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When the terrorists struck the twin towers, they struck the symbolic heart of global capitalism. This hour, one of the country's top business scholars, Rosabeth Moss Kanter of Harvard Law School, explores rising social expectations and risks for big business in the post 9-11 world.

For example, during the anthrax scare, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson threatened to break Bayer's patent on cipro to ensure a more plentiful supply of cheap drugs. This hour, the new roles and responsibilities of rich nations and their multinational companies.

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John Shattuck

Forums: Should the U.S. be allying itself with nations that have poor human rights records?

The U.S.: Global Champion of Human Rights? Listen

The United States trumpets itself as the international protector of human rights. But critics would argue that the U.S.'s actions are not consistent with the mission it claims to champion.

"America has spent a half-century supporting dictators and tyrants all over the world (and in the Muslim world, in particular)," writes Vir Sanghvi, editor of the Hindustan Times. "Its reward has been global anti-Americanism."

This hour: the United States' role in international human rights as the war on terrorism rolls on. Is forging alliances with nations with poor records on civil liberties a good idea? Or should America's own security trump concerns about other nations' rights abuses?

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