Ethics for Fundraisers [Paperback]

The book will equip nonprofit staff and volunteers, professionals, and grantmakers with frameworks for understanding and taking principled action and preventing bad behavior. The Fund Raising Professional

This book displays a rare combination of philosophical sophistication and practical savvy that will distinguish it in the arenas of fundraising and nonprofit management. It is a thought-provoking analysis of the ethics of nonprofit administration. Kenneth E. Goodpaster, Koch Endowed Chair in Business Ethics, University of St. Thomas

[Andersons] thoughtful, timely, and welcome new study brings to serious practitioners a much needed and clear set of ethical principles. James P. Shannon, Council on Foundations

The book has the potential to become the basic primer in ethics for professional fund raisers. National Society of Fund Raising Executives Research Prize Jury

ALBERT ANDERSON has more than 25 years of experience at executive levels of management and development in private and public higher education. He has served as consultant to many nonprofit and governmental organizations, most recently as Vice President for Planning/Administration at the University of Minnesota Foundation. He is currently interim President of College Misericordia.

Authors Introduction
Chapter 1: A Question of Responsibility
On Drawing Lines
Responsible Action
A Matter of Character
The Governing Motive
A Case of Charitable Intent
The Classic Philanthropist
The Stewardship Tradition
The Responsible Nonprofit

Chapter 2: A Matter of Principle
The Art of Knowing Right from Wrong
Moral Promptings
The Place of Respect
Conflict and Choice
Self-examination
Self-worth
The Centrality of Trust
Acting on Principle
Ethical Adequacy
Two Kinds of Ethical Decision-making
Summing Up