Entrusted
The Moral Responsibilities of Trusteeship
Published on 22. May 1995
114 pages
978-0-253-11341-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Entrusted provides a much needed contribution to the literature on ethics in the healthcare arena." -Health Progress
"A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read." -Richard Chait, Center for Higher Education Governance and Leadership
" . . . thoughtful essays on the morality, obligations, practice, and virtues of trusteeship. . . . Smith presents intriguing arguments for governance grounded in a broader sense of organizational and public stewardship." -ARNOVA News
"[Smith's] contribution breaks some new and difficult ground by helping us to think beyond the routine and mundane dimensions of trusteeship." -Academe
" . . . essential reading for trustees." -Ethics
"Entrusted should be required reading for trustees of any not-for-profit." -Advancing Philanthropy
"A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read." -Richard Chait, Center for Higher Education Governance and Leadership
" . . . thoughtful essays on the morality, obligations, practice, and virtues of trusteeship. . . . Smith presents intriguing arguments for governance grounded in a broader sense of organizational and public stewardship." -ARNOVA News
"[Smith's] contribution breaks some new and difficult ground by helping us to think beyond the routine and mundane dimensions of trusteeship." -Academe
" . . . essential reading for trustees." -Ethics
"Entrusted should be required reading for trustees of any not-for-profit." -Advancing Philanthropy
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
File size
0,80 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-253-11341-2 (9780253113412)
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Book
05/1995
Indiana University Press
€24.50
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Person
DAVID H.SMITH is the Director of the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions and Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of Health and Medicine in the Anglican Tradition: Conscience, Community, and Compromise.
Content
Preface
Part I: Why Trustees?
1. The Moral Core of Trusteeship
2. Two Major Objections
3. An Illustration: Trustees and Football
Part II: Specifying Vocation amid Controversy
4. When in Doubt: Problems of Specification
5. Conflicting Basic Duties
Part III: Duty and Character
6. Processes and Procedures
7. The Virtues of a Trustee
Notes
Index
Part I: Why Trustees?
1. The Moral Core of Trusteeship
2. Two Major Objections
3. An Illustration: Trustees and Football
Part II: Specifying Vocation amid Controversy
4. When in Doubt: Problems of Specification
5. Conflicting Basic Duties
Part III: Duty and Character
6. Processes and Procedures
7. The Virtues of a Trustee
Notes
Index
