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Listen to the latest insights from Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Tune in to hear from leading experts and thinkers, identifying and addressing the most critical ethical issues of today and tomorrow.

JUL 29, 2009 Podcast

Interview with Brian Trelstad

"Where we are fiercely critical of grants-based approaches is the design of services that ignore the end recipient," says Acumen Fund chief investment officer Brian ...

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JUL 28, 2009 Podcast

Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism

As Americans in a globalized world, how can we define our moral responsibilities to humanity? Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal recommends a "cosmopolitan patriotism," rooted ...

JUL 24, 2009 Podcast

The Missing Ingredient: Applied Ethics

Policies are often debated along three dimensions: effectiveness, efficiency, and expediency. In place of a fourth dimension—applied ethics—we usually find sensationalism and polarization. ...

JUL 23, 2009 Podcast

Interview with Alice Korngold

Consultant, author, and blogger Alice Korngold talks about her work connecting corporate executives with nonprofit boards, and the transformation that takes place, person after person, ...

JUL 17, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Self-determination and Ethnic Cleansing

Modern self-determination and the concept of nationality are closely linked, and have frequently led to instances of ethnic cleansing. Can nationalism and multi-ethnic societies co-exist? ...

JUL 16, 2009 Podcast

Interview with Sarah Greenberg

Sarah Greenberg discusses the social and environmental risks that companies sometimes take and how these can affect the bottom line. Tobacco is a prime example. ...

JUL 16, 2009 Podcast

The Practical Idealism Project: Stories from the Field

How can you help change the world, and get paid for doing it? Alissa Wilson shares what she learned from interviewing scores of practical idealists, ...

Joel Rosenthal

JUL 14, 2009 Podcast

"The Current" Interviews Joel Rosenthal

Carnegie Council president Joel Rosenthal shares his thoughts on the mission and work of the Carnegie Council, the new administration, the future of realism, and ...

JUL 10, 2009 Podcast

Russia and U.S.-Russia Relations: David Speedie Interviews Ambassador Thomas Pickering

Ambassador Thomas Pickering discusses Russia's role in the unfolding events in Iran and other potential areas of cooperation between Russia and the United States, including ...

JUL 10, 2009 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Military Intervention and Democracy?

Is it ever ethical to violate a democratic constitution? If the rationale for military intervention is to save democracy, does that make it legitimate?