Wellness / Multi-Level
It Works! Global
Export 1 entries:
Florida-based MLM (founded 2001) best known for 'Crazy Wrap Thing' body-contouring wraps and the 'Skinny Pack' supplement bundle. ~100k 'Distributors' at 2018 peak; FDA 2012 warning letter on wrap disease claims; state attorney-general inquiries for income misrepresentation; characteristic Southern-evangelical coach culture documented across multiple ex-member accounts.
CLCI radar
Loading radar…
High Control
BITE breakdown
Behavior Control5/10
Information Control6/10
Thought Control5/10
Emotional Control5/10
Modifiers (+0)
0 — high-control internal culture; FDA 2012 'Crazy Wrap Thing' warning letter; multiple state attorney-general inquiries.
Profile facts
Founded
2001
Members
≈100k Distributors at 2018 peak; ≈60k 2024
Active in
USA, Europe, Oceania, LatAm
In context
It Works! Global emerged from Florida's MLM ecosystem in 2001 with a body-wrap product (a topical patch worn for 45 minutes claimed to 'tone, tighten, and firm') that became a viral 2012–2014 product through 'Crazy Wrap Thing' Facebook marketing. The FDA warning letter (October 2012) ordered the company to stop unsubstantiated disease and weight-loss claims. The product line expanded into supplement bundles ('Skinny Pack'), nutrition shakes, and skincare. It Works's distinctive cultural pattern is its Southern-evangelical-Protestant coach demographic: heavily concentrated in the US South (Texas, Tennessee, Georgia, the Carolinas), with substantial overlap into Southern Baptist and non-denominational evangelical mom-group networks. Coach culture combines Christian-prosperity-gospel framing ('God blessed me with the wraps'), mandatory regional 'Diamond' rallies, and Distributor-rank-status pressure. Multiple state attorney-general inquiries (Texas 2017, Georgia 2019) focused on income claims; published 2023 Distributor income disclosure showed median active Distributor earned $156/month. The Life After MLM and r/antiMLM 'Wrap Wars' threads are the most-developed critical record.
Recovery resources
- The Dream (podcast) — Jane Marie's investigative podcast on MLM cults.
- Anti-MLM Coalition — Ex-distributor advocacy community focused on MLM exit and financial recovery.
- Truth in Advertising (TINA.org) — Consumer-protection watchdog tracking MLM income-claim and product-safety issues.
- ICSA (International Cultic Studies Association) — General referral and cult-aware therapist directory.
- Freedom of Mind Resource Center — Steven Hassan's organisation; BITE-model resources and family-side exit guidance.
See the full curated list at /resources.
Legal cases & controversies
- FDA 2012 letter
- TX 2017, GA 2019 AG inquiries
Evidence by BITE axis
Behavior Control
- Mandatory regional 'Diamond' rallies absorbing Distributor margins
Information Control
- Median active Distributor $156/month per 2023 disclosure
- Christian-prosperity-gospel framing tying product use to divine blessing
Emotional Control
- FDA 2012 warning letter on body-wrap disease claims
- Texas 2017 + Georgia 2019 state-AG inquiries
- FDA 2012 'Crazy Wrap Thing' warning letter
- multiple state attorney-general inquiries
Lifton's 8 criteria of thought reform
Robert Jay Lifton's 1961 framework, complementary to BITE. Criteria this group exhibits according to the cited sources.
- ConfessionRequired disclosure of past sins, doubts, or 'wrong' thoughts; later weaponised as leverage.
Timeline
- 2001It Works! founded in Florida
- 2012-10FDA warning letter on wrap claims
- 2014'Crazy Wrap Thing' viral peak
- 2017Texas Attorney General inquiry
- 2019Georgia Attorney General inquiry
- 2023Income disclosure: $156/month median
Evidence matrix
Structured sources cross-linked to the claims they document. Tiered per the source hierarchy. For free-text citations see the Sources section below.
Sources
- FDA Warning Letter to It Works! Global (October 2012) search ↗
- Texas Attorney General 2017 inquiry documents search ↗
- Georgia Attorney General 2019 inquiry search ↗
- It Works! 2023 Income Disclosure search ↗
- Life After MLM podcast search ↗
- r/antiMLM 'Wrap Wars' compilation thread search ↗
- Defining Globalisation — The World Economy (2008) — https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1467-9701.2007.01019.x open ↗
- 2014Glob...11..417J — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014Glob...11..417J open ↗
- When did globalisation begin? — European Review of Economic History (2002) — https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS1361491602000023 open ↗
- 6 Pros and Cons of Globalization in Business to Consider — https://online.hbs.edu/blog/post/pros-and-cons-of-globalization open ↗
- Globalization and Sustainable Development: False Twins? — ngs (2013) — https://doi.org/10.1515%2Fngs-2013-021 open ↗
- The Communist Manifesto — https://stars.library.ucf.edu/context/prism/article/1079/viewcontent/Manifesto_of_the_Communist_Party.pdf open ↗
- MANIFESTO OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY — The Communist Manifesto (2017) — https://doi.org/10.2307%2Fj.ctt1k85dmc.4 open ↗
- j.ctt1k85dmc — https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1k85dmc open ↗
- Arguing Globalizations: Propositions Towards an Investigation of Global Formation — https://www.academia.edu/5246805 open ↗
- 2005Glob....2..193J — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005Glob....2..193J open ↗
- Arguing globalizations: Propositions towards an investigation of global formation — Globalizations (2005) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14747730500202206 open ↗
- Levels of Subjective Globalization: Ideologies, Imaginaries, Ontologies — https://www.academia.edu/4311113 open ↗
- Faces of Globalization and the Borders of States: From Asylum Seekers to Citizens — https://www.academia.edu/7773440 open ↗
- Faces of globalization and the borders of states: from asylum seekers to citizens — Citizenship Studies (2014) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13621025.2014.886440 open ↗
- The Legacy of the Silk Road — http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/legacy-silk-road open ↗
- Islam at the Center: Technological Complexes and the Roots of Modernity — https://www.jstor.org/stable/40542756 open ↗
- Trade and empire (Chapter 4) – The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe — https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-economic-history-of-modern-europe/trade-and-empire/BE789F27408634F4749D61F013897C04 open ↗
- Trade and empire — The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe (2010) — https://doi.org/10.1017%2FCBO9780511794834.006 open ↗
- Sample Chapter for Levinson, M.: The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger — http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s9383.html open ↗
- How the invention of a box changed our world – Business – smh.com.au — https://www.smh.com.au/news/business/how-the-invention-of-a-box-changed-our-world/2006/06/11/1149964409162.html%0A open ↗
- Gender and International Migration: Globalization, Development, and Governance — Feminist Economics (2012) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13545701.2012.688998 open ↗
- Will the Nation-State Survive Globalization? — Foreign Affairs (2001) — https://doi.org/10.2307%2F20050051 open ↗
- 10.1.1.17.7732 — https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.17.7732 open ↗
- Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and International Technology Transfer: A Survey — The World Bank Research Observer (2002) — https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fwbro%2F17.2.191 open ↗
- Signs of life — https://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21632514-despite-some-recent-reversals-there-evidence-globalisation-march open ↗
- The Washington Post_, 5 March 2009. — https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/04/AR2009030404221.html open ↗
- Globalization is coming undone, and that's a huge red flag — https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/24/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html open ↗
- Sputtering Trade Fuels Fears of a Fractured Global Economy — https://www.wsj.com/articles/sputtering-trade-fuels-fears-for-a-connected-world-81c99922 open ↗
- Is Globalization in Decline? A New Number Contradicts the Consensus — https://www.wsj.com/economy/global/is-globalization-in-decline-a-new-number-contradicts-the-consensus-60df8ecf open ↗
- How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965–2020 — https://doi.org/10.1257%2Fjep.37.3.3 open ↗
- Melting Arctic ice could transform international shipping routes, study finds — https://www.brown.edu/news/2022-06-22/arctic open ↗
- Multinational Corporations — http://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/mul.htm open ↗
- Economic Development Strategies and Macro-and Micro-Level Human Resource Policies: The Case of India's “Outsourcing” Industry — ILR Review (2008) — https://doi.org/10.1177%2F001979390806200103 open ↗
- Outsourcing to Africa: The world economy calls — https://www.economist.com/business/2010/03/25/the-world-economy-calls open ↗
- Globalism, Nationalism, Tribalism — https://www.academia.edu/1642214 open ↗
- Globalization and Culture: Vol. 4, Ideologies of Globalism — https://uws.academia.edu/PaulJames open ↗
- Macaulay's (Cyber) Children: The Cultural Politics of Outsourcing in India — http://nadeem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/files/2010/04/CS_Nadeem.pdf open ↗
- Modernization Theory and China's Road to Modernization — Chinese Studies in History (2009) — https://doi.org/10.2753%2FCSH0009-4633430101 open ↗
- Globalization and the Religious Production of Space — https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/object/relifp-21 open ↗
- Globalization and the Religious Production of Space — Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2005) — https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1468-5906.2005.00283.x open ↗
- Globalization and Sport: A Review by Susan Froetschel — http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/sport.jsp open ↗
- Competing Conceptions of Globalization" Revisited: Relocating the Tension between World-Systems Analysis and Globalization Analysis — https://uknowledge.uky.edu/lin_facpub/74 open ↗
- “Competing Conceptions of Globalization” Revisited: Relocating the Tension between World‐Systems Analysis and Globalization Analysis — Comparative Education Review (2004) — https://doi.org/10.1086%2F421180 open ↗
- Chili: Small Fruit Sets Global Palettes on Fire — http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/chili.jsp open ↗
- Hollywood in the Era of Globalization — https://archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/hollywood-era-globalization open ↗
- Does globalization mean we will become one culture? — https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20120522-one-world-order open ↗
- Is modernization widening cultural differences? — https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/doi/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag021/8510565 open ↗
- Is modernization widening cultural differences? — PNAS Nexus (2026) — https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fpnasnexus%2Fpgag021 open ↗
- 2024NatCo..15.2650J — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024NatCo..15.2650J open ↗
- Worldwide divergence of values — Nature Communications (2024) — https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fs41467-024-46581-5 open ↗
- Cultural Changes and Challenges in the Era of Globalization — Journal of Developing Societies (2011) — https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0169796X1102700203 open ↗
- Flugzeugparkplatz im Outback: Schlaf in der Wüste — https://www.faz.net/1.6771502 open ↗
- Most London babies have foreign-born parent — https://www.ft.com/content/41b5b302-b7e5-11e6-ba85-95d1533d9a62 open ↗
- Policy options for managing international student migration: the sending country's perspective — Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (2008) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F13600800701457830 open ↗
- WHAT IS GLOBAL JOURNALISM? — Journalism Studies (2008) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14616700802337727 open ↗
- Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases? — https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/countries-confirmed-cases-coronavirus-200125070959786.html open ↗
- Disaster in motion: 3.4 million travelers poured into US as coronavirus pandemic erupted — https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/disaster-motion-34-million-travelers-poured-us-coronavirus/story?id=69933625 open ↗
- How to Measure Globalization? A New Globalization Index (NGI) — https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs11293-010-9217-3 open ↗
- Energy: The missing link in globalization — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/296486356 open ↗
- 2016ERSS...14..122O — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ERSS...14..122O open ↗
- Energy: The missing link in globalization — Energy Research & Social Science (2016) — https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.erss.2016.01.009 open ↗
- Globalisation — Development in Practice (2007) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F09614520701469492 open ↗
- 2005ASRev..70...29F — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005ASRev..70...29F open ↗
- The Discourse of Globalization: Framing and Sensemaking of an Emerging Concept — American Sociological Review (2005) — https://doi.org/10.1177%2F000312240507000103 open ↗
- Globalization: Europe's Wary Embrace — http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/globalization-europes-wary-embrace open ↗
- Why Denmark Loves Globalization — http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1684528,00.html open ↗
- The Declining Value Of Your College Degree — https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121623686919059307 open ↗
- Winners and Losers: Perspectives on Globalization from the Emerging Market Economies — http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2001/fall_globaleconomics_graham.aspx open ↗
- Consensus Among Economists: Revisited — http://www.indiana.edu/~econed/pdffiles/fall03/fuller.pdf open ↗
- Consensus Among Economists: Revisited — The Journal of Economic Education (2003) — https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00220480309595230 open ↗
- 1993SciAm.269e..42B — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993SciAm.269e..42B open ↗
- The Case for Free Trade — Scientific American (1993) — https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fscientificamerican1193-42 open ↗
- Do Economists Agree on Anything? Yes! — The Economists' Voice (2006) — https://doi.org/10.2202%2F1553-3832.1156 open ↗
- The Case for Global Civics — http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/03_global_civics_altinay.aspx open ↗
- The treachery of the lites Elite sense of irresponsibility — https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/the-treachery-of-the-lites-elite-sense-of-irresponsibility-1610879.html open ↗
- Invested interests: the politics of national economic policies in a world of global finance — International Organization (1991) — https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs0020818300033178 open ↗
- Corporatism Goes Global: International Organizations, Nongovernmental Organization Networks, and Transnational Business — Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations — https://doi.org/10.1163%2F19426720-00703006 open ↗
- Lived Effects of the Contemporary Economy: Globalization, Inequality, and Consumer Society — Public Culture (2000) — https://doi.org/10.1215%2F08992363-12-2-375 open ↗
- 2013Fut....52...42C — https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013Fut....52...42C open ↗
- Collective dissonance and the transition to post-consumerism — Futures (2013) — https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.futures.2013.07.001 open ↗
- How much do you know about the world? — https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24835822 open ↗
- Inequality is a Choice — https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/inequality-is-a-choice/?_php=true&_type=blogs open ↗
- Child Labor in the Global Economy — Journal of Economic Perspectives (2005) — https://doi.org/10.1257%2F0895330053147895 open ↗
- Gender equity and globalization: macroeconomic policy for developing countries — Journal of International Development (2006) — https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fjid.1295 open ↗
- Globalization's True Believers Are Having Second Thoughts — https://time.com/4356816/neoliberalism-imf-globalization/ open ↗
- Ideology and Sustainability — http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/ideology.html open ↗
- UNMASKING THE POLLUTION HAVEN EFFECT* — International Economic Review (2008) — https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1468-2354.2008.00478.x open ↗
- Farmers, environmentalists slam 'sell-out' EU-Mercosur trade deal — https://www.france24.com/en/20190629-eu-south-america-agriculture-trade-mercosur-farmers-environmentalists open ↗
- EU urged to halt trade talks with S. America over Brazil abuses — https://www.france24.com/en/20190618-eu-urged-halt-trade-talks-with-america-over-brazil-abuses open ↗
- We must not barter the Amazon rainforest for burgers and steaks — https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2019/jul/02/barter-amazon-rainforest-burgers-steaks-brazil open ↗
- Global Crisis and Insecurity — https://www.academia.edu/146192604/Global_Crisis_and_Insecurity_The_Human_Condition_Darkly_Towards_a_Theory_of_Abstract_Community_Vol_III_2025_ open ↗
- Globalization Website (Emory University) Links, Debates, Glossary etc. — http://www.sociology.emory.edu/globalization/ open ↗
- BBC News Special Report – "Globalisation — https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2007/globalisation/default.stm open ↗
- Globalization" _Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/globalization/ open ↗
- Mapping Globalization, Princeton University — http://www.princeton.edu/~mapglobe/HTML/home.html open ↗
- Overview of Olympic Games — https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/428005/Olympic-Games open ↗
- La globalización del descontento — https://elpais.com/internacional/2016/04/08/actualidad/1460137906_054262.html open ↗
- Globalism, Nationalism, Tribalism: Bringing Theory Back In (2006) — https://www.academia.edu/1642214/Globalism_Nationalism_Tribalism_Bringing_Theory_Back_In_2006_ open ↗
- Understanding Media and Culture — https://open.lib.umn.edu/mediaandculture/chapter/13-6-globalization-of-media/ open ↗
- Modernization Theory and China's Road to Modernization — https://doi.org/10.2753/CSH0009-4633430101 open ↗
- Modernization Theory and China's Road to Modernization — Chinese Studies in History (2009) — https://dx.doi.org/10.2753%2FCSH0009-4633430101 open ↗
- Globalization and the Religious Production of Space — https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00283.x open ↗
- Globalization and the Religious Production of Space — Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (2005) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1468-5906.2005.00283.x open ↗
- ERIC — EJ706060 — “Competing Conceptions of Globalization” Revisited: Relocating the Tension between World-Systems Analysis and Globalization Analysis, Comparative Education Review — https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ706060 open ↗
- Cultural Changes and Challenges in the Era of Globalization: The Case of India — https://doi.org/10.1177/0169796X1102700203 open ↗
- Cultural Changes and Challenges in the Era of Globalization — Journal of Developing Societies (2011) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F0169796X1102700203 open ↗
- Faces of globalization and the borders of states: from asylum seekers to citizens — https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2014.886440 open ↗
- Faces of globalization and the borders of states: from asylum seekers to citizens — Citizenship Studies (2014) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080%2F13621025.2014.886440 open ↗
- Flugzeugparkplatz im Outback: Schlaf in der Wüste — https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/gesundheit/coronavirus/wo-sind-derzeit-eigentlich-all-die-flugzeuge-hin-16771502.html open ↗
- UNWTO World Tourism Barometer and Statistical Annex, January 2021 — UNWTO World Tourism Barometer (2021) — https://dx.doi.org/10.18111%2Fwtobarometereng.2021.19.1.1 open ↗
- Total Midyear Population for the World: 1950-2050 — https://www.census.gov/population/international/data/idb/worldpoptotal.php open ↗
- Globalization in the World of Finance: An Analytical History — Global Economy Journal (2006) — https://dx.doi.org/10.2202%2F1524-5861.1115 open ↗
- Modern Trafficking, Slavery, and Other Forms of Servitude — Annual Review of Sociology (2018) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1146%2Fannurev-soc-073117-041147 open ↗
- Science, Systems, and Society — Journal of Cybernetics (1972) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080%2F01969727208542909 open ↗
- Grounding Globalization: The Prospects and Perils of Linking Economic Processes of Globalization to Environmental Outcomes — Economic Geography (2002) — https://dx.doi.org/10.2307%2F4140814 open ↗
- Folha Online - Mundo - Globalização não reduz desigualdade e pobreza no mundo, diz ONU - 10/02/2007 — http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/mundo/ult94u104540.shtml open ↗
- The Cognitive Age — https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/opinion/02brooks.html open ↗
- Sustainable Development and Globalization: New Challenges and Opportunities for Work Organization — https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/41852/C21.%20Ashford_Athens.doc?sequence=1&isAllowed=y open ↗
- Globalizations: Dimensions, Historical Waves, Regional Effects, Normative Governance — https://doi.org/10.1177/0268580900015002002 open ↗
- Globalizations — International Sociology (2000) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1177%2F0268580900015002002 open ↗
- Qu'est-ce que la mondialisation ? — http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6200 open ↗
- Does globalization affect growth? Evidence from a new index of globalization — Applied Economics (2006) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036840500392078 open ↗
- lire en ligne — http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036840500392078 open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2011/06/30/pascal-lamy-la-demondialisation-est-un-concept-reactionnaire_1542904_3234.html open ↗
- Le grand retour des Etats dans la mondialisation — https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2023/11/01/le-grand-retour-des-etats-dans-la-mondialisation_6197589_3234.html open ↗
- Géographie de la mondialisation (2019) — https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/arco.carro.2019.01 open ↗
- lire en ligne — https://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dec41b70-9a7c-11e5-a5c1-ca5db4add713.html#axzz42u9JBesb open ↗
- Culture in the global age — Réseaux (2021) — https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/res.226.0019 open ↗
- Les théories de la mondialisation culturelle : des théories de la diversité — Hermès (2008) — https://dx.doi.org/10.4267/2042/24168 open ↗
- Tourisme international, pauvreté et inégalités — Téoros (2016) — https://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1040348ar open ↗
- Les origines néolibérales de la mondialisation : retour sur l’émergence d’un ordre géopolitique aujourd’hui menacé — https://theconversation.com/les-origines-neoliberales-de-la-mondialisation-retour-sur-lemergence-dun-ordre-geopolitique-aujourdhui-menace-248320 open ↗
- [lire en ligne — http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/about/essay_fr.jsp open ↗
- „Theodore Levitt, 81, Who Coined the Term 'Globalization', Is Dead“ — https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/business/06levitt.html open ↗
- https://www.zeit.de/2006/47/Grafik-1 — https://www.zeit.de/2006/47/Grafik-1 open ↗
- War for talents!? — Beratung in der Veränderung (2003) — https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-90312-9_18 open ↗
- 10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2013_03_Arp — https://doi.org/10.1688/1862-0000_ZfP_2013_03_Arp open ↗
- Emerging Giants, Aspiring Multinationals, and Foreign Executives: Leapfrogging, Capability Building, and Competing with Developed Country Multinationals — Human Resource Management (2014) — https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21610 open ↗
- researchgate.net — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256012200 open ↗
- Japan unter sich. — https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/2015-11/fluechtlinge-einwanderung-japan-zuwanderung open ↗
- Inequality, Growth and Poverty in the era of liberalization and globalization. — https://www.wider.unu.edu/publication/inequality-growth-and-poverty-era-liberalization-and-globalization open ↗
- Water, energy and land insecurity in global supply chains — Global Environmental Change (2021) — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102158 open ↗
- sciencedirect.com — https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095937802030741X open ↗
- Public opinion regarding economic and cultural globalization: evidence from a cross-national survey. — http://pirate.shu.edu/~edwardmb/ripe.pdf open ↗
- Public Opinion, International Economic Integration, and the Welfare State. — http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic467999.files/December%2015%20-%20Conclusion/Scheve_and_Slaughter2006.pdf open ↗
- “Imagining the Internet” — http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/150/1830.xhtml open ↗
- “When did globalisation begin?” — https://academic.oup.com/ereh/article-abstract/6/1/23/540507 open ↗
- When did globalisation begin? — European Review of Economic History (2002) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1017%2FS1361491602000023 open ↗
- Globalization and Sustainable Development: False Twins? — ngs (2013) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1515%2Fngs-2013-021 open ↗
- “Outsourcing to Africa: The world economy calls — http://www.economist.com/node/15777592?story_id=E1_TVSSSVJN open ↗
- 《Globalism, Nationalism, Tribalism》 — https://www.academia.edu/1642214/Globalism_Nationalism_Tribalism_Bringing_Theory_Back_In_author_Sage_Publications_London_2006 open ↗
- “Faces of Globalization and the Borders of States: From Asylum Seekers to Citizens” — https://www.academia.edu/7773440/Faces_of_Globalization_and_the_Borders_of_States_From_Asylum_Seekers_to_Citizens open ↗
- Policy options for managing international student migration: the sending country's perspective — Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management (2008) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080%2F13600800701457830 open ↗
- WHAT IS GLOBAL JOURNALISM? — Journalism Studies (2008) — https://dx.doi.org/10.1080%2F14616700802337727 open ↗
- Why Denmark Loves Globalisation — http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1684528,00.html open ↗
- 2．知識社会・ネットワーク社会及びグローバル化の爆発的進展 — https://www.mhlw.go.jp/shingi/2007/03/dl/s0314-15i-02.pdf open ↗
- https://www5.cao.go.jp/j-j/sekai_chouryuu/sh16-01/s1_16_1_5.html — https://www5.cao.go.jp/j-j/sekai_chouryuu/sh16-01/s1_16_1_5.html open ↗
- 10.13140/RG.2.1.1186.2243 — https://dx.doi.org/10.13140%2FRG.2.1.1186.2243 open ↗
- https://doi.org/10.24158/tipor.2021.3.9 — https://doi.org/10.24158/tipor.2021.3.9 open ↗
- Alter-Globalism as Counter-Hegemony: Evaluating the 'postmodern Prince', In:'Globalizations', √6(4), 17 December, 2009, pp.483-498 — http://www.academia.edu/7091845/Alter-Globalism_as_counter__hegemony_Evaluating_of_Postmodern_Prince_ open ↗
- B. Ollman «How to take an exam and remake the world», Montreal: Black Rose Books. Spring, 200l — http://www.nyu.edu/projects/ollman/books/h2.php open ↗
- Britannica (онлайн) — https://www.britannica.com/money/globalization open ↗
We cite sources by name and outlet rather than fabricating links. Where a source includes its own URL, the open ↗ link opens it directly; otherwise search ↗runs a Google Scholar query for the cited title — useful for verifying academic sources. For news outlets, search the outlet's own archive.
Change history
Substantive edits logged per the score-updates policy.
- 2026-05-29Phase 1 Batch J: per-group recovery resources applied via programmatic palette (closest-fit by category + subCategory + score). Palette: Wellness / MLM.
- 2026-05-20Score band scheme migrated from 4 bands to 5 (Minimal 0–5 / Low 6–12 / Moderate 13–20 / High 21–30 / Extreme 31–40). No CLCI value changed; the new Minimal band was carved out of the bottom of the previous Low band.
Relevant hubs
Curated entry points on CLCI Hub for situations connected to this group.
- Start herePick the reading path that matches your situation.
- PatternsDocumented control patterns with linked profiles.
- Financial controlCommon pattern in wellness, MLM, and coaching contexts.
- Online groupsMany wellness and coaching groups operate online-first.
- FamiliesHow families and close friends can engage with high-control members.
- RecoveryIf you have left or are preparing to leave.
You may also want to explore
Frequently asked questions
Q.Is It Works! Global a cult?
CLCI Hub deliberately avoids the binary label "cult." Instead it places groups on a transparent 0–40 spectrum of documented control using Steven Hassan's BITE model (Behaviour, Information, Thought, Emotional). It Works! Global scores 21 out of 40 — "High Control", at medium confidence. The score describes documented control patterns, not a judgement of members' sincerity or beliefs; many members do not personally experience the patterns listed.
Q.What is It Works! Global's CLCI score?
It Works! Global scores 21 out of 40 on the Cult-Like Control Index, which falls in the "High" band. That total is the sum of four BITE axes — Behaviour 5, Information 6, Thought 5, Emotional 5 — plus a signed modifier of +0 for aggravating or mitigating factors.
Q.Why does It Works! Global score 21 on the CLCI?
The score reflects publicly documented patterns including: FDA 2012 warning letter on body-wrap disease claims; Texas 2017 + Georgia 2019 state-AG inquiries; Median active Distributor $156/month per 2023 disclosure; Christian-prosperity-gospel framing tying product use to divine blessing. These map onto the BITE axes of behaviour, information, thought, and emotional control, and a signed modifier of +0 is applied for factors such as financial demands, leadership accountability, and exit costs. Every claim is backed by the citations in the Sources section on this page.
Q.How reliable is the It Works! Global rating?
This profile is rated Medium confidence. Medium confidence means the score rests on reputable journalism plus consistent ex-member testimony. CLCI scores are not fixed — they are revised whenever new public evidence appears, and groups that reform can score lower over time.
Q.Where can I get help regarding It Works! Global?
If you or someone you care about is affected by It Works! Global, start with the Recovery resources listed on this page. General cult-aware support is available from the International Cultic Studies Association (icsahome.com) and the Freedom of Mind Resource Center (freedomofmind.com). CLCI Hub is an educational resource, not a crisis service — if anyone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services.
Found something wrong on this profile?
We accept correction requests from anyone — current and former members, researchers, journalists, family members, and the listed organisation. Submissions are reviewed by an editor; we do not auto-publish.
Disclaimer. This profile is an educational summary based on publicly available reports. Many members of this group do not experience the patterns described. Individual congregations and chapters vary widely. If you or someone you know needs support, contact a licensed therapist or the International Cultic Studies Association.