An Introduction to Ethics for Nonprofits and NGOs

Part 1 Introduction: A framework for analyzing moral situations.- Ethics, naive vs. nuanced.- The is/ought distinction.- Relativism.- Deontological ethics: duty and law.- Teleology: judging cases by consequences.- Insights from medical ethics.- Virtue Ethics and Feminist Ethics.- Practical tips for instituting ethics in your institution.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Part 2 From Theory to Action.- Ethics Vs Law.- Demanding the "Right" Answer.- The informed argument.- Applying Moral Theories.- Coallating our Observations.- Part 3 Boards and Oversight.- Covid-19 vaccine policy in a medium-sized NFP.- The helpful board member.- When democracy and mission collide.- The employee with family on the board.- Social.- Enterprise vs. Social Service.- The board member's pet project.- Regime change and the perils of being a hero.- The possessive major gifts officer.- When personal problems threaten the mission.- Part 4 Moral Dilemmas in Executive Leadership.- Meltdown in Monrovia.- Cutting vital services.- Changing staff's job descriptions.- Child sponsorship in the after school program.- Accepting crypto donations.- The White Savior in the Dark Continent.- Internship or exploitation?.- Graft at the top.- Part 5 Money, Finance and Fundraising.- Misallocation or resources or unreasonable donor?.- Lean or starving? On the tyranny of low administrative cost rates.-That time when your NFP became his PR crisis response plan.- A successful event.- Missing money at the group home.- Bribery or just doing business?.- Coalition building or finder's fee?.- Inheriting an albatross.- The school for civil war orphans.- The best president we could ever dream of.- The post-mortem "take".- Missing money?.- "Give me a child you don't care about".- Part 6 Inter-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Ethics.- Short-Termer headaches.- "Hire a young woman".- In our country they would be married.- What counts as diversity numbers?.- Vaccine resistance in vulnerable communities.- The at-least-somewhat racist missionary.- Later that evening, in the same town.- Part 7 Ethics in Program Operations.- The protective guardian.- Dealing with noncompliance in Syracuse.- Putting nationals in harm's way.- Another feeding program begins.- What could go wrong?.- Land title woes in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Microfinance, interest and Islam.- Indian nationalism and the foreign NGO.- Lying to the Police.- Closing the orphanage.- Professorial Malfeasance Abroad? Part 8 Digital, Online and Cyber Ethics.- Archiving a Nation's Text Messages.- Where there are no government-issued ID's.- Political Disinformation, Community Outreach and Vaccine Drives.- Election Season and Viral Online Videos.- Revealing the Location of Vulnerable Women.- Child Porn, Revenge Porn and Non-Fungible Tokens.- AppendixI: Discussion-Leader Tips.- Appendix II: Structuring an Ethics Discussion.- Appendix III Evaluating Ethics Argumentation.- Appendix IV: Examples of good and bad case analyses.- Appendix IV: Discussion Guides to each Case.