Case 4: Volunteer Insurgence

Femida Handy and Allison R. Russell
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Femida Handy: University of Pennsylvania
Allison R. Russell: University of Pennsylvania

Chapter Chapter 9 in Ethics for Social Impact, 2018, pp 153-166 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract When data collection for a research study undertaken at a nonprofit think tank goes awry, a senior researcher must decide whether to come clean about misreported results and risk losing valuable grant funding. In this case, Handy and Russell introduce ethical dilemmas that arise when workers at different levels of an organization—part-time, volunteer, and senior staff—are not on the same page. Likewise, this case asks the question of whether or not personal integrity should be compromised for the greater good, inviting readers to contemplate how personal and professional ethics coincide or clash in their own workplaces.

Keywords: volunteersVolunteers; Kuerten; Fast Forward; boardBoard; researchResearch Project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75040-8_9

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