FEB 20, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: The Great Firewall of China
Should foreign companies fudge a commitment to free speech to gain early market access? Is some information better than none, or is censorship a black ...
FEB 18, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: The New Ethic of Public Diplomacy
With President Obama's choice for under secretary of public diplomacy still unknown, it's hard to gauge where strategic communications are headed. But in the era ...
FEB 11, 2009 • Podcast
Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century
Once the stuff of science fiction, robotics are already changing the way wars are being fought, says P.W. Singer. How will they affect the ...
FEB 9, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Innovations: Black Carbon an Easy Target for Climate Change
The particulate matter called black carbon is the second most potent greenhouse warming agent after carbon dioxide. Filtering it out of diesel emissions today would ...
FEB 3, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Briefings: How Japan Became an Efficiency Superpower
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pushed for concrete carbon reductions at Davos this year, three decades after oil shocks propelled Japan toward "efficiency superpower" status. ...
FEB 3, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Time to Cash Out
Widespread adoption of electronic forms of payment will depend heavily on trust, but it could close some loopholes and jolt the world economy.
JAN 30, 2009 • Podcast
Global Ethics Corner: How Real Is Virtual?
Virtual worlds are online environments in which users interact via self-designed persona called avatars. Virtual reality can be entertaining and educational, but at what point ...
JAN 21, 2009 • Article
Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Is Ethical Capitalism Possible?
How can business models become more sustainable? Fortunately, global human civilization has all the moral tools it needs.