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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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JAN 4, 2008 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Cooperative Energy Security for Sustainable Development

Cooperative energy security for sustainable development implies a long-term balancing of energy, environment, and economic development. Only a strategic triad of publics, governments, and industry ...

Carmen Duran assembled television <BR>components for Sanyo until her job was <BR>moved to Indonesia.

DEC 23, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Maquilapolis: City of Factories

What is the human price of industrialization and globalization? Maquilapolis: City of Factories highlights what happens when capital comes to town and when it flies ...

Coffee beans before and after roasting. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/akatayama/84707813/">cgfan</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>).

DEC 22, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Black Gold Shows Bitter Trade Problems

Why can't Africa access trade as a tool to generate wealth? Black Gold delves into the international coffee supply chain to find out where the ...

DEC 20, 2007 Podcast

The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico's Silicon Valley

Kevin Gallagher finds that Mexico's post-NAFTA experience of foreign direct investment in its information technology sector, particularly in the Guadalajara region, did not result in ...

DEC 19, 2007 Podcast

Fighting Corruption: Perspectives from the World Bank

Brian Levy discusses the dilemmas of addressing corruption in the context of development work, since the World Bank's primary mission is poverty reduction. New community-driven ...

DEC 17, 2007 Podcast

Responsible Profit: Perspectives from Deutsche Asset Management

Bringing capital into play is the pragmatic and profitable response to climate change, says Mark Fulton of Deutsche Asset Management. Governments are creating a price ...

DEC 17, 2007 Podcast

A Megacommunity at Work on Great Barrier Reef

Christopher Kelly explains how business leaders launched the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to coordinate scientific research and protect the ecosystem. Gradually a megacommunity formed around ...

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DEC 7, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Market Crash May Burst Chinese Bubble Mentality

As the world should have learned from the Enron scandal in the United States, audited returns and sky-high share prices do not good companies make. ...

DEC 7, 2007 Podcast

Branded! How the Certification Revolution is Transforming Global Corporations

Michael Conroy discusses how certification systems, market campaigns, and champions within corporations are driving a major shift in global corporate accountability on social and environmental ...

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DEC 4, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Trade Policy for Humanity

Devin Stewart talks with Susan Aaronson about her new book, "Trade Imbalance: The Struggle to Weigh Human Rights Concerns in Trade Policymaking," coauthored with Jamie ...