Just Business

Series 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


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"Although there is no magic bullet, social entrepreneurship unlocks everybody's ability to be a change maker and to participate in the solutions to...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 29:45
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Can MBAs be held to "do no harm" standards similar to those of MDs? The MBA Oath was created by a group of Class of 2009 Graduates of Harvard Busin...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 26:40
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Author and eco-entrepreneur Roo Rogers' ventures include an alternative town-car service that uses hybrid cars. His recent book, "What's Mine is Yo...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 24:01
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Jerusha Klemperer, associate director of programs at Slow Food USA, explains the differences between slow and fast food and discusses food equity--...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:44
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Everyone knows that the only real solution to piracy in the Indian Ocean is to stabilize Somalia and revive its economy, says Merchant Marine Capta...

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  • Added: Mar 07, 2011
  • Length: 24:31
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Women and girls are a powerful accelerator for change, says Nike Foundation's Swan Paik. By allowing girls to fall through irreversible trap doors ...

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  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 30:32
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"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some sylvan suburb," says...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
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Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries come from creative people and that teams are especially productive. So ...

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  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 24:01
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Author Alexis Madrigal examines the history of green technologies in America and shows how they have been entangled with culture, ethics, and gover...

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  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:42
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Michael Ellis, from the sustainability consulting firm GreenOrder, discusses how companies can work with employees to make sure they're onboard wit...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 29:18
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How does capital flight work and how big a problem is it? Krishen Mehta of Global Financial Integrity (GFI) explains that in total, developing coun...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2011
  • Length: 29:43
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Is Bernie Madoff a monster or is it easier than you might think to slip over the line? Diana B. Henriques explores the ethical questions raised by ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2011
  • Length: 34:20
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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: 33:57
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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: 29:42
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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: 31:05
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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: 29:41
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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: 27:59
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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: 24:59
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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: 28:13
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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: 20:40