Welcome to the Nonprofit Ethics Education Pages

Introduction to the Nonprofit Ethics Education pages of The Online Nonprofit Information Center

Welcome to the Nonprofit Ethics pages of The Online Nonprofit Information Center! The purpose of these pages is to provide the best educational materials about nonprofit sector ethics for FREE online. As this site is developed, we will be providing original and previously published material in the form of books, articles and links to help students and practitioners understand the ethical implications of their decisions. Included in the Beta version of this site, launched January 1, 2014, is the full text of a newly published textbook (2014), "Ethics in Nonprofit Organizations: Theory and Practice." This book includes chapters on general ethics and nonprofit ethics, ethics-related case studies of involving fictional nonprofit organizations, and scores of hypothetical scenarios of ethics situations that could be faced by a typical nonprofit organization. Included are activities and discussion questions suitable for both students and practitioners. Many of the materials on this site have been used in courses for many years, and are based on previously published textbooks, including "The Nonprofit Handbook" (6th Edition), "The Nonprofit Management Casebook," and "Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector: A Practical Approach for the 21st Century" (3rd Edition).

Each chapter, case study, and ethics scenario has an associated comment area where site visitors can post their views about the material, and respond to the comments of others. See the "Terms of Use" page for more information on the ground rules about posting. The author of the material, Gary M. Grobman, who has taught nonprofit ethics at both the Master's and Ph.D. level, will be moderating the discussion, and organizing an advisory committee to judge the appropriateness of any new educational materials added to this site. Visitors to this website may use the comment areas to suggest changes or additions to the materials. Thus, the vision of this site is to be organic rather than static, providing users with different points of view about many common (and some not so common) ethical situations. Let the discussion begin!

Note to all: All of the material on these nonprofit ethics pages is copyrighted, and is being provided for free with some limitations described below. You may not distribute or publish these materials (such as, but not limited to, posting them on a Website or publishing in a book) without written permission from the copyright holder, Gary M.Grobman, who may be contacted at: gary.grobman(at)gmail.com.

Note to Students: You may print out copies of the chapters, case studies, and/or ethical scenarios for your personal use, but may not publish or distribute these reprinted materials to others without written permission.

Note to Instructors: You are hereby given permission to reprint the chapters, case studies, and/or ethical scenarios for use in your own classroom, provided you make copies of what you reprint available to your students without any charge.

Note to practitioners/trainers: You are hereby given permission to reprint chapters, case studies, and/or ethical scenarios provided you do not charge for this material other than a reasonable copying fee that covers only your direct, out-of-pocket costs of reprinting this material.

Note to ethicists, ethics course faculty, and others who have developed nonprofit ethics-related educational materials: You are encouraged to submit materials for which you own the copyright to the nonprofit ethics pages manager, Gary M. Grobman (gary.grobman(at)paonline.com) for consideration for inclusion on this website. You are invited to suggest materials to be included, or to submit links to materials that are available on the Internet without charge.

Comments or suggestions? Contact the nonprofit ethics pages manager, Gary M. Grobman, gary.grobman(at)gmail.com