28 videos tagged corporate ethics
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Eric Schlosser
Is deregulation a good thing?
In the US, the attitude of government towards controlling corporations changes from administration to administration. Periods of greater or lesser regulation result. Schlosser believes…
Recorded: 28 October 2006
Dame Anita Roddick
What’s wrong with Corporate Social Responsibility?
The late Dame Anita Roddick looks at the origins of social responsibility in business and questions the integrity of what is now commonly known as Corporate Social Responsibility.…
Recorded: 15 September 2006
Bill Joy
What are the risks and potentials of genetic science and nanotechnology?
Bill Joy discusses the ethical implications of developments in the fields of genetics, nanotechnology and robotics. The potential for creating harmful pathogens is a particular…
Recorded: 10 September 2006
John Elkington
What is the triple bottom line ? (Part 2)
In this second clip, Elkington discusses the third wave that helped shape the corporate social responsibility movement. Taking place in the late nineties and early years of the…
Recorded: 30 May 2006
Olivier Giscard D'Estaing
Is there a role for business other than to make profit?
Giscard d’Estaing believes that business must embrace a wider responsibility to society. The business sector represents a massive driving force for change and must be engaged…
Recorded: 21 May 2006
Paul Rice
Does Fair Trade work?
Paul Rice talks about how fair trade can help align the interests of corporations and small farmers without sacrificing profitability. As companies look to reduce costs in an increasingly…
Recorded: 27 March 2006
Paul Rice
Is Corporate Social Responsibility here to stay?
In a climate of increased consumer awareness and public scrutiny, reputation and brand image have never been more critical to the fortunes of multinational corporations. As a result,…
Recorded: 27 March 2006
Amy Goodman
Why do we need independent media?
Amy Goodman speaks about the importance of independent media, especially at a time of war or environmental crisis. Diversity of opinion is crucial if society is to function well.…
Recorded: 5 November 2005
Amy Goodman
Does it matter that multinational corporations own the media?
Amy Goodman describes how independent news and analysis can help hold commercial media channels accountable. Their power must be checked, she says. This is especially important…
Recorded: 5 November 2005
Thom Hartmann
Have western governments become more corporate controlled?
Hartmann describes the historic shift towards autocratic governance in Europe and North America. Conservative think-tanks in the USA prompted a shift towards the deregulation of…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Thom Hartmann
Are we becoming more consumer than citizen?
Thom Hartmann finds it revealing that in the wake of the terrorist attacks on 9/11, the US President called upon the American people to keep shopping. This underlines the individual’s…
Recorded: 16 October 2005
Ray Anderson
How can business help the environment? (Part 1)
Ray Anderson describes when and how he became aware of the harm his and other industries were doing to the planet. He radically reoriented his company towards environmental sustainability…
Recorded: 5 May 2005
Ray Anderson
How can business help the environment? (Part 2)
Ray Anderson describes how his company’s efforts to achieve sustainability have enhanced profitability. Costs are down and a new zero-emission carpet, created though biomimicry…
Recorded: 5 May 2005
Amy Domini
What is “Socially Responsible Investing”? (Part One)
Amy Domini talks about the origins of socially responsible investment. She looks at the growth in SRI funds in recent years and examines what ethical investing has come to mean.…
Recorded: 15 April 2005
Amy Domini
What is “Socially Responsible Investing”? (Part Two)
In this second part, Ms. Domini explains how SRI funds are measured against non-SRI investment indices such as Standard and Poors. She talks about the Domini…
Recorded: 15 April 2005
Amy Domini
What is ethical investing? (Part Two)
In this second clip, Ms Domini explains how demands from investors for transparent sustainability reporting can help bring about tougher new laws by which corporations must operate.…
Recorded: 15 April 2005
John Cavanagh
What are the risks of deregulation?
John Cavanagh expresses his concerns about the lack of constraints on the United States or on the power of global corporations. Historically, corporations were more accountable…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
Are corporations too powerful?
John Cavanagh gives examples of ways in which global corporations have set the world’s financial institutions – the IMF, World Bank and WTO (formerly GATT). Oil companies…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Lori Wallach
How free is ‘Free Trade’?
Lori Wallach talks about the unethical nature of multi-lateral trade agreements such as NAFTA and the seventeen agreements enforced by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Many WTO…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
What impacts has globalization had?
John Cavanagh looks at the history of economic globalization. He believes we are emerging from a “dark age” of the 1980s and 1990s, which saw the rise of what George…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Lori Wallach
What have the effects of ‘Free Trade’ been? (Part One)
In the first part of this two-part series, Lori Wallach explains how the name of free trade was usurped by multinational corporations and right-wing think-tanks in the early 1990s.…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Cavanagh
Are there any alternatives to economic globalization?
John Cavanagh examines the arguments that came from corporate globalizers back in 1980s. Their message is no longer convincing. The rules by which corporations and financial institutions…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Lori Wallach
What have the effects of ‘Free Trade’ been? (Part Two)
Lori Wallach discusses the impact of unfair trade rules such as those of NAFTA and the WTO, established in 1994 and 1995 respectively. She gives examples of how biased trade regulations…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
Lori Wallach
Do foreign investors have too much power?
Lori Wallach explains how existing WTO agreements empower corporations at the expense of national governments, but are not absolute in their demands – requiring government…
Recorded: 13 April 2005
John Perkins
What does an ‘economic hitman’ do?
John Perkins describes his work as an economic hitman (EHM) and reveals a game that’s “as old as empire” – and one that has taken on terrifying new dimensions…
Recorded: 28 January 2005
John Perkins
Does the US have an empire? (part 1)
John Perkins believes the US has created its global empire largely through economic exploitation. A sophisticated financial system supports this empire, as do most regulatory bodies…
Recorded: 28 January 2005
John Perkins
What should young people do to help make a better world?
John Perkins offers some advice to young people starting out in the world. He believes it is vital that today’s youth travel abroad and get to know other languages and cultures.…
Recorded: 28 January 2005
Robert F Kennedy Jr
Can the free market work for the environment?
Speaking at the NRDC’s “Earth to L.A.” fundraiser, Robert F. Kennedy talks about the failures of America’s free market. Capitalism, and the democratic ideals…
Recorded: 6 May 2004
