 Great Britain showed ongoing responsibility for the welfare of its former colonies as member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.But the end of "Western" colonial imperialism saw the rise of "Westrern" neocolonialism or economic imperialism.Multinational corporations came to offer "a dramatic refinement of the traditional business enterprise", through "issues as far ranging as national sovereignty, ownership of the means of production, environmental protection, consumerism, and policies toward organized labor."