Overview
"Fund raisers, given their flaws and fineness, working in flawedand fine institutions with flawed and fine clients, need to carryout their everyday tasks of decency and joy here and now. . . .This book is about thinking with care and grace about everydaygrit."
In her brilliant and provocative new book, Ethical Decision Makingin Fund Raising, author and philosophy professor Marilyn Fischerprovides conceptual tools with which a nonprofit can thoroughlyexamine the ethics of how and from whom it seeks donations. Usingthe book's Ethical Decision-Making Model, the author explains howfund raisers can use their basic value commitments toorganizational mission, professional relationships, and personalintegrity as day-to-day touchstones for making balanced, ethical,fund-raising decisions.
For ethically troubling situations that have no clear-cutsolutions, the book shows how to frame these dilemmas as ongoingdramatic narratives. Using conceptual tools of sympatheticunderstanding, attention to social and temporal context, andclusters of philanthropic virtues, the Ethical Decision-MakingModel guides us in thinking our way to ethically sound resolutions.Through this process, we can sustain and enrich the circle ofgiving of the philanthropic gift economy.
The book also examines day-to-day issues of fund raising: privacyand confidentiality; conflicts of interest such as finder's feesand commission-based pay; corporate philanthropy, includingsponsorships and cause-related marketing; and fostering culturaldiversity. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions andadditional case studies for readers' reflection and analysis.
Ethical Decision Making in Fund Raising is a fascinating look atthe history of philanthropy in its many social forms and historicalcontexts, as well as an exuberant manifesto for nonprofits onmaking clear ethical thinking an effective corporate tool.
In her brilliant and provocative new book, Ethical Decision Makingin Fund Raising, author and philosophy professor Marilyn Fischerprovides conceptual tools with which a nonprofit can thoroughlyexamine the ethics of how and from whom it seeks donations. Usingthe book's Ethical Decision-Making Model, the author explains howfund raisers can use their basic value commitments toorganizational mission, professional relationships, and personalintegrity as day-to-day touchstones for making balanced, ethical,fund-raising decisions.
For ethically troubling situations that have no clear-cutsolutions, the book shows how to frame these dilemmas as ongoingdramatic narratives. Using conceptual tools of sympatheticunderstanding, attention to social and temporal context, andclusters of philanthropic virtues, the Ethical Decision-MakingModel guides us in thinking our way to ethically sound resolutions.Through this process, we can sustain and enrich the circle ofgiving of the philanthropic gift economy.
The book also examines day-to-day issues of fund raising: privacyand confidentiality; conflicts of interest such as finder's feesand commission-based pay; corporate philanthropy, includingsponsorships and cause-related marketing; and fostering culturaldiversity. Each chapter concludes with discussion questions andadditional case studies for readers' reflection and analysis.
Ethical Decision Making in Fund Raising is a fascinating look atthe history of philanthropy in its many social forms and historicalcontexts, as well as an exuberant manifesto for nonprofits onmaking clear ethical thinking an effective corporate tool.
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