Ethical Questions and International NGOs An exchange between Philosophers and NGOs /

• Main Authors: Horton, Keith (Editor), Roche, Chris (Editor)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 23
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Political science.; Ethics.; Political philosophy.; Development economics.; Social sciences.; Political Science.; Social Sciences, general.; Development Economics.; Political Philosophy.

In recent decades there has been a great expansion in the number, size and influence of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) involved in international relief and development. These changes have led to increased scrutiny of such organisations, and this scrutiny, together with increasi...

Table of Contents:

• Ethical Obligations to the Poor in a World of Nation States
• Human Rights, Development INGOs and Priorities for Action
• The Ethics of Taking Sides
• The Epistemic Problem: Potential Solutions
• The Seeming Simplicity of Measurement*
• Whose Impact, and Is It All About Impact?
• Compromised Humanitarianism
• Aid Agencies, States, and Collective Harm
• To Respect or Not to Respect . . . Ethical Dilemmas of INGO Development Practitioners
• Ethical Behaviour in Non-government Organisations
• Afterword.