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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OCT 7, 2008 • Podcast
Public Ethics Radio: Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse
There is a powerful case that corporations and countries that buy natural resources from bad actors in developing countries are violating the property rights of ...
OCT 2, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The Difference Makers
Sandra Waddock's book "The Difference Makers" tells the stories of nearly two dozen innovators who pioneered the corporate responsibility movement over the past quarter century.
OCT 2, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Laws Gone Wild in Ecuador
Ecuador is the first country to constitutionally enact ecosystem rights, expanding the mandate of environmental protection beyond personal injury and corporate license to pollute.
SEP 23, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: The Race to the Middle
Recent developments in the case law of Mexico and the United States suggest that labor standards between these trading partners may actually be converging.
SEP 19, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Yoga Bends the Globalization Stereotype
The worldwide popularity of yoga proves that globalization is flowing in every direction, and has been for a while.
SEP 5, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: From Mules to Biofuels
Policymakers have two main concerns when it comes to ethanol: the effect of demand on food prices, and the environmental benefits. While families were sharing ...
AUG 14, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Cogeneration Can Slash Carbon and Costs
At home or on the city level, cogeneration of electricity and heat is one of the most promising means of using existing technologies to increase ...
JUL 23, 2008 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Fuel Costs Clip Airline Wings
The rising price of jet fuel has the global airline industry struggling to cut costs and stay aloft, but it also incentivizes the development of ...
JUL 22, 2008 • Podcast
Devin Stewart Interviews Jeff Hittner of IBM
Jeff Hittner, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Leader for the IBM Global Business Services, gives examples of how CSR is not a company expense or philanthropic ...
JUL 11, 2008 • Podcast
The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security
From economic growth to cultural exports, the global distribution of power is shifting from "the West" to the rest of the world. This panel addresses ...