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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Carnegie Ethics Fellows
The Carnegie Ethics Fellows program (CEF) seeks to cultivate the next generation of ethical global leaders across business, policy, technology, NGOs, and academia.
Carnegie Ethics Accelerator
The Carnegie Ethics Accelerator is a new kind of incubator designed to empower ethics in the face of swiftly evolving challenges in technology and public policies.
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NOV 4, 2009 • Podcast
Sustainable Branding: A U.S.-Japan Corporate Dialogue
See the highlights from this panel discussion on sustainable branding, with participants from the U.S. and Japan. They address customer engagement, supply chain management, ...
OCT 23, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: How The Yes Men Fix the World
What can it tell us about our system of business ethics when two pranksters emulate corporations acting at their worst and best?
OCT 22, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Beauty Salons Nailed for Labor Violations
Two-thirds of beauty salons have recently instituted green and sustainable practices to protect staff health, but in an industry attractive to immigrants there is a ...
OCT 19, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Paradox of Securitization
The financial crisis has demonstrated that if we are going to act responsibly and make sound economic decisions from inside the capitalist framework, we need ...
OCT 9, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Minding Our Minerals
Certain resources are destined for depletion if they become locked into built infrastructure or recovery costs prove too high. But this could all change if ...
OCT 7, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Informal Economy Pulls Migrants to Europe
Politicians are unwilling to admit that the informal economy provides low-paying work for paperless migrants in Southern Europe, and that border control is impotent without ...
OCT 6, 2009 • Podcast
Crude World: The Violent Twilight of Oil
From Ecuador to Nigeria, in most oil-producing countries oil has not brought any benefits to the poor and has often damaged people's health and ruined ...
OCT 6, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Civilizing Globalization: Human Rights and the Global Economy
Policy Innovations interviews human rights expert David Kinley on his new book Civilising Globalisation: Human Rights and the Global Economy. Kinley explains his strategy for "...
OCT 1, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Six Models for Brand-CSR Integration
Integrating CSR and brand development can be daunting without a road map. This analysis identifies six models that companies can readily replicate in their own ...
SEP 30, 2009 • Podcast
Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System
The spread of the financial crisis from a few developed countries to the entire global economy provides tangible evidence that the international trade and financial ...