Are MNCs Villains Or Victims?
Pesticides in colas, worms in chocolates...do MNCs really follow the quality standards they're so vociferousabout? A nationwide consumer poll.
| 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
MNC
53
Do you believe the recent allegations that there is pesticide in Coke and Pepsi, and worms in Cadburys chocolates?
Yes
58
Do you think MNCs purposely lower their quality standards when they come to Third World countries?
Are you willing to pay a higher price for an MNC product than for an Indian one?
Would you be less shocked if you heard there were pesticides in an Indian-made soft drink, as opposed to Coke and Pepsi?
Do you think MNC products are by and large better than Indian products?
Do you think MNCs bring outdated products to Third World countries like India?
Do you think both Indian and multinational companies get away with poor quality products because our government does not have proper quality norms?
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.
.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&w=376&dpr=2.0)
