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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...