Series: Just Business

Produced by Carnegie Council

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Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.

Business and trade have been integral to societies for centuries. As global markets and supply chains elongate and intertwine, the ethical choices that face global businesses grow ever more complex.

Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.

Together, they explore companies' creative strategies to take stakeholder interests into account, the lessons the private sector holds for civil society, and the tools leaders use when approaching ethically thorny decisions in a business context.

In addition to being posted on our own website, Just Business installments are distributed free of charge to university and public radio stations. Hide full description

Business and trade have been integral to societies for centuries. As global markets and supply chains elongate and intertwine, the ethical choices that face global businesses grow ever more complex. Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society. Together, they explore companies' creative strategies to take stakeholder interests into account, the lessons the private sector holds for civil society, and the tools leaders use when approaching ethically thorny decisions in a business context. In addition to being posted on our own website, Just Business installments... Show full description


32 Pieces

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How can global health be improved? PepsiCo executive Derek Yach speaks about the positive changes corporations are making, and Professor Yanzhong H...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:15:51
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How can global health be improved? PepsiCo executive Derek Yach speaks about the positive changes corporations are making, and Professor Yanzhong H...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:18:50
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In less than a year, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has re-energized the conversation about income inequality, provided a forum for a wide array of cause...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:17:51
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In less than a year, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has re-energized the conversation about income inequality, provided a forum for a wide array of cause...

  • Added: May 08, 2012
  • Length: 00:15:19
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Nobuo Tanaka sees diverse energy sources--including nuclear--as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "POLLI-bricks." This p...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 00:18:10
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Nobuo Tanaka sees alternative energy sources-including nuclear-as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "polli-bricks." This...

  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 00:13:20
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Two business school leaders discuss ways that different schools are injecting business ethics into their curricula. "What you have to do is to have...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:09:58
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Two business school leaders discuss ways that different schools are injecting business ethics into their curricula. "What you have to do is to have...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:21:26
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Apache Capital Management's Philippe Burke supports Occupy Wall Street and has a unique view of the regulatory reforms that could inject accountabi...

  • Added: Feb 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:31:32
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Carnegie Council's Evan O'Neil ponders the future of mega-cities, and leading Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun discusses China's air and water crisi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 00:23:23
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Global migration is a key part of our economic future and one that is often overlooked. Three experts offer very different takes on migration, iden...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2012
  • Length: 00:27:21
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The two most important leadership attributes are empathy and humility, says Ken Kraft. He works with Bank of New York Mellon employees in 36 countr...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 00:26:31
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Angela Maria Kelley, of the Center for American Progress, talks frankly about the difficult practical and ethical questions surrounding U.S. immigr...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:20:40
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Justin Harlow discusses investing in the energy sector in emerging markets. He is the founder and managing partner of Tau Energy Partners, an energ...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:28:13
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In a wide-ranging conversation, former U.S. ambassador Donna Hrinak discusses her regional responsibilities in Latin America, and her global work w...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2011
  • Length: 00:24:59
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As he retools Lipman, a New York advertising agency, Michael Mendenhall discusses a new approach to branding. He also talks about how companies' et...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2011
  • Length: 00:27:59
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David Aylward specializes in a new sector called mobile health, which uses cell phone and other communications technology to connect poor patients ...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:41
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Ashok Vasudevan has what it takes to build commercially viable and socially responsible global companies. Tasty Bite, an all-natural, ready-to-eat ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2011
  • Length: 00:31:05
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Even though U.S. public policies are often lagging behind, pressures from shareholders and investors, greater transparency, and heightened risk awa...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 00:29:42
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Architect and sustainability expert Leigh Stringer is convinced that LEED green buildings are only a piece of the puzzle when designing a sustainab...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 00:33:57