Ethics

Readings and class materials for Thursday, November 10, 2022

Readings

• Chapter 7 in Grobman, An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector (Grobman 2021)
• “The Trolley Problem”, The Good Place Season 2, Episode 5 (available on Netflix)

Written response question

Should the nonprofit sector be held to a higher ethical standard than its for-profit counterpart? Why or why not? What about compared with the government sector? (Answer in ≈150 words.)

Slides

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Introduction

Ethics in the nonprofit sector

Ethical frameworks

An ethics toolkit

Tip

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References

Grobman, Gary M. 2021. An Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the Twenty-First Century. 6th ed. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: White Hat Communications.