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Stories From This Week's Episode: October 23, 2009
Business Ethics
Our panel discusses the role of ethics in business by examining Attorney General Brown's lawsuit against State Street Bank and Trust for alleged fraud against CalPERS and CalSTRS, and the Galleon Group hedge fund insider-trading scandal unfolding in Silicon Valley.
- Andrew Ross, Business Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle
- Stu Woo, Reporter, Wall Street Journal
- Sally Baack, Professor, College of Business, San Francisco State University
Local author's visit to Afghanistan
Norman Solomon, author and Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, visited Kabul a week after Afghanistan's disputed presidential election in August. Since then, a United Nations investigation found widespread fraud and a runoff election is scheduled for November 7th. Solomon shares his observations and discusses the debate over the upcoming election and the Obama administration's imminent decision on whether to send more US troops. (Photo credit: ©2009 Reese Erlich)
Sebastião Salgado
The exhibition "Then and Now" at the David Brower Center in Berkeley features work by acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado. Salgado is known for images that reveal the human condition - from laborers in Latin America to refugees from war and famine in Africa and elsewhere. In the tradition of social documentary photography, he often makes his work available to social change organizations, such as Doctors without Borders, Amnesty International, and UNICEF. Produced by SPARK for This Week in Northern California.
WEB VIDEO EXTRA: Ken Light discusses Sebastião Salgado's work
Ken Light, the director of UCB's Center for Photography, talks in detail about three of Sebastião Salgados photographs from the "Then and Now" exhibition at the David Brower Center, which runs May 14, 2009 through January 31, 2010. Produced by SPARK for This Week in Northern California. With Ken Light, Director of UCB's Center for Photography.
