1.0 Executive Summary In relation to the statement of the Minister of Youth Affairs to the Federal Standing Committee which shall provide the general consensus of Australian youth as to why Australia should not support a policy of globalization, a report has been compiled outlining the adverse affects inherent in globalization. The report, commissioned by the Youth Minister, will outline the issues surrounding of Globalization, discussing in detail both the advantages and disadvantages of adopting such a policy. A case study of the former multi-national corporation ENRON will be used to show why Australia should adopt a policy to support Globalization. 2.0 Globalization The International Monetary Fund, from the Oxford English Dictionary defines globalization as "the growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through increasing volume and variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services, free international capital flows, and more rapid and widespread diffusion of technology".(1) Globalization is caused by four fundamental forms of capital movement throughout the global economy. The four important capital flows are: Human Capital (i.e. Immigration, Skilled Workforce) Financial Capital (i.e. Aid, Unrequited Transfers) Resource Capital (i.e. Energy, Metals, Minerals, commodities Power Capital (i.e. Security Forces, Alliances, Armed Forces, etc) The best part thereof the complexities and issues that arise in the general macro undertakings of countries, communities and the key relations between can be traced to capital flows.(2) "Globalization has been perpetuated the corporat ...