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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JUL 2, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Google and State Capitalism?
Does the state capitalism model present a challenge to free market political systems? Is Google's confrontation with China a taste of the future? What do ...
JUN 28, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Can Ethics Save Investors?
It is time for ethical conduct to graduate from being a cost of doing business associated with compliance, to a more prominent role as a ...
JUN 28, 2010 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: Chinese Currency and Ethics
When China loosens the peg of its currency to the dollar, the U.S. will benefit--but it may hurt labor in China. While the looser ...
JUN 24, 2010 • Podcast
Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey
How do the views of today's students and CEOs differ with regard to business on a shared planet? IBM engages with the Council's Carnegie New ...
JUN 21, 2010 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Student Attitudes Surveyed
There is a fine line between self-esteem and self-absorption. It is hard to tell which side Generation Y is on, but the IBM Global Student ...
JUN 10, 2010 • Podcast
Green Bonds: Devin Stewart Interviews Christopher Flensborg
Banker Chris Flensborg is one of the pioneers who developed green bonds. Issued by the World Bank, these bonds give institutional investors the opportunity to ...
JUN 8, 2010 • Podcast
The Betrayal of American Prosperity: Free Market Delusions, America's Decline, and How We Must Compete in the Post-Dollar Era
Clyde Prestowitz argues that the U.S. is rapidly losing the basis of its wealth and power, as well as its freedom of action and ...
JUN 4, 2010 • Podcast
Is There a "China Model"? Devin Stewart Interviews Leo Horn-Phathanothai
China has no alternative economic model, says Horn. Its keystone is pragmatism and ad hoc experimentation, combined with the clever exploitation of luck and the ...
JUN 3, 2010 • Podcast
The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?
Ian Bremmer demonstrates the growing challenge that state capitalism will pose for the entire global economy, and what free market nations must do to protect ...
JUN 2, 2010 • Article
Foundations Are Free to Innovate
Charitable and philanthropic foundations hold a uniquely privileged position in society. With the right mix of daring and rigor they can spark real creativity among ...