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 | |
| 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? | ||
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? | ||
| 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? | ||
| 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Do you think MNCs bring outdated products to Third World countries like India?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? | ||
| 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. | ||
