Ethics for Social Impact

Description

This book outlines the various elements involved in ethical decision-making for nonprofit leaders, and whose rights to prioritize when facing complex situations. Nonprofit board members and employees are often placed in difficult situations, with no single stakeholder and an allegiance to mission statements whose outcomes can be difficult to measure. While nonprofit charitable organizations are generally considered more trustworthy than their counterparts in the public or for-profit sector, when scandals and wrongdoings are uncovered, they must be dealt with in ethical ways. Through a case study approach, this book delivers clear ethical decision-making frameworks and promotes robust reflection on how to arrive at different decision points and throw light on elements that are often ignored or assumed. Ultimately, it offers students, researchers, and managers a practical approach to the ambiguous question, what is the ethical way? Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Why Ethics? (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 3-15 Multiple Stakeholders and Multiple Bottom Lines (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 17-44 Theoretical Foundations and Frameworks for Decision-Making (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 45-62 Making Ethics Part of Practice: Developing a Code of Ethics (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 63-87 A Road Map for Ethical Decision-Making (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 89-118 Front Matter ....Pages 119-119 Case 1: Tainted Money (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 121-129 Case 2: Strings Attached (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 131-142 Case 3: Sugarcoating (Femida Handy, Allison R Russell)....Pages 143-152 Case 4: Volunteer Insurgence (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 153-166 Case 5: Clashing Cultures (Femida Handy, Allison R Russell)....Pages 167-179 Case 6: Vexed Volunteers (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 181-188 Case 7: Values and Services (Femida Handy, Allison R Russell)....Pages 189-198 Case 8: To Tell or Not to Tell (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 199-207 Case 9: Rare Diseases, Common Dilemmas (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 209-218 Case 10: A Tail of Two Employees (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 219-229 Case 11: Cutting Calories or Cutting Costs? (Femida Handy, Allison R. Russell)....Pages 231-243 Back Matter ....Pages 245-253