The Aspen Institute In the News 2003

• Aspen Institute Trustee Madeleine Albright urges diplomacy over military might in an address as part of the speaker series sponsored by the Aspen Writers’ Foundation and The Aspen Institute. Read the Denver Post article, Albright pans iron fist approach to Iraq. Read the Aspen Times article, Albright wows ’em in speech at Paepcke.

• The Chronicle of Philanthropy article, Charities Brace for State Cuts; Nonprofit groups told to expect hard times until 2006, discusses two reports commissioned by the Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund.

• Kurt Campbell, director of the Aspen Strategy Group (ASG), co-wrote the op-ed Military Medals and Pentagon Meddlers in the Dec. 19 Washington Post.

• Mary Robinson, Director, Ethical Globalization Initiative, discusses "values-led globalization" in the openDemocracy.net interview, Making ‘global’ and ‘ethical’ rhyme: an interview with Mary Robinson.

• Judith Samuelson, executive director of the Institute's Business and Society Program discusses Starting the Journey toward Corporate Social Responsibility in a Dec 5 On Philanthropy.com article.

• Walter Isaacson reflects upon The Writing Life in The Washington Post Book World (Nov 30). Also featured is the article, Walter Isaacson: World Enough and Time.

• A November 26 article, States' Fiscal Crisis Hurting Nonprofits, discusses two new reports commissioned by the Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Research Fund that "find that nonprofits providing social services in particular will continue to struggle".

• Aspen Institute Trustee Amb. Thomas R. Pickering is the subject of an interview in the Fall 2003 issue of the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Carnegie Reporter.

• Jeffrey Gedmin, director of Aspen Institute Berlin, analyzes the security crisis in Iraq in a recent Weekly Standard article.

• Mary Robinson, director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, was recently named Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders. She succeeds Kim Campbell, the former Prime Minister of Canada.

• ABCNews.com reports on the Business and Society Program/WRI's Beyond Grey Pinstripes awards for 2003 in the October 19 article, Social Studies Gain in Business Schools.

• Fortune describes the Fortune Magazine/Aspen Institute Brainstorm 2003 conference in the October 14 article, To Hell in a Handbasket ... or to Heaven via High Tech?

• In the October 3 article B-Schools with a Broader Bottom Line, BusinessWeek Online reports on the Institute's Business and Society Program/WRI survey, Beyond Grey Pinstripes, concerning environmental and social impact management coverage in MBA curricula.

• Aspen Institute Trustee Peter A. Reiling has been selected as an "Outstanding Social Entrepreneur" by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in Geneva. Read the September 4th news release.

• In the Daily Times (Lahore, Pakistan) article, Sages in the Rockies, Akbar S. Ahmed describes the seminars he conducted on Islam at the Aspen Institute.

• Fortune chronicles the Fortune Magazine/Aspen Institute Brainstorm 2003 conference in the July 31 article, "BRAINSTORM 2003, CEOs Gripe Back" and the July 30 article, "The Weird and the Weighty".

• The Aspen Times covered the Aspen Institute's high-profile "America and the World" panel discussion featuring Madeleine Albright, Queen Noor and other foreign policy leaders in an August 1 article.

• On July 30, CNN/Money ran an article, "Americans stupid? Media to blame?" on the roundtable discussion on the media at the Fortune Magazine/Aspen Institute Brainstorm 2003 conference.

• On July 24, The Aspen Daily News printed a piece, Clinton returns to 'Brainstorm' next week, on the Fortune Magazine/Aspen Institute Brainstorm 2003 conference which began on Monday, July 28.

• A July 21 Aspen Times article, "Former leader of Ireland to speak on globalization", discusses Mary Robinson's upcoming talk, “Making Globalization Work for all the World’s People” sponsored by The Aspen Institute.

• A recent Boston Globe article, "Study charts benefits of targeted programs," (July 13) cites recent EOP findings on the impact of occupational skills training programs.

• Ahmad Faruqui, in a July 15 Pakistani Daily Times op-ed, cites a recent C&S report in his argument that Pakistan should use Netpolitik to influence world opinion on Kashmir policy.

• In a July 7 cover story in Time Magazine, Walter Isaacson writes on Benjamin Franklin's impact on American values.

• Walter Isaacson shares some of Benjamin Franklin's guidelines for current US-French diplomacy in a July 14 op-ed in the New York Times.

• In a July 10 conversation with Walter Isaacson, The Aspen Daily News explored Benjamin Franklin's values and how they relate to the work of the Institute: "Franklin's ideals alive for institute."

• The Aspen Times reported on July 11 that Walter Isaacson will give his first public lecture in Aspen as part of the 2003 Summer Speaker Series: "Isaacson to speak at Institute as part of Ben Franklin book tour."

• The International Academy of Trial Lawyers has named Mary Robinson International Trial Lawyer of the Year.

• A June 30 editorial in Editor and Publisher, "Press Not Likely to Cheer Patriot Acts," discusses Attorney General John Ashcroft's speech to a recent C&S conference.

• The Aspen Daily News ran a July 1 article on Wolf Blitzer's lecture, which opened the 2003 Aspen Institute Summer Lecture Series: "CNN's Wolf Blitzer reports to Aspen".

• The Spring 2003 edition of Human Rights Dialogue, a publication of the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, includes an introduction by EGI director Mary Robinson: "Making Human Rights Work in a Globalizing World."

• US Attorney General John Ashcroft’s recent speech to a group of media industry executives and journalists at a Communications & Society Program conference on “Journalism and Homeland Security” was the subject of a New York Times piece on June 20.

• The New York Times featured Aspen BSP's new report, Where Will they Lead?: MBA Student Attitudes About Business & Society 2003, in a May 20 article ("Ethics Lacking in Business School Curriculum, Students Say in Survey").

• Alan Abramson's views were expressed on the efficiency and effectiveness of nonprofits in a May 10 article in The New York Times ("Billions in Charity Money Could be Saved, Study Says").

• Princeton Lyman was interviewed about President Bush's use of "barbecue diplomacy" for a May 9 article on ABC News.com ("Barbecue Diplomacy: How Texas Hospitality Can Shape the Forces of History").

• Walter Isaacson's arrival at the Institute and the announcement of new trustees were the focus of an article in The Aspen Times on April 14 ("Power Players Now Ensconced at Institute").

• Mary Robinson was interviewed about the United Nations and the war in Iraq for the BBC program Hardtalk ("Questioning the Ethics of War") on March 17.

• Alan Abramson, executive director of NSPP, was quoted in an article about fundraising and the United Way of Central Maryland which appeared in the Baltimore Business Journal on March 21 ("Changing Charity: United Way Endures Stiff Competition").

• A study by the Self-Employment Learning Project, the forerunner of EOP's FIELD, was cited in an article on microlending which appeared in the Christian Science Monitor on March 10 ("Loans for the Little Guys").

• Mary Robinson was interviewed on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC Radio (NY) regarding her perspective on human rights and the crisis over imminent war with Iraq. (From the WNYC page, click "listen to the whole show," then select Clip 4 to hear the Mary Robinson interview).

• EGI director Mary Robinson spoke recently at Stanford University. The Stanford Report reported on her lectures ("Ethical Standards Needed in World Affairs, Robinson Says,") and the Stanford Daily featured an interview on her work with EGI.

• On January 17, a Yale Herald article featured Mary Robinson and the Ethical Globalization Initiative (EGI). Robinson joined a group of experts at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization to discuss the issue of human rights and ethics raised by globalization.