Global Ethics Corner

Series produced by Carnegie Council

Series image

Global Ethics Corner is a weekly 2-minute interstitial examination of newsworthy ethical issues, hosted and produced by Carnegie Council Senior Fellow William Vocke.

The Global Ethics Corner is a weekly multimedia production that examines an intriguing ethical puzzle presented in international affairs. Host William Vocke presents alternative views and asks the listener to consider various implications. Available since October 2008, Global Ethics Corner can be featured both on-air as a radio module and on Web sites as a multi-media offering.


211 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Piece image
The hope that existed at the beginning Arab Spring has been marred by violence and conflict in Syria, Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere. Have we entered ...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
Piece image
The European Union has faced criticism in recent years for not doing enough to promote democratic values abroad. With the formation of the European...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
Piece image
Facing prosecution for illegally downloading millions of academic articles, Internet activist Aaron Swartz recently committed suicide. Should Swart...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:13
Piece image
A brutal gang rape on a New Delhi bus has sparked global outrage and national soul-searching in India. Many are calling for the death penalty for t...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:02
Piece image
Marine fish stocks are dangerously low, but this hasn't stopped China from sending its fishing fleets to distant waters, sometimes illegally. Could...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
Piece image
Despite making valuable contributions to the U.S. military since the Civil War, women are still technically excluded from direct ground combat role...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:59
Piece image
Recent acquittals of Croat and Kosovo-Albanian officials in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have left some doubting t...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 02:16
Piece image
From Spain to Scotland to even the United States, separatist movements are making headlines. Do any of these have a chance to succeed? Or all they ...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2012
  • Length: 02:02
Piece image
After decades of violence, rebel group FARC is negotiating with the Colombian government. The group has unsuccessfully petitioned the American gove...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:08
Piece image
As Burma begins to reform its government, the U.S. has been quick to begin normalizing relations with the Asian state. Are geostrategic considerati...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:09
Piece image
Is it time to reform the U.S. electoral structure? Should more views be represented? Do narrow interests have too much power?

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 02:03
Piece image
As Superstorm Sandy made clear, natural disasters can wreak havoc on rich and poor countries, alike. However, the Western media's coverage often ti...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Anti-gay legislation is garnering support in Ukraine and many other countries are backtracking on equal rights for homosexuals. Is there anything i...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
Now that scientists are able to create fertile mammal eggs using stem cells, many people are asking some tough ethical questions. Has science gone ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:06
Piece image
Under rules codified at the 1961 Vienna Convention, diplomatic missions are generally considered inviolable. But with the murder of Libya Ambassado...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:07
Piece image
With real economic benefits and perceived environmental ones, local food has been branded as an ethical alternative to the mass-produced variety. B...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2012
  • Length: 02:10
Piece image
With a U.S.-made anti-Islam film angering many in the Muslim world, some are wondering if there is an unbridgeable divide between the two cultures....

  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Piece image
With the publishing of "No Easy Day," a tell-all from a retired Navy SEAL about the raid that killed bin Laden, questions are being asked about how...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2012
  • Length: 01:53
Piece image
It's been about 20 years since South Africa emerged from apartheid, but a recent series of violent confrontations between police and striking mine ...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Piece image
With the crisis in Syria escalating, many analysts think a lasting resolution will be found in an internationally negotiated comprehensive settleme...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:09