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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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CREDIT: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/73594239@N00/19292543/">Cesar Aponte</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en-us">CC</a>).

JUL 11, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Cap and (Fair) Trade

Climate change is rising on the agenda in many world capitals due in part to the emergence of market-based mechanisms and their embrace by both ...

Malaria mosquito. Photo courtesy of CDC (<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Anopheles_stephensi.jpeg" target=_blank>PD</a>).

MAY 31, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: WHO Pushes Pharmaceutical Innovation

The innovation gap is especially troubling in the pharmaceutical industry, where only a small portion of funding goes toward the diseases that disproportionately affect developing ...

Effective irrigation systems help boost crop quality and yield, lifting farmers out of poverty in rural Mexico.

MAY 7, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Hybrid Value Chains

Ashoka is forging ahead with sustainable enterprise through its Hybrid Value Chain program in rural Mexico. Farmers, citizen sector organizations, and corporations work together to ...

Trade negotiations met with protest. <br>Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/23553050@N00/303489252/in/set-72157594387110179/">Chong Head</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">CC</a>).

APR 17, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Discord over KORUS

NAFTA's defects show room for improvement in trade negotiations. Has the United States struck a fairer deal with South Korea?

Ethanol-added gas pump. Photo by Drew Celley (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

APR 4, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Unethical Ethanol Tariff

Importing Brazilian ethanol made from sugar could reduce U.S. gasoline consumption and environmental footprint, and increased consumption would lead to a higher price for ...

MAR 5, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Ruggie Tells States to Mind Their Businesses

Susan Aaronson outlines the tricky territory of states, corporations, and NGOs that John Ruggie navigated while preparing a United Nations report on human rights and ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.newseum.org/news/2007/12/110-years-ago-in-news-history---yes--virginia--there-is-a-santa-claus-.html">Newseum</a>.

JAN 18, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Yes, Virginia, there is a Corporate Social Responsibility

Riffing on the famous 1897 Sun editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," Frederick argues that the larger purpose of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) advocacy ...

Jerry Sternin

JAN 5, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The Positive Deviance Initiative Story

Policy Innovations interviews Jerry Sternin of the Positive Deviance Initiative.

DEC 19, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: The AccountAbility Story

AccountAbility's mission is to advance innovations in accountability in order to promote sustainable development. It strives to build the definitions and requirements for accountability and ...

DEC 15, 2006 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: Diamond Movie Unearths Rock-hard Ethical Dilemmas

Given that cinema is a cultural tastemaker, Blood Diamond has a chance of damaging the global diamond trade, one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most profitable ...