Here's a good source for boning up on your history of international finance. Asks the question, "Does the movement of capital in the past quarter century indicate a transition from an era of financial internationalization to one of financial globalization?" He also tries to answer it.

I think this is the resource mentioned by Sapna in class where you can find out about practices of corporations whose products you might buy. In any case, Co-Op America is a legitimate operation (so far as I know): a major sponsor of the Green Festival and publisher of national Green Pages and monthly newsletter on organic, fair trade and sustainable consumption and investing. Not the only answer to questions posed in class, but they're trying.

More to come...