Are MNCs Villains Or Victims?
A Nationwide Consumer Poll
Are MNCs Villains Or Victims?
Do you think the allegations against MNCs are justified? | ||
Some competitor is spreading these allegations | 14 | |
They are justified | 44 | |
Some form of blackmail | 7 | |
Someone wants to show MNCs in bad light | 10 | |
Seeking publicity | 8 | |
Others | 4 | |
Dont know/Cant say | 13 | |
Do you think if an Indian company was accused of having worms in its chocolates, it would have attracted as much attention as Cadbury did? | ||
Yes | 36 | |
No | ||
48
Cant say
16
If there were two food products, one made by an Indian company, the other by an MNC, which would you instinctively think was better?
Indian
33
MNC
53
Equal Quality
14
Do you believe the recent allegations that there is pesticide in Coke and Pepsi, and worms in Cadburys chocolates?
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Yes
58
No
26
Cant say
16
Do you think MNCs purposely lower their quality standards when they come to Third World countries?
Yes
49
No
30
Cant say
21
Are you willing to pay a higher price for an MNC product than for an Indian one?
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Yes
40
No
48
Cant say
21
Would you be less shocked if you heard there were pesticides in an Indian-made soft drink, as opposed to Coke and Pepsi?
Yes
43
No
42
Cant say
15
Do you think MNC products are by and large better than Indian products?
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Yes
58
No
29
Cant say
13
Do you think MNCs bring outdated products to Third World countries like India?
Yes
46
No
38
Cant say
16
Do you think both Indian and multinational companies get away with poor quality products because our government does not have proper quality norms?
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Yes
80
No
10
Cant say
10
All figures in percentage
Methodology
Cfore conducted the survey in six metrosDelhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta, Bangalore and Hyderabad. A randomly selected sample of 1,259 among SEC A and SEC B categories in these cities were interviewed between October 16 and 19. Forty-four per cent of the respondents were women.
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