2. COUNTRY COMPARISON – AREA (IN SQ.KM.) - CIA – WORLD FACTBOOK 595 3. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP - DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT PPP DATE OF INFORMATION (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - FACTBOOK 601 4. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP PER CAPITA - GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ON A PPP DIVIDED BY POPULATION (2013 EST.) - CIA- FACTBOOK 606 5. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP REAL GROWTH RATE, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION IN % - (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 612 6. COUNTRY COMPARISON – GROSS NATIONAL SAVING AS % OF GDP – (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - FACTBOOK 618 7. COUNTRY COMPARISON – INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION GROWTH RATE IN % - (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 622 8. COUNTRY COMPARISON – UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN % OF LABOR THAT IS WITHOUT JOBS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 627 LIST OF COUNTRIES BY ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE - INCOME, in PPP US$, COMPULSORY DEDUCTION IN %, DISPOSABLE INCOME – OECD – 2012 632 MONTHLY AVERAGE WAGE ADJUSTED TO REFLECT VARIATIONS IN THE COST OF LIVING - ILO - 2009, IN PPP US$ 634 MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND MEDIAN PER-CAPITA INCOME – GALLUP – 2013 – in PPP international dollars 637 ANNUAL MEDIAN EQUIVALISED DIPOSABLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME. DATA ARE IN US$ AT CURRENT PRICES AND CURRENT PPP 2009 - 2012 - 642 9. COUNTRY COMPARISON – INCOME INEQUALITY – DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY INCOME - 2007-2013 – GINI - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 645 POPULATION SHARES OF THE BOTTOM, MIDDLE & TOP INCOME GROUPS – 2004 –ECINEQ 2011 – 217 – SEPTEMBER 2011, STEVEN PRESSMAN ET AL. 649 10. COUNTRY COMPARISON – TAXES AND OTHER REVENUES – RECEIVED BY THE GOVERNMENT (2013 EST.) – IN % OF GDP - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 651 Ranking of 151 Countries According to the Size of the Shadow Economy – in % of gdp – the bank – 2010 656 11. COUNTRY COMPARISON – BUDGET SURPLUS (+) OR DEFICIT (-) – EXPRESSED AS % OF GDP - (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - FACTBOOK 662 12. COUNTRY COMPARISON – EXTERNAL DEBT – PRIVATE AND PUBLIC DEBT OWED TO NONRESIDENTS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 668
APPENDIX 1 – INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES, ANALYSES OF NOVELS, PLAYS, FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES - IN EUROPE, NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, ASIA– US, UK, RUSSIA, NORWAY, ARGENTINA, FRANCE, SINGAPORE, ISRAEL AND SWITZERLAND; PAUL HAWKEN ON SUSTAINABILITY, WARREN BUFFETT ON ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, JOSEPH STIGLITZ ON GLOBALIZATION & SOCIAL JUSTICE, TEN COMPONENTS OF SUSTAINABLE JUSTICE, THE UNITED NATION'S UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1023 1. FRANCE - ETHICS FOR MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS IN BANKING & THE STOCK EXCHANGE - THE BOOK & FILM "L'ARGENT" BY EMILE ZOLA 1023 2. ISRAEL – BRIBE CASE – ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT TENDERS 1032 3. NORTH AMERICA– TRUST AND FAIRNESS CASE– BRIDGING IN MERGERS 1038 4. ARGENTINA – LABOR RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT – THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "THE TAKE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1050 5. UK AND SINGAPORE – ETHICS IN BANKING – BARINGS BANK – THE FILM TRADER" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1054 6. SOUTH AMERICA – CORRUPTION CASE – ETHICS IN SALES 1056 7. US – SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY – THE FILM "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1062 8. ISRAEL – THE WORTHWHILENESS OF CASE – THE ETHICS OF VALUATION 1064 9. RUSSIA – CORRUPTION IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT – THE PLAY "REVIZOR" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1070 10. AFRICA AND SWITZERLAND – UNIVERSALITY OF ETHICS – THE PLAY "THE VISIT OF THE OLD LADY" AND THE AFRICAN FILM "HYENAS" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1072 11. NORWAY & INDIA – A WHISTLEBLOWER WITH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - THE PLAY "AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE" AND THE INDIAN FILM "GANASHATRU" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1075 12. FRANCE & ISRAEL – CULTURAL, ETHICAL & MENTALITY GAPS IN INTERN'L BUSINESS CASE – THE IMPORTANCE OF A POLYGLOT 1080 13. SUSTAINABILITY – PAUL HAWKEN – THE BOOK "THE ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1088 14. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MODERN BUSINESS TYCOONS – WARREN BUFFETT (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY) – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1092 15. JOSEPH STIGLITZ – A THIRD WAY ALTERNATIVE FOR CAPITALISM,
2.9 WALL STREET AND ETHICS – THE FILM "WALL STREET' – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1038 2.10 ETHICS OF HOSTILE TAKEOVERS – THE FILM "OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1042 2.11 CORRUPTION IN MEDICARE – THE FILM "DAMAGED CARE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1045 2.12 GREED UNLIMITED – THE ENRON CASE – THE FILM "THE CROOKED E" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1050 2.13 TRANSPARENCY, ETHICS AND THE MEDIA – DR. JEFFREY WIGAND AND THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY – THE FILM "THE INSIDER" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1054 2.14 ETHICAL ACTIVISM, ERIN BROCKOVICH VERSUS KAREN SILKWOOD – THE FILMS "ERIN BROCKOVICH" AND "SILKWOOD" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1056 2.15 ECOLOGY AND ETHICS – THE FILM AND THE BOOK "A CIVIL ACTION", THE WOBURN CONTAMINATION CASE – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1060 2.16 ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF MULTINATIONALS AND STAKEHOLDERS – McDONALD'S AND THE FILM "McLIBEL" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1064 2.17 GLOBALIZATION MODELS OF NIKE AND MULTINATIONALS – THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "THE BIG ONE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1068 3. GEOGRAPHY & TRAVEL, COMMENTS ON COUNTRIES I'VE VISITED, EUROPE1071 3.1 COUNTRIES VISITED BY JACQUES CORY 1072 3.2 UNITED STATES – BUSINESS, TRAVEL, ABOUT SERVICE & PUNCTUALITY 1075 3.3 VISA PROBLEMS IN CANADA AND PERU 1083 3.4 CHILDHOOD IN EGYPT, JEWISH & ARAB REFUGEES, BUSINESS IN AFRICA 1084 3.5 TURKEY: TRAVEL, SEPHARDIC HERITAGE, SAYINGS: IN TURKISH/ENGLISH1089 3.6 CHINESE – BUSINESS IN TAIWAN, SAYINGS: IN MANDARIN AND ENGLISH 1091 3.7 SINGAPORE – ONE OF THE MOST ETHICAL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD 1094 3.8 THE ULTIMATE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 1095 3.9 A VISIT TO THE BALKANS IN 2015 1097 3.10 PLANS TO VISIT ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES 1100 3.11 EUROPE: GEOGRAPHY, POPULATION, CULTURE, LANGUAGES, RELIGIONS1102
RESPONSIBILITY, JOSEPH STIGLITZ ON GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, TEN COMPONENTS IN TEN LANGUAGES ON SUSTAINABLE JUSTICE, UN UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 1400 1. FRANCE - ETHICS FOR MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS IN BANKING & THE STOCK EXCHANGE - THE BOOK & FILM "L'ARGENT" BY EMILE ZOLA 1400 2. ISRAEL – BRIBE CASE – ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT TENDERS 1409 3. NORTH AMERICA – TRUST AND FAIRNESS CASE – BRIDGING IN MERGERS 1415 4. ARGENTINA – LABOR RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT – THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "THE TAKE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1426 5. UK AND SINGAPORE – ETHICS IN BANKING – BARINGS BANK – THE FILM "ROGUE TRADER" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1430 6. AMERICA – CORRUPTION CASE – ETHICS IN SALES 1432 7. US – SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY – THE FILM "IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1437 8. ISRAEL – THE WORTHWHILENESS OF CASE – THE ETHICS OF VALUATION 1439 9. RUSSIA – CORRUPTION IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT – THE PLAY "REVIZOR" BY NIKOLAI – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1445 10. AFRICA AND SWITZERLAND – UNIVERSALITY OF ETHICS – THE PLAY "THE VISIT OF THE OLD LADY" BY FRIEDRICH DUERRENMATT AND THE AFRICAN FILM "HYENAS" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1447 11. NORWAY & INDIA – A WHISTLEBLOWER WITH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY - THE PLAY "AN OF THE PEOPLE" BY HENRIK IBSEN AND THE INDIAN FILM "GANASHATRU" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1450 12. FRANCE & ISRAEL – CULTURAL, ETHICAL & MENTALITY GAPS IN INTERN'L BUSINESS CASE – THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING A POLYGLOT 1455 13. FRANCE/PROVENCE – THE VICTIMS OF CORRUPTION, THE NOVEL "JEAN DE FLORETTE" BY MARCEL PAGNOL, SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1463 14. SUSTAINABILITY – PAUL HAWKEN – THE BOOK "THE ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE" – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1468 15. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF MODERN BUSINESS TYCOONS – WARREN BUFFETT (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY) – SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1472 16. JOSEPH STIGLITZ – A THIRD WAY ALTERNATIVE FOR CAPITALISM,