The Power of Safety: How Safe Habits Triggered Responsibility at Alcoa (Transcript) | 09/11/12 Business ethics professor and former Alcoa VP Bill O'Rourke shows how making safety a top priority transformed Alcoa across the board, in every aspect of its business. In this interactive session, he works through specific cases to demonstrate its impact.
Beyond the Checkbook: New Models for Corporate Philanthropy (Transcript) | 06/29/12 This workshop features representatives from Citi Foundation, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Liquidnet for Good, and the UN Population Fund. Together with businesspeople and Carnegie New Leaders, they discuss new trends and challenges in modern philanthropy.
The "How" of Business Ethics in the Financial Sector (Transcript) | 04/04/12 With his public resignation letter, Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith lamented "the decline in the firm's moral fiber." How can financial managers strengthen the ethical backbones of their organizations? What can a junior-level employee do to influence the firm's direction?
Responsible Oversight: How Boards can Promote Profitable and Ethical Organizations (Audio) | 03/16/12 In this in-depth discussion, participants examine two case-studies, one for-profit and one non-profit organization: Kimberly-Clark (parent company of Kleenex and Huggies, among other brands), and iMentor, a youth-mentoring program that helps students graduate from high school.
Responsible Oversight: How Boards Can Promote Profitable and Ethical Organizations (Transcript) | 03/08/12 In this in-depth discussion, participants examine two case-studies, one for-profit and one non-profit organization: Kimberly-Clark (parent company of Kleenex and Huggies, among other brands), and iMentor, a youth-mentoring program that helps students graduate from high school.
Disruptive Management: Fostering Transparency, Dialogue, and Innovation in Today's Business Climate (Video Clip) | 12/21/11 Technological innovation and the spread of social media have created a bevy of new considerations for companies, such as learning how to engage in meaningful dialogue with their stakeholders--including their employees.
Disruptive Management: Fostering Transparency, Dialogue, and Innovation in Today's Business Climate (Audio) | 12/15/11 Technological innovation and the spread of social media have created a bevy of new considerations for companies, such as learning how to engage in meaningful dialogue with their stakeholders--including their employees.
Disruptive Management: Fostering Transparency, Dialogue, and Innovation in Today's Business Climate (Transcript) | 12/15/11 Technological innovation and the spread of social media have created a bevy of new considerations for companies, such as learning how to engage in meaningful dialogue with their stakeholders--including their employees.
Confronting Corruption and Ethics in Emerging Markets (Video Clip) | 12/08/11 Is it possible to grow a company to $1 billion in revenue in Russia without giving a single bribe? In this interactive workshop with high-level professionals, Alcoa's Bill O'Rourke shares how he navigated the murky ethical conundrums that come with leadership of a global business.
Entering India: Creating an Ethical Multicultural Business (Audio) | 10/24/11 In this interactive, case-based workshop, CEO Ashok Vasudevan shares how he bought a failing company and turned it into an ethical, innovative, and highly successful business. Although the business is in India, he points out that the ethical issues are universal.
Entering India: Creating an Ethical Multicultural Business (Transcript) | 10/24/11 In this interactive, case-based workshop, CEO Ashok Vasudevan shares how he bought a failing company and turned it into an ethical, innovative, and highly successful business. Although the business is in India, he points out that the ethical issues are universal.
Yahoo! and YouTube: Balancing Human Rights and Business (Video Clip) | 10/03/11 How do companies such as Yahoo! and YouTube decide on whether disturbing material should be banned from their sites? What are the free speech and human rights issues involved? What guidelines do they use? This fascinating workshop discusses specific cases.
Yahoo! and YouTube: Balancing Human Rights and Business (Audio) | 09/27/11 How do companies such as Yahoo! and YouTube decide on whether disturbing material should be banned from their sites? What are the free speech and human rights issues involved? What guidelines do they use? This fascinating workshop discusses specific cases.
Yahoo! and YouTube: Balancing Human Rights and Business (Transcript) | 09/27/11 How do companies such as Yahoo! and YouTube decide on whether disturbing material should be banned from their sites? What are the free speech and human rights issues involved? What guidelines do they use? This fascinating workshop discusses specific cases.
Confronting Corruption and Ethics in Emerging Markets (Audio) | 06/17/11 Is it possible to grow a company to $1 billion in revenue in Russia without giving a single bribe? In this interactive workshop with high-level professionals, Alcoa's Bill O'Rourke shares how he navigated the murky ethical conundrums that that come with leadership of a global business.
Confronting Corruption and Ethics in Emerging Markets (Transcript) | 06/17/11 Is it possible to grow a company to $1 billion in revenue in Russia without giving a single bribe? In this interactive workshop with high-level professionals, Alcoa's Bill O'Rourke shares how he navigated the murky ethical conundrums that that come with leadership of a global business.
Rise of the Rest IV: Critical Regions in Crisis (Audio) | 05/31/11 Optimistic and bleak by turns, a panel of experts analyzes the dilemmas facing the rising and existing powers--from protests across the Middle East, to the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, to rising food and oil prices across the world.
Rise of the Rest IV: Critical Regions in Crisis (Transcript) | 05/27/11 Optimistic and bleak by turns, a panel of experts analyzes the dilemmas facing the rising and existing powers--from protests across the Middle East, to the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, to rising food and oil prices across the world.
Rise of the Rest IV: Critical Regions in Crisis (Video) | 05/19/11 Optimistic and bleak by turns, a panel of experts analyzes the dilemmas facing the rising and existing powers--from protests across the Middle East, to the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, to rising food and oil prices across the world.
The U.S. Navy's New Energy Revolution (Video) | 04/13/11 Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is working to chart a new course for the Navy and Marine Corps, that by 2020 will dramatically reduce the Navy's consumption of fossil fuels. He also prepared the long-term recovery plan for the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the oil spill.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2011 (Video) | 03/09/11 In this lively discussion, economist Daniel Altman, political scientist/risk expert Ian Bremmer, and economic and political analyst Zachary Karabell present what each sees as the top risks for this year--and well beyond.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2011 (Transcript) | 01/28/11 In this lively discussion, economist Daniel Altman, political scientist/risk expert Ian Bremmer, and economic and political analyst Zachary Karabell present what each sees as the top risks for this year—-and well beyond.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2011 (Audio) | 01/21/11 In this lively discussion, economist Daniel Altman, political scientist/risk expert Ian Bremmer, and economic and political analyst Zachary Karabell present what each sees as the top risks for this year--and well beyond.
Leading by Example (Video) | 12/22/10 Representatives from the Navy, the Marines, and the Army Corps of Engineers illustrate how the U.S. military is on the forefront of efforts to develop and implement renewable, clean energy sources, both to power U.S. forces and to combat climate change.
Sustainable Societies (Video) | 11/24/10 What will it take to build sustainable societies? The panel includes Sartaz Ahmed of Booz and Company on building sustainable cities; Larry Burns (formerly of GM) on clean vehicles; and architect Joan Krevlin on green buildings.
Eco Innovations: Small Sparks, Big Impact (Video) | 11/17/10 How do sustainable innovations make it to market? Three very different inventors talk about their creative process, how their inventions have had a social impact, and what a more sustainable society might look like.
The U.S. Navy's New Energy Revolution (Transcript) | 11/15/10 Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is working to chart a new course for the Navy and Marine Corps, that by 2020 will dramatically reduce the Navy's consumption of fossil fuels. He also prepared the long-term recovery plan for the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the oil spill.
The U.S. Navy's New Energy Revolution (Audio) | 11/11/10 Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus is working to chart a new course for the Navy and Marine Corps, that by 2020 will dramatically reduce the Navy's consumption of fossil fuels. He also prepared the long-term recovery plan for the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the oil spill.
Sustainable Societies (Transcript) | 10/18/10 What will it take to build sustainable societies? The panel includes Sartaz Ahmed of Booz and Company on building sustainable cities; Larry Burns (formerly of GM) on clean vehicles; and architect Joan Krevlin on green buildings.
Sustainable Societies (Audio) | 10/13/10 What will it take to build sustainable societies? The panel includes Sartaz Ahmed of Booz and Company on building sustainable cities; Larry Burns (formerly of GM) on clean vehicles; and architect Joan Krevlin on green buildings.
Leading by Example (Transcript) | 10/04/10 Representatives from the Navy, the Marines, and the Army Corps of Engineers illustrate how the U.S. military is on the forefront of efforts to develop and implement renewable, clean energy sources.
Leading by Example (Audio) | 09/28/10 Representatives from the Navy, the Marines, and the Army Corps of Engineers illustrate how the U.S. military is on the forefront of efforts to develop and implement renewable, clean energy sources, both to power U.S. forces and to combat climate change.
Eco Innovations: Small Spark, Big Impact (Transcript) | 09/22/10 How do sustainable innovations make it to market? Three very different inventors talk about their creative process, how their inventions have had a social impact, and what a more sustainable society might look like.
Eco Innovations: Small Sparks, Big Impact (Audio) | 09/17/10 How do sustainable innovations make it to market? Three very different inventors talk about their creative process, how their inventions have had a social impact, and what a more sustainable society might look like.
Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey (Transcript) | 06/24/10 How do the views of today's students and CEOs differ with regard to business on a shared planet? IBM engages with the Council's Carnegie New Leaders and the Workshops for Ethics in Business program to understand these emerging perspectives.
Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey (Video) | 06/18/10 How do the views of today's students and CEOs differ with regard to business on a shared planet? IBM has engaged with the Council's Carnegie New Leaders and the Workshops for Ethics in Business program to understand these emerging perspectives.
Future Leaders and Global Business Values: The IBM Worldwide Student Survey (Audio) | 06/17/10 How do the views of today's students and CEOs differ with regard to business on a shared planet? IBM engages with the Council's Carnegie New Leaders and the Workshops for Ethics in Business program to understand these emerging perspectives.
Top Risks and the Ethical Decisions for 2010 (Video) | 06/16/10 What's next? Using Eurasia Group's Top Risks as a starting point for identifying the major global challenges in 2010, the panelists identify what they see on the horizon and discuss the ethical issues involved.
Global Jobs Update, Part Two (Video, Part 2) | 03/24/10 A panel of experts from the International Labour Organization, business, academia, and the EU discuss the actions taken to address this multi-faceted crisis, and give suggestions for further ways to generate jobs.
Global Jobs Update, Part One (Video, Part 1) | 03/17/10 A panel of experts from the International Labour Organization, business, academia, and the EU discuss the actions taken to address this multi-faceted crisis, and give suggestions for further ways to generate jobs.
Rise of the Rest III: Climate Change, Energy, and Global Governance after the Financial Crisis (Transcript) | 03/17/10 This panel focuses on global governance since the financial crisis, in particular on climate change, energy security, and issues of consensus, common ethics, and trust.
Rise of the Rest III: Climate Change, Energy, and Global Governance after the Financial Crisis (Audio) | 03/12/10 This panel focuses on global governance since the financial crisis, in particular on climate change, energy security, and issues of consensus, common ethics, and trust.
Rise of the Rest III: Climate Change, Energy, and Global Governance after the Financial Crisis (Video) | 03/09/10 This panel focuses on global governance since the financial crisis, in particular on climate change, energy security, and issues of consensus, common ethics, and trust.
Global Jobs Update: Assessing the Quality and Pace of Recovery (Transcript) | 02/26/10 A panel of experts from the International Labour Organization, business, academia, and the EU discuss the actions taken to address this multi-faceted crisis, and give suggestions for further ways to generate jobs.
Global Jobs Update: Assessing the Quality and Pace of Recovery (Audio) | 02/22/10 A panel of experts from the ILO, business, academia, and the EU discuss the actions taken to address this multi-faceted crisis, and give suggestions for further ways to generate jobs.
Global Jobs Update: Assessing the Quality and Pace of Recovery (Full Video) | 02/18/10 A panel of experts from the International Labour Organization, business, academia, and the EU discuss the actions taken to address this multi-faceted crisis, and give suggestions for further ways to generate jobs.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2010 (Transcript) | 01/20/10 What's next? Using Eurasia Group's Top Risks as a starting point for identifying the major global challenges in 2010, the panelists identify what they see on the horizon and discuss the ethical issues involved.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2010 (Audio) | 01/15/10 What's next? Using Eurasia Group's Top Risks as a starting point for identifying the major global challenges in 2010, the panelists identify what they see on the horizon and discuss the ethical issues involved.
Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System (Transcript) | 09/30/09 The spread of the financial crisis from a few developed countries to the entire global economy provides tangible evidence that the international trade and financial system needs to be profoundly reformed, says Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Columbia economist Jose Antonio Ocampo.
Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System (Audio) | 09/24/09 The spread of the financial crisis from a few developed countries to the entire global economy provides tangible evidence that the international trade and financial system needs to be profoundly reformed, says Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Columbia economist Jose Antonio Ocampo.
Reform of the International Monetary and Financial System (Video) | 09/21/09 The spread of the financial crisis from a few developed countries to the entire global economy provides tangible evidence that the international trade and financial system needs to be profoundly reformed, says Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
Restoring Trust in the Global Financial System (Video) | 09/09/09 This Workshop for Ethics in Business panel analyzes the growing lack of trust in the financial system and how it threatens to keep the global economy in the doldrums. What are the ways to best restore that trust?
Forced to Labor: The Cost of Coercion (Video) | 07/15/09 The Carnegie Council and the International Labour Organization (ILO) present a unique look at modern slavery from the personal, policy, and enforcement perspectives, to shed light on an insidious practice that has become part of today's labor markets.
Forced to Labor: The Cost of Coercion (Transcript) | 05/26/09 The Carnegie Council and the International Labour Organization (ILO) present a unique look at modern slavery from the personal, policy, and enforcement perspectives, to shed light on an insidious practice that has become part of today's labor markets.
The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security (Video) | 05/20/09 From economic growth to cultural exports, the global distribution of power is shifting from "the West" to the rest of the world. This panel addresses the effects of this emerging new reality, many of which are already underway.
Forced to Labor: The Cost of Coercion (Audio) | 05/18/09 The Carnegie Council and the International Labour Organization (ILO) present a unique look at modern slavery from the personal, policy, and enforcement perspectives, to shed light on an insidious practice that has become part of today's labor markets.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2009 (Video) | 04/29/09 What dangers are lurking for 2009? Taking Eurasia Group's list of Top Risks as a starting point, this lively discussion examines the ethical aspects of these issues.
Restoring Trust in the Global Financial System (Transcript) | 04/22/09 This Workshop for Ethics in Business panel analyzes the growing lack of trust in the financial system and how it threatens to keep the global economy in the doldrums. What are the ways to best restore that trust?
Restoring Trust in the Global Financial System (Audio) | 04/16/09 This Workshop for Ethics in Business panel analyzes the growing lack of trust in the financial system and how it threatens to keep the global economy in the doldrums. What are the ways to best restore that trust?
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2009 (Transcript) | 01/26/09 What dangers are lurking for 2009? Taking Eurasia Group's list of Top Risks as a starting point, this lively discussion examines the ethical aspects of these issues.
Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2009 (Audio) | 01/15/09 What dangers are lurking for 2009? Taking Eurasia Group's list of Top Risks as a starting point, this lively discussion examines the ethical aspects of these issues.
Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities (Transcript) | 12/16/08 The international community has begun to consider the "highest attainable standard of health" as a fundamental component of the human rights agenda, alongside related issues of poverty and adequate access to water and sanitation.
Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities (Audio) | 12/04/08 The international community has begun to consider the "highest attainable standard of health" as a fundamental component of the human rights agenda, alongside related issues of poverty and adequate access to water and sanitation.
Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities (Video) | 12/02/08 The international community has begun to consider the "highest attainable standard of health" as a fundamental component of the human rights agenda, alongside related issues of poverty and adequate access to water and sanitation.
Can Web 2.0 Revolutionize Corporate Responsibility? (Transcript) | 10/30/08 This lively panel examines the intersection of Web 2.0 technologies and the effort to hold corporations to account for both the harms and benefits they create.
Can Web 2.0 Revolutionize Corporate Responsibility? (Audio) | 10/27/08 This lively panel examines the intersection of Web 2.0 technologies and the effort to hold corporations to account for both the harms and benefits they create.
Can Web 2.0 Revolutionize Corporate Responsibility? (Video) | 10/03/08 This lively panel examines the intersection of Web 2.0 technologies and the effort to hold corporations to account for both the harms and benefits they create.
Cyberethics: The Emerging Codes of Online Conduct (Transcript) | 07/31/08 A panel of old and new media experts explore the changing communications landscape as new media grows in different directions and becomes more and more influential.
The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security (Transcript) | 07/11/08 From economic growth to cultural exports, the global distribution of power is shifting from "the West" to the rest of the world. This panel addresses the effects of this emerging new reality.
The Rise of the Rest II: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security (Audio) | 07/08/08 From economic growth to cultural exports, the global distribution of power is shifting from "the West" to the rest of the world. This panel addresses the effects of this emerging new reality, many of which are already underway.
Olympic Mettle: Business, Civil Society, and Politics During the Beijing Games (Transcript) | 05/29/08 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 the games have on China?
Olympic Mettle: Business, Civil Society, and Politics During the Beijing Games (Audio) | 05/27/08 This expert panel focuses on the ethics of engagement with China in the context of the Olympics. What lasting positive or negative effects, if any, will the games have on China?
New Media and Chinese Nationalism (Video) | 05/16/08 Journalist Thomas Crampton looks at how Chinese nationalism is being expressed in new digital media, including what he calls "user-generated propaganda" on YouTube and anti-foreigner sentiments in online video games.
Cyberethics: The Emerging Codes of Online Conduct (Audio) | 04/10/08 A panel of experts on old and new media, ranging from newspapers to blogs and Second Life, explore the codes of online conduct that are emerging as new media gains more influence in political and business affairs.
Cyberethics: The Emerging Codes of Online Conduct | 04/10/08 The Internet presents a paradigm shift in the domain of human communication, with special consequences for media and publishing.
Cyberethics: The Emerging Codes of Online Conduct (Video) | 04/03/08 A panel of old and new media experts explore the codes of online conduct that are emerging as new media gains more influence in political and business affairs.
Fighting Corruption: Perspectives from the World Bank (Audio) | 12/19/07 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 funding projects produce quality infrastructure and put developing countries more in the driver's seat.
Responsible Profit: Perspectives from Deutsche Asset Management (Audio) | 12/17/07 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 for carbon, explicitly through emissions trading and implicitly through taxes, subsidies, and standards.
Responsible Profit: Crafting a Fair Climate Agreement (Audio) | 12/17/07 Nikhil Chandavarkar of the UN says Developed countries focus on mitigation and absolute emissions levels, whereas developing countries cite their low per capita emissions and their need for adaptation, technology, and finance. Negotiators must reconcile these concerns to craft a fair successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol.
A Megacommunity at Work on Great Barrier Reef (Audio) | 12/17/07 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 the foundation, uniting government, industry, and civil society.
Responsible Profit: Climate Change and the Green Economy | 11/13/07 This rapporteur's summary from the third Workshop for Ethics in Business features discussion of the social aspiration gap, personal carbon trading, building megacommunities to solve collective problems, fair negotiating with developing countries, and a carbon price for the financial sector.
Lessons from the Montreal Protocol (Video) | 10/31/07 What lessons were learned from the Montreal Protocol's success in curbing ozone depletion and how can we apply them to global climate change? EPA officials and industry leaders discuss the need for sound science, a flexible international agreement, and business innovation.
Corruption in the Public Eye (Video) | 10/11/07 Documentarian Steve Dorst reflects on public perceptions of corruption and whether we're making progress combating it. This video was screened on September 19 at a GPI Workshop for Ethics in Business on fighting corruption.
Innovations in Fighting Corruption | 09/24/07 This is a rapporteur's summary from Global Policy Innovations' second Workshop for Ethics and Business. The speakers include representatives from AccountAbility, GE, Lockheed Martin, and the World Bank.
Climate Change and the Precautionary Principle (Video) | 09/06/07 Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency discuss the success of the Montreal Protocol in limiting ozone depletion. They also reflect on scientific certainty, public policy, and the relevance of the precautionary principle for remedying climate change.
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the Importance of Human Rights Policies (Audio) | 03/22/07 This talk was part of the event "Taking Stock of Business and Human Rights: Policies and Practices," cosponsored by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the Carnegie Council.
The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and the Emergence of Corporate Human Rights Policies (Audio) | 03/22/07 This talk was part of the event "Taking Stock of Business and Human Rights: Policies and Practices," cosponsored by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the Carnegie Council.
Perspectives from BP and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Business and Human Rights (Audio) | 03/22/07 This talk was part of the event "Taking Stock of Business and Human Rights: Policies and Practices," cosponsored by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre and the Carnegie Council.
Taking Stock of Business and Human Rights: Policies and Practices (Transcript) | 03/22/07 Christine Bader, Joanne Bauer, and David Schilling discuss corporate social responsibility.
