the web-site still contains a very thorough archive of past issues.
The last issue (according to the magazine's web-site) had a coverdate of May/June 2009; this magazine may now be permanently defunct, though the web-site still contains a very thorough archive of past issues.
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==Recurring features==
==Recurring features==
===10 Worst Corporations===
===10 Worst Corporations===
Since 1992 ''Multinational Monitor'' has published an annual index recapping the activities and policies of ten corporations who demonstrated particularly egregious behavior.
Since 1992 ''Multinational Monitor'' published an annual index recapping the activities and policies of ten corporations who demonstrated particularly egregious behavior.


===Lawrence Summers Memorial Award===
===Lawrence Summers Memorial Award===
Each issue declares the bimonthly recipient of the Lawrence Summers Memorial Award, an ironic award nominally given to companies that "take extraordinary leaps to justify unethical practices."
Each issue declared the bimonthly recipient of the Lawrence Summers Memorial Award, an award given in satirical honor of Lawrence Summers, the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] under [[Bill Clinton]] and later [[President of Harvard University]], given to companies that "take extraordinary leaps to justify unethical practices." The award referred to the infamous [[Summers memo]] written by Summers' aide Lant Pritchett in 1991, when Summers was the [[World Bank]]'s Chief Economist. The memo advocated transferring toxic waste and pollution from developed countries to least developed countries. (Summers later stated the memo was meant to be satire.)


==See also==
The award's name alludes to [[Lawrence Summers]], who was the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under [[Bill Clinton]], and later [[President of Harvard University]]. Lawrence Summers is known for the infamous [[Summers memo]], which proposed [[Cost externalizing|externalizing]] [[toxic waste]] and [[pollution]] from [[Developed country|developed countries]] to [[least developed countries]].
*[[Corporate crime]]

*[[Criticisms of corporations]]
The memo was written in 1991 by Summers' aide, Lant Pritchett, when Summers was the Chief Economist at [[World Bank]]. Summers later stated that the memo was meant to be satire.
*[[List of corporate scandals]]
*[[Multinational corporation]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 21:40, 18 November 2023

Multinational Monitor
CategoriesBusiness magazines
FrequencyBimonthly
FounderRalph Nader
Founded1980
Final issueMay/June 2009
CompanyEssential Information
CountryUSA
Based inWashington, D.C.
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.multinationalmonitor.org
ISSN0197-4637
OCLC644110798

The Multinational Monitor was a bimonthly magazine founded by Ralph Nader in 1980. It was published by Essential Information.[1] The magazine was formerly published on a monthly basis.[2] Although its primary focus was on analysis of corporations, it also published articles on labor issues and occupational safety and health, the environment, globalization, privatization, the global economy, and developing nations.

The headquarters of the magazine was in Washington DC.[3] It was a non-profit and advertising-free publication.

The last issue (according to the magazine's web-site) had a coverdate of May/June 2009; this magazine may now be permanently defunct, though the web-site still contains a very thorough archive of past issues.

Recurring features

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10 Worst Corporations

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Since 1992 Multinational Monitor published an annual index recapping the activities and policies of ten corporations who demonstrated particularly egregious behavior.

Lawrence Summers Memorial Award

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Each issue declared the bimonthly recipient of the Lawrence Summers Memorial Award, an award given in satirical honor of Lawrence Summers, the Secretary of the Treasury under Bill Clinton and later President of Harvard University, given to companies that "take extraordinary leaps to justify unethical practices." The award referred to the infamous Summers memo written by Summers' aide Lant Pritchett in 1991, when Summers was the World Bank's Chief Economist. The memo advocated transferring toxic waste and pollution from developed countries to least developed countries. (Summers later stated the memo was meant to be satire.)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Multinational Monitor". People and the Planet. 23 May 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Rob Weissman, editor of Multinational Monitor magazine". NPR PBS. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. ^ Carl Jensen (1996). Censored 1996: The News That didn't Make the News. Seven Stories Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-888363-01-2. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
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