Ethics and Economics

Southeast Asia is a hub for human trafficking.  Too often, young girls are lured by traffickers through promises of well paying jobs in the cities.  If you have read Half the Sky, by Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl Wudunn, you will already be aware of the horrors endured by women and girls caught in the web of modern […]

Business relationships are often directly linked to human rights violations. A UN report, “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect, and Remedy” Framework,” will be submitted to the UN Human Rights Council during the June 2011 session. The report has three pillars (page 4, item 6): The State has […]

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Before discussing globalization’s effect on India and how social entrepreneurs are making a difference, I would like to clarify a few terms. For the most part, when globalization is discussed, I mean economic globalization.  To simplify a complex idea, it refers to the world becoming smaller – figuratively speaking – and more inter-connected.  Some have […]

Here is something timely for you: a CNN special report on chocolate and where it comes from.  It’s very interesting.  Let me know what you think! http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/06/the-dark-side-of-chocolate/?hpt=C2 From CNN’s website: “CNN’s Richard Quest talks to filmmaker U. Roberto Romano, whose documentary “The Dark Side of Chocolate” investigates child labor and cocoa fields in the Ivory […]

Globalization has had a profound effect on the world over the course of the past three decades. We are experiencing a technological revolution; it’s far from over.  Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina began saying in 2004 that we were “at the end of the beginning” of the information age and that the last 25 years […]

Thank you, friends, for taking the time to read this blog on ethics and economics. We live in interesting and uncertain times.  So many issues vie for our attention, especially for those who have the heart to change the world. Do we save the rainforest?  Do we lobby for pro-life legislation?  Pro-choice reinforcements?  Should we […]