When state-owned investment funds put billions of dollars into global markets, they often bring a hidden agenda that goes beyond financial returns. This creates a massive headache for corporate boards who are trying to balance their fiduciary duties to shareholders with messy international politics.
How are you bringing these public-private fund structures into your international business classes? What case studies or frameworks do you use to help students analyze the ethical lines when a state's economic interests directly clash with the human rights standards of the country they are investing in?
