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 The Carnegie Council's Workshops for Ethics in Business (WEB) is a one-of-a-kind forum that brings top corporations and NGOs together in a civilized setting to share innovative ideas for addressing ethical issues related to globalization.
Inspired by Booz & Company's concept of "megacommunities," or multi-stakeholder engagement, and Georgetown professor Pietra Rivoli's notion that civilization advances through the positive interaction between civil society and business, the luncheon workshops aim to fill a vacuum in corporate training, business schools, and organizational leadership. To this end, the Carnegie Council is creating a series of accessible case studies in applied ethics.
 The goal is to provide examples of best practices that help address stubborn ethical problems that organizations face. The world's best companies have enjoyed success partly because their competitive management systems deal with these problems globally, while their less successful competitors have been dealing with them on an ad hoc basis. Meanwhile, internal change agents have expressed the need for outside pressure for corporate reform.
 Each workshop produces podcasts, summaries, and lists of related organizations and biographies. Starting in the 2008 program year, the meetings will also yield videos of interviews for teaching and training. By presenting these resources to companies and business schools, the Council can help strengthen the ethical component of management systems, having a potentially dramatic positive impact on corporate reform. These workshops are open to the public, and attract an engaged and motivated audience of leaders of business, consulting, finance, governments, media, and NGOs.
Future workshops include:
- The War for Talent: Who Is Responsible for Preparing Today's Employees
Spring 2009
Previous workshops include:
- Forced to Labor: The Cost of Coercion
5/14/09 with Robert Moossy, Roger Plant, and Maria Suarez
- Restoring Trust in the Global Financial System
4/9/09 with Thomas Donaldson, Neal Flieger, Seamus McMahon, and Christian Menegatti
- Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2009
1/13/09 with Eurasia Group, World Policy Institute, Booz & Company, and Booz & Company's strategy+business magazine.
- Health as a Human Right: Rights, Roles, and Responsibilities
12/2/08 with Christian Barry, Meg Boulware, Laura Herman, Maggie Kohn, Rohit Malpani, and Lisa Oldring
- Advancing Corporate Citizenship in the Media
10/17/08 with Geoffrey Heal, Devin T. Stewart, and Scott Walker
- Can Web 2.0 Revolutionize Corporate Responsibility?
10/3/08 with John C. Abell, James Farrar, Gerhard Pohl, Steve A. Rochlin, Devin T. Stewart, and Andrew Zolli
- The Rise of the Rest: How the Ascent of Russia and China Affects Global Business and Security
7/1/08 with Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Harry Harding, Flynt Leverett, and David C. Speedie
- Olympic Mettle: Business, Civil Society, and Politics During the Beijing Games
5/16/08 with Ian Buruma, Robert L. Corcoran (GE), Thomas Crampton, Qi Qianjin, and Minky Worden
- Cyberethics: Private Money, the Media, and Political Influence
4/3/08 with New American Foundation and others
- Responsible Profit: Climate Change and the Green Economy
11/2/07 with Booz Allen Hamilton, RSA, Deutsche Bank, and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
- Innovations in Fighting Corruption: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Who Is Accountable
9/24/07 with AccountAbility, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and the World Bank
- Taking Stock of Business and Human Rights: Policies and Practices
3/22/07 with BP, General Electric, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
SPONSORS AND PARTICIPANTS:
Our lead sponsors are Booz & Company, Hewlett-Packard, Merck & Co., Inc., and ClearWorld Energy:
  
Our academic partner is New York University's Center for Global Affairs:
Others involved include:
For more information on WEB and on sponsorship opportunities, contact: GPI Program Director Devin Stewart: dstewart@cceia.org
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