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Leaders Say Public Health Ethics Is Necessary for Social Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

How does the field of public health—given its role in making decisions that impact entire populations—define ethics? Ethical values are critical to all that we do,” says Dr. Chan School of Public Health. She notes, Understanding ethics…is what allows you to contest scientific racism. But why is this approach necessary?

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Using ‘Purple Glasses’ to Achieve Gender Equity in Mexico

Stanford Social Innovation Review

We both have worked across a variety of disciplines, including teaching, ethics, economics, architecture, and design. Some years ago, we participated in an activity aimed at raising awareness of gender bias among hiring managers. By Luz María Velázquez & Patricia Torres We are Lumi and Paty. Here’s a look at four of them.

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Why “Blank for Good" is Bad (UPDATED)

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And industry ’s recent responses – a thousand conferences and initiatives to put ethics into tech – gets the grammar right, but the solution is still wrong. There is no universal definition of good. 5) The lack of universality in terms of what “good” means applies to ethics, also. There is no universal ethical frame.

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Which of Your Fundraising Events Need Online Waivers?

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According to Smartwaiver , online waivers are used to secure electronic signatures from participants prior to taking part in some kind of activity, acknowledging that they are waiving their right to hold the organizer liable for damages. People may avoid certain foods for ethical reasons if they follow diets like vegetarianism or veganism.

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Why you must deliver value in fundraising, not just take the money and run

iMarketSmart

Participants each get money. They are motivational. 24] When giving appears motivated by benefits, it loses its value as a signal. Princeton University Press. Similarly, in 1989-1990 Carnegie Mellon University received donations from 5,462 individuals. Public recognition motivates charitable giving in experiments.);

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Birthing Black: Community Birth Centers as Portals to Gentle Futures

NonProfit Quarterly

In 1912, John Whitridge Williams, a professor of obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, published an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association titled “Medical Education and the Midwife Problem in the United States.” Ethic of Caring and Personal Accountability.

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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Data ethics has even more heightened sensitivity in the public and nonprofit sectors, where trust is essential to an organization’s license to operate. This is where the commercial sector has behaved badly in terms of the ethical use of this highly personalized user data. Decision support. Incentives Data thrives on demand.