Ethics for Social Impact Ethical Decision-Making in Nonprofit Organi
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 singl
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ETHICS FOR SOCIAL IMPACT FEMIDA HANDY AND ALLISON R. RUSSELL
Ethics for Social Impact
Femida Handy · Allison R. Russell
Ethics for Social Impact Ethical Decision-Making in Nonprofit Organizations
Femida Handy University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, USA
Allison R. Russell University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-75039-2 ISBN 978-3-319-75040-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75040-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018939728 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: FoxysGraphic/iStock/Getty Images Plus Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Decision-making is a difficult task when faced with no clear options, and although often referred to as the science of decision making, in many contexts it remains an art. As the first author notes, her initial training was in mathematics, a discipline in which a decision is either right or wrong. Even after moving to economics, decision-making still remained a fundamentally mathematical problem, articulated as an issue of optimization or set up within a game-theoretical framework. By making assumptions, decision-making was drastically divorced from reality, until her move to nonprofit studies. The second author’s background is equally eclectic: Latin American and Latinx studies, economics, and public administration, before transitioning to nonprofit studies. With a focus on nonprofits, we are constantly reminded that real life is infinitely messier than our assumptions allow, and decision-making gets a lot more interesting! As both of our interests converged on nonprofit
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