II‑ Contempt for Local Customs and Values
•Overall, the charge of multinational indifference to local attitudes and practices does not seem to be supported
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•Some MNC changes are successful and called innovations while others are perceived as ignorance
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•MNCs often see themselves as damned if they do or if they don't, especially in LDCs
Overall, the charge of multinational indifference to local attitudes and practices does not seem to be supported
Although some problems do arise from the unique U.S. casualness about layoffs

Some MNC changes are successful and called innovations while others are perceived as ignorance
Difference may relate as much to the way the change is introduced as to the content of the change itself

MNCs often see themselves as damned if they do or if they don't, especially in LDCs
Accused of exploitation of low‑priced labor if they follow local conditions
Accused of ignorance and interference if they don't