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
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 23
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Ethics.; Political science > Philosophy.; Development Economics.; Social sciences.; Philosophy.; Social Sciences, general.; Political Philosophy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8592-4

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:

• Keith Horton and Chris Roche: Introduction
• Paul Ronalds: Ethical Obligations to the Poor in a World of Nation States
• Kieran ODonaghue: Human Rights, Development INGOs and Priorities for Action
• Peter Ellis: The Ethics of Taking Sides
• Keith Horton: The Epistemic Problem: Potential Solutions
• Chris Roche: Ethics and the Seeming Simplicity of Measurement
• Jamie Isbister: Whose Impact, and is it all about Impact?- Gareth Cullity: Compromised Humanitarianism
• Ramon Das: Aid Agencies, States, and Collective Harm
• Conny Lennenberg: To Respect or not to Respect& Ethical Dilemmas of INGO Development Practitioners
• Linda Kelly: Ethical behaviour in Non-Government Organisations
• Keith Horton and Chris Roche: Afterword.