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Framing ethical perspectives

Business and commerce are at the heart of capitalist societies, and are becoming increasingly powerful as technologies proliferate and leaders acquire vast amounts of wealth and influence. Carnegie Council’s programs, events, and experts analyze these developments through an ethical lens.

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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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NOV 28, 2012 Podcast

The Digital Revolution and the Role of Newspapers in Civic Life

Newspapers have long straddled an awkward line between public service and profit. Now those values are in conflict. The internet has upended the industry and ...

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NOV 21, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Fostering Social Entrepreneurship in the New Tunisia

With educated youth and a nation awakening to its social and political needs, the time is ripe for social entrepreneurs to flourish in post-revolutionary Tunisia.

NOV 16, 2012 Podcast

Innovation and Leadership in 21st Century Media

So you want to be an innovator and a leader: How can you make your internship/job application stand out? How can you use social ...

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NOV 2, 2012 Podcast

What Is American?

What does it mean for a product to be American? Or to be from anywhere? The truth is, many items today are global products, from ...

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NOV 1, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: 3D Printing Can Unlock Development Potential

3D printing is the new frontier in manufacturing, with potentially radical effects on patterns of global trade and development.

OCT 24, 2012 Podcast

Why and How the Euro Zone Crisis Will Be Solved

Danish economist Jacob Funk Kirkegaard offers a contrarian take on the euro zone crisis. While he notes that there are political problems within the European ...

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OCT 2, 2012 Podcast

The Ethics of "Acqui-hires"

The practice of "acqui-hiring," a larger company buying a smaller one solely to poach its talent, is becoming more common. Is this ethical? Does it ...

SEP 20, 2012 Podcast

The Business of Art

The value of art is incredibly subjective. Yet selling art is big business--and displaying art can be a money pit. For insights into this complex ...

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SEP 11, 2012 Podcast

The Power of Safety: How Safe Habits Triggered Responsibility at Alcoa

Business ethics professor and former Alcoa VP Bill O'Rourke shows how making safety a top priority transformed Alcoa across the board, in every aspect of ...

SEP 7, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: South Africa: The Impossible Dream?

It's been about 20 years since South Africa emerged from apartheid, but a recent series of violent confrontations between police and striking mine workers have exposed ...