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APR 4, 2012 Podcast

The "How" of Business Ethics in the Financial Sector

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 ...

Robert Shiller

APR 4, 2012 Podcast

Finance and the Good Society

Despite the financial industry's bad reputation in the wake of the financial crisis, finance could be one of the most powerful tools we have for ...

MAR 30, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Health Care in America: Should all Americans have a Right to Affordable Care?

With the Supreme Court set to make a decision, the Affordable Care Act is a major source of debate in the United States. Do all ...

The Race for What is Left

MAR 26, 2012 Podcast

The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources

As we run out of resources, the human race is at a pivotal point. We have two options: We can continue along the same path, ...

MAR 23, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Ethics in Banking: Is There Hope for Wall Street?

The very public resignation of Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith is the low point in a bad year for Wall Street. With the Occupy movement ...

MAR 21, 2012 Podcast

Ethics Matter: Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO of Women's World Banking

CEO of Women's World Banking Iskenderian explains why investing in women makes so much sense. She also tackles the recent critiques of microfinance and discusses ...

MAR 19, 2012 Podcast

Iran: A Diplomatic Solution

In this knowledgeable and detailed talk, Ambassador Pickering cuts through the current hysteria about Iran, stressing that we still have time for diplomacy. In fact ...

Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead

MAR 19, 2012 Podcast

Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government--and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead

David Rothkopf issues a wake-up call to Americans:  We have to drop our knee-jerk, partisan attitudes and ask, "What will produce the kind of society ...

MAR 16, 2012 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: "Kony 2012": The Power of Simplicity or the Perils of Oversimplification?

Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign has reached critical mass and turned Joseph Kony into a household name. But does the organization's simplified message misinform the public ...

U.S. bomber flies a combat patrol over Afghanistan, 2008.<br> CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mateus27_24-25/3583224561/in/photostream/" target=_blank">Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, U.S. Air Force</a>

MAR 16, 2012 Podcast

Seth Lazar on Self-Defense in War

Does all killing in war come down to self-defense? This view makes a lot of intuitive sense, but it turns out to pose a serious ...