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Karl Hofmann on Private Sector Tools in Promoting Global Health

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
Length: 27:04

"We strongly believe that markets can be made to work for the poor in ways that far surpass the ability of the public sector and other interventions to really have the impact that we need at scale," says PSI President Karl Hoffman. Read the full description.

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Carnegie Council's Advocates for Ethics in Business is a unique series of interviews that includes conversations with business, civil society, and academic leaders. Through their discussions, these leaders share innovative ideas, examine the role of business in society, and address the ethical considerations connected to conducting business globally.

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Carnegie Council's Advocates for Ethics in Business is a unique series of interviews that includes conversations with business, civil society, and academic leaders. Through their discussions, these leaders share innovative ideas, examine the role of business in society, and address the ethical considerations connected to conducting business globally.

Transcript

JULIA TAYLOR KENNEDY: Welcome to Global Ethics Forum. I'm Julia Taylor Kennedy, here with Karl Hofmann to discuss private sector tools in promoting global health.

As president and CEO of PSI, which stands for Population Services International, Hofmann is uniquely qualified to talk about issues of business and public health. After all, PSI has won Fast Company's Social Capitalist Award twice for using private sector marketing tools to raise awareness of global health.

The NGO has also created innovative ways to partner with multinational corporations and local developing-world organizations in an effort to avoid top-down solutions to health problems.

Karl Hofmann, welcome to Global Ethics Forum.

KARL HOFMANN: Thank you. A pleasure to be here, Julia.

JULIA TAYLOR KENNEDY: Let's start with a bit of background about PSI. What are the main health issues that you are confronting at your o...
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Additional Credits

William Vocke- Producer, Program Director, Writer and Voice Talent
Deborah Carroll- Production Manager
Julia Kennedy- Content Editor, Producer/Host of Advocates for Ethics in Business
Robert Smithline- Editor
Terence Hurley- Editor
Ina Pira- Production Assistant

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