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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OCT 16, 2018 • Video
Ethics in Business: In Their Own Words, with CFA Institute's Paul Smith
As part of a film series on ethics in business, Paul Smith, president and CEO of CFA Institute, discusses ethical issues in financial management. What ...
OCT 16, 2018 • Video
Ethics in Business: In Their Own Words, with ACCA's Helen Brand
Helen Brand, chief executive of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), explains the role of ethics in accounting. She details the Association's role in ...
AUG 27, 2018 • Podcast
Political Influence Operations, with Darren E. Tromblay
"I see Russia as conducting more smash-and-grab type influence operations. China is in it for the longer term," says author and former U.S. government ...
JUL 16, 2018 • Podcast
American vs. Chinese Propaganda, with Robert Daly
As China's middle class grows, Hollywood is making films with this audience in mind, says the Wilson Center's Robert Daly, previously a producer for the ...
MAY 17, 2018 • Podcast
Greed, Movies, and Capitalism with Ethicist John Paul Rollert
Every capitalist economy struggles with how to come to terms with greed, says John Paul Rollert, an expert on the intellectual history of capitalism. He ...
MAY 17, 2018 • Transcript
Designing the Workplace with AI and Robots, with Arisa Ema
In Japan we used to hear the phrase "AI and robots will solve our social problems." But AI and robots also create other new social ...
APR 3, 2018 • Podcast
The Dangers of a Digital Democracy, with Rana Foroohar
The revelations about the misuse of Facebook data have started a pushback against the top five big tech companies: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google. ...
MAR 5, 2018 • Podcast
Necessary Evil: How to Fix Finance by Saving Human Rights, with David Kinley
Rich and poor, we're all dependent on the global financial system and it can be a force for good, says human rights law professor David ...
JAN 30, 2018 • Podcast
"Modern Slavery" with Siddharth Kara
In his third book on slavery, which took 16 years of research, Siddharth Kara calculates that there are roughly 31 million slaves worldwide, at least half of ...
JAN 8, 2018 • Article
Russian Soft Power in France: Assessing Moscow's Cultural and Business Para-diplomacy
Don't miss this fascinating account that maps Russian soft power in France by looking at networks that are not directly state-produced: diaspora organizations, those linked ...