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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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Robert Shiller

APR 4, 2012 Podcast

Finance and the Good Society

Despite the financial industry's bad reputation in the wake of the financial crisis, finance could be one of the most powerful tools we have for ...

Factory workers assembling fiber optics systems in China. CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/52581560/" target=_blank">jurvetson</a>

APR 2, 2012 Article

Two Faces of Apple

On the customer side, Apple is one of the world's most innovative and successful companies. But when it comes to working conditions at its plants ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seiu/4110489562/">SEIU International</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

MAR 30, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Are Values a Lost Cause?

We are always alone with our values before we express them. Greg Smith bravely voiced his concerns when he resigned from Goldman Sachs. He was ...

USTR Ron Kirk congratulates Russia's Trade <br>Minister Elvira Nabiullina on Russia's WTO <br>accession in Geneva in 2011. <br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/us-mission/6526054755/in/set-72157628440587473">US Mission Geneva</a>

MAR 29, 2012 Article

Russia Bulletin (2012): Russia Bulletin, Issue 5

Jackson-Vanik, enacted during the Cold War by the U.S. to restrict trade with the Soviet Union, remains on the books almost 40 years later. Will ...

MAR 23, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Ethics in Banking: Is There Hope for Wall Street?

The very public resignation of Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith is the low point in a bad year for Wall Street. With the Occupy movement ...

MAR 21, 2012 Podcast

Ethics Matter: Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women's World Banking

CEO of Women's World Banking Iskenderian explains why investing in women makes so much sense. She also tackles the recent critiques of microfinance and discusses ...

Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead

MAR 19, 2012 Podcast

Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead

David Rothkopf issues a wake-up call to Americans:  We have to drop our knee-jerk, partisan attitudes and ask, "What will produce the kind of society ...

MAR 13, 2012 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Fruits of Our Labor

Through cultivation of organic mango orchards, Adivasi families in India have been able to build sustainable income and supply the processed-food markets.

MAR 8, 2012 Podcast

Responsible Oversight: How Boards Can Promote Profitable and Ethical Organizations

In this in-depth discussion, participants examine two case-studies, one for-profit and one non-profit organization: Kimberly-Clark (parent company of Kleenex and Huggies, among other brands), and ...

Words by Henry David Thoreau<br>CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/5181314180/in/photostream/" target="_blank">Brett Jordan (CC)</a>

MAR 6, 2012 Podcast

Creating an Ethical Business Culture

Two business school leaders discuss ways that different schools are injecting business ethics into their curricula. "What you have to do is to have the ...