Framing ethical perspectives
Business and commerce are at the heart of Western capitalist societies, and they play an ever-increasing role in quasi-capitalist societies, like China. Businesses – especially the tech giants – are becoming increasingly powerful as technologies proliferate and leaders acquire once-unimaginable levels of wealth and influence. Carnegie Council’s programs, events, and experts analyze these developments through an ethical lens and strive to create and highlight communities and programs with the capabilities to hold businesses and their leaders accountable for their actions.
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NOV 15, 2023 • Podcast
Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized Its Economy to Confront the World, with Bethany Allen
MAR 24, 2022 • Podcast
The Doorstep: How Cryptocurrencies & NFTs May Change the Global World Order, with David Yermack
NYU Stern's Professor David Yermack discusses NFTs, Ukraine, and the future of crypto with Carnegie Council Senior Fellows Nick Gvosdev and Tatiana Serafin.
MAY 6, 2022 • Podcast
For Companies, Could China Be the Next Russia? with Perth Tolle
Isaac Stone Fish and finance expert Perth Tolle discuss the global economic backlash to Russia after the Ukraine invasion, China, and much more.
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APR 17, 2014 • Podcast
The Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil
How can corporations work to prevent human rights violations on their watch, as well as disasters like the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion? Christine Bader discusses ...
APR 11, 2014 • Podcast
Blueprint or Scramble?
Climate change is impacting the globe in surprising ways. The Maldives might be submerged, but Canadian trade could benefit from new waterways. What's the best ...
APR 3, 2014 • Podcast
Driving Competitive Advantage through Values-Based Leadership
"There can be no choice between doing well financially and behaving responsibly in business," declares Barclays Group Chief Executive Antony Jenkins. "The last half-dozen years ...
MAR 19, 2014 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Forced Evictions Defeat the Spirit of Big Sporting Events
The evicted residents of Rio demand to be included in the benefits and the legacies of big tournaments like the World Cup and Olympics.
MAR 16, 2014 • Podcast
The Leading Indicators: A Short History of the Numbers That Rule Our World
"By relying so heavily on things like GDP, unemployment, and the suite of statistics that grew up in their wake, we are using a really ...
MAR 4, 2014 • Podcast
The Global War for Internet Governance
Who controls the Internet? Internet governance is so technically and institutionally complex that it takes place mostly out of public view. But Internet control points ...
FEB 18, 2014 • Podcast
By All Means Necessary: How China's Resource Quest is Changing the World
As China's urban middle class expands, China's government--and private companies--are traveling the globe in pursuit of fuel, ores, water, and farmland. And the government has ...
FEB 5, 2014 • Podcast
Mobilize Your People Like Obama: Applying Lessons from the 2012 Campaign to Your Everyday Work
In 2012, Barack Obama won a hard-fought victory in a campaign driven by advanced community organizing tactics, big data, and technology. In this lively workshop with ...
FEB 2, 2014 • Podcast
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
Thanks to fracking and the unlikely characters who made this revolution happen, the United States is now the biggest energy producer in the world. The ...
JAN 31, 2014 • Article
The Moral Operating System of a Global City: Los Angeles
For global cities to solve the central problem of collaboration among strangers, they need a moral operating system: shared codes and behaviors that enable people ...