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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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Lots of natural light at the <br>New Belgium Brewery. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/smason/35596350/">Sean Mason</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUL 1, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Green Beer

Once reserved for St. Patrick's Day, green beer is now available year round in the form of more ecologically sound beers. Companies across the globe ...

Security camera, friend or foe? Photo by <br><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/32557536/">Thomas Hawk</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 25, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: U Made an Illegal U-Turn

The South Korean metropolis of New Songdo is slated to be the world's largest "ubiquitous city," with tracking devices everywhere. The entrenchment of social surveillance ...

Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/smallcommabig/1630615364/">Michael Brenton</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

JUN 20, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Big Beer Brewing

Many beer lovers fear that industry consolidation will lead to homogenization -- a process some deride as "lagerization."

JUN 18, 2008 Podcast

The Future of the Automobile

General Motors' Larry Burns envisions the future: Electric cars that will deliver today's freedoms at more reasonable prices, and without today's environmental, safety, and congestion ...

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JUN 17, 2008 Podcast

Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia

"There's no one to talk to since Mahatma Gandhi died," sighs Putin. In a funny and frightening talk, Marshall Goldman unravels the tangled links between ...

When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line

JUN 3, 2008 Podcast

When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line

Geoffrey Heal examines how social and environmental performance affects a corporation's profitability and how the stock market reacts to a firm's behavior in these areas.

MAY 29, 2008 Podcast

Olympic Mettle: Business, Civil Society, and Politics During the Beijing Games

An expert panel discusses the ethics of engagement with China in the context of the Olympics. What lasting positive or negative effects, if any, will ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/guuleed/134333025/">Guled Hussein</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 24, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Building a Foundation of Trust

China's presence in Africa is often viewed as part of the scramble for resources, but it also opens the door to U.S.-China cooperation ...

Greenwash may backfire during recession. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/velo_city/221532423/">velo_city</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 22, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Growing Green During Downturn

With the threat of recession, the emphasis on green in business is shifting from the environment back to dollars.

CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/ttstam/1860612991/">Terence T. S. <br>Tam</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

APR 22, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Rising Sun for Electric Cars

Southern New Hampshire University is experimenting with parking lot solar to charge electric cars and feed renewable energy back into the grid.