2. COUNTRY COMPARISON – AREA (IN SQ.KM.) - CIA – WORLD FACTBOOK 595 3. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP - GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT PPP DATE OF INFORMATION (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 601 4. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP PER CAPITA - GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ON A PPP DIVIDED BY POPULATION (2013 EST.) - CIA- WORLD FACTBOOK 606 5. COUNTRY COMPARISON: GDP REAL GROWTH RATE, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION IN % - (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - FACTBOOK 612 6. COUNTRY COMPARISON – NATIONAL SAVING AS % OF GDP – (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD 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 FORCE THAT IS WITHOUT JOBS – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 627 LIST OF COUNTRIES BY ANNUAL AVERAGE WAGE - GROSS 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 INDEX - 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 world 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
AND NET GOVERNMENT DEBT AS % OF GDP – SOURCE – IMF – 2012 673 13. COUNTRY COMPARISON – INFLATION RATE - ANNUAL % CHANGE IN CONSUMER PRICES (MOSTLY 2013 EST.) - CIA - FACTBOOK 683 14. COUNTRY COMPARISON – CENTRAL BANK DISCOUNT RATE - (MOSTLY 2007-2012) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 688 15. COUNTRY COMPARISON – COMMERCIAL BANK PRIME LENDING RATE - (MOSTLY 2012 ES.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 692 16. COUNTRY COMPARISON – MARKET VALUE OF PUBLIC TRADED SHARES – (ON 31.12.2011 OR 31.12. 2012) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 696 17. COUNTRY COMPARISON – CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE – (2013 EST.) - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 699 18. COUNTRY COMPARISON – RESERVES OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND GOLD MOSTLY AT THE 31ST OF DECEMBER 2013 - CIA - WORLD FACTBOOK 704 19. LIST OF COUNTRIES BY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX (HDI) (2013 EST.) - SOURCE: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME'S 708 NEWSWEEK'S WORLD'S BEST COUNTRIES – 2010 – MEASURING EDUCATION, HEALTH, QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMIC DYNAMISM AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT IN 100 COUNTRIES 718 INEQUALITY ADJUSTED HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX – IHDI – ON 2013 AND 2011 ESTIMATES – SOURCE: UNDP - 2014 722 GENDER INEQUALITY INDEX, 2013, UNDP, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS – GENDER INEQUALITY & RANK, SHARE OF SEATS IN PARLIAMENT 727 20. LIST OF COUNTRIES BY % OF POPULATION LIVING IN POVERTY BELOW NATIONAL POVERTY LINE SET BY COUNTRY - WORLD BANK & CIA 736 LIST OF COUNTRIES BY % OF POPULATION LIVING UNDER 1.25 AND 2 DOLLAR (PPP) A DAY – INTERNATIONAL POVERTLY LINE – WORLD BANK 747 ECONOMIC POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE – INDEX MUNDI – CIA WORLD FACTBOOK – INFORMATION ACCURATE AS OF 1.1.2012 753 21. COUNTRY COMPARISON – INTERNET PENETRATION RATE (RPR) (IN %) – MOSTLY IN 2013/2014 - INTERNET WORLD STATS 760 22. RANKING OF HAPPINESS 2010-2012 – HAPPINESS REPORT - SOURCE: THE UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS NETWORK 768 23. CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE TO THE US$ - WALL STREET
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. 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 TRUST CASE – THE ETHICS OF VALUATION 1064 9. RUSSIA – CORRUPTION IN THE 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 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 BEING 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
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 – 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. SOUTH 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 TRUST 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 & – 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,
62. 35 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - ANNUAL MEDIAN EQUIVALISED DIPOSABLE HOUSEHOLD INCOME. DATA ARE IN US$ AT CURRENT PRICES AND CURRENT PPP 2009 - 2012 - 508 63. 15 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - POPULATION SHARES OF THE BOTTOM, MIDDLE & TOP INCOME GROUPS – 2004 –ECINEQ 2011 – 217 – SEPTEMBER 2011, STEVEN PRESSMAN ET AL. 510 64. 122 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - BY % OF POPULATION LIVING UNDER 1.25 AND 2 $ (PPP) A DAY – INTERNATIONAL POVERTLY LINE – WORLD BANK – MOSTLY 2009-2012 512 65. 157 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - ECONOMIC POPULATION BELOW POVERTY LINE – INDEX MUNDI – CIA WORLD FACTBOOK – ACCURATE AS OF 1.1.2012 518 66. 40 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - education – the learning curve - PEARSON GLOBAL REPORT ON EDUCATION– 2014 - BEST EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD 525 67. WORLD TOP 20 COUNTRIES EDUCATION POLL RANKING SYSTEM – THE NEW JERSEY MINORITY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (NJMED) – 2014 529 68. 165 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – SCHOOL LIFE EXPECTANCY – CIA WORLD FACTBOOK – MAINLY 2012 531 69. 214 COUNTRIES QUALITATIVE COMPARISON WITHOUG RANKING - LIST OF FREEDOM INDICES, 2014 – FREEDOM IN THE WORLD INDEX, INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM, PRESS FREEDOM INDEX, Sources - FREEDOM HOUSE, WALL STREET JOURNAL, REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS 536 70. 222 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - BY INCARCERATION RATE – 2014 – SOURCE: WORLD PRISON BRIEF – INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PRISON STUDIES 547 71. 34 COUNTRIES COMPARISON - LEVEL OF DISCRIMINATION/VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES – 2015 – OECD 557 72. 255 COUNTRIES COMPARISON – INTERNET PENETRATION RATE (RPR) (IN %) – MOSTLY IN 2013/2014 - WORLD STATS 560 international organizations & groups – cia, world factbook 568 APPENDICES BOOK APPENDIX I – DISSERTATION ON DEVISING A CULTURE INDEX APPENDIX II- DATA, LISTS, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, MAPS, FLAGS & LINKS TO THE SOURCES OF THE 72 PARAMETERS AND CORRUPTIONS INDICES