The Kindness of Strangers: Philanthropy and Higher Education

by Deni Elliott, Lynn G. Beck & Joseph Murphy (Contribution by), Robert L. Payton (Contribution by), W Bruce Cook (Contribution by), Allen Buchanan (Contribution by)

Overview

In The Kindness of Strangers, Deni Elliott examines ethically questionable situations that have arisen in response to institutional dependency on external benefactors. Major concerns analyzed include: The increased professionalism of fundraising and of donating, an increased willingness of institutions to cater to the demands of donors, creation of dual roles for faculty, students and staff when they are fundraisers and donors in addition to playing their primary roles in higher education, business-university research partnerships that put business values in conflict of academic values and mission, commercialization of student athletics, and endowment use and investment. Supplemented by a series of carefully selected articles, The Kindness of Strangers needs to be read by anyone who is concerned by higher education's increasing dependency on corporate and individual donors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461666493
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/10/2005
Series:	Issues in Academic Ethics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Deni Elliott is Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics&Press Policy and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Part I
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 The New Landscape of Higher Education Funding
Chapter 4 Analyzing Solicitation, Gifts and Donor Requests
Chapter 5 The Business of Giving and Getting
Chapter 6 What Donors Want
Chapter 7 What Corporations Buy
Chapter 8 Recipients as Givers
Chapter 9 Conclusion
Part 10 Part II: Selected Readings
Chapter 11 Conceptions of Ethics in Educational Administration
Chapter 12 The Ethics and Values of Fund Raising
Chapter 13 Toward a Theory of Fund Raising in Higher Education
Chapter 14 Justice and Charity
Chapter 15 Against Philanthropy: Individual and Corporate
Chapter 16 CASE Code of Ethics
Chapter 17 CASE Donor's Bill of Rights

Editorial Reviews

Elliot is a fine scholar and her previous work related to fund-raising in higher education has been outstanding. The Kindness of Strangers is clearly and sensibly blocked out, and hits a lot of issues of great importance. Arguing that the quest for funds has led administrations into practices that betray the trust of alumni and other donors, Elliot writes extremely well and to a considerably large audience.

David H. Smith

Elliot is a fine scholar and her previous work related to fund-raising in higher education has been outstanding. The Kindness of Strangers is clearly and sensibly blocked out, and hits a lot of issues of great importance. Arguing that the quest for funds has led administrations into practices that betray the trust of alumni and other donors, Elliot writes extremely well and to a considerably large audience.--David H. Smith, Fredericks Distinguished Visiting Professor of Ethics, DePauw University

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