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The interlocking issues of gender, unpaid work and multiple forms of representation or lived experiences with social policy are complex. The study 'Who Benefits: Women, Unpaid Work and Social Policy', supported by Status of Women Canada, and guided by an advisory group consisting of women's and anti-poverty organizations was based in Saskatchewan, Canada. The study interrogated how mothers on social assistance (SA) defined and understood unpaid caregiving work with small children; and the impact of social welfare policy guidelines that pushed SA recipients to find paid employment. Using action research and original, creative methods to gather data, the research simultaneously created a non-threatening environment for discussion, information-sharing, support and knowledge creation among participants. Overall, findings in the study resonate with other published studies on low-income women and unpaid work. Unique to this study particularly, were the action research process and outcomes which provided ways to address the needs of the study participants and to catalyze participant-led actions. The study assisted the 28 participants in linking their unpaid work with social policy and finally, in taking socio-political action. Actions included meetings with government, press conferences, and an uptake of recommendations by advisory group organizations. Independent of the research, the participants continued to meet after the study concluded.

Part 1 Introduction: A framework for analyzing moral situations -- Ethics, naive vs. nuanced -- The is/ought distinction -- Relativism -- Deontological ethics: duty and law -- Teleology: judging cases by consequences -- Insights from medical ethics -- Virtue Ethics and Feminist Ethics -- Practical tips for instituting ethics in your institution -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part 2 From Theory to Action -- Ethics Vs Law -- Demanding the "Right" Answer -- The informed argument -- Applying Moral Theories -- Coallating our Observations.-Part 3 Boards and Oversight -- Covid-19 vaccine policy in a medium-sized NFP -- The helpful board member -- When democracy and mission collide -- The employee with family on the board -- Social -- Enterprise vs. Social Service -- The board member's pet project -- Regime change and the perils of being a hero -- The possessive major gifts officer -- When personal problems threaten the mission -- Part 4 Moral Dilemmas in Executive Leadership.-Meltdown in Monrovia -- Cutting vital services -- Changing staff's job descriptions -- Child sponsorship in the after school program -- Accepting crypto donations -- The White Savior in the Dark Continent -- Internship or exploitation? -- Graft at the top -- Part 5 Money, Finance and Fundraising -- Misallocation or resources or unreasonable donor? -- Lean or starving? On the tyranny of low administrative cost rates.-That time when your NFP became his PR crisis response plan -- A successful event -- Missing money at the group home -- Bribery or just doing business? -- Coalition building or finder's fee? -- Inheriting an albatross -- The school for civil war orphans -- The best president we could ever dream of -- The post-mortem "take" -- Missing money? -- "Give me a child you don't care about" -- Part 6 Inter-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Ethics -- Short-Termer headaches -- "Hire a young woman" -- In our country they would be married -- What counts as diversity numbers? -- Vaccine resistance in vulnerable communities -- The at-least-somewhat racist missionary -- Later that evening, in the same town -- Part 7 Ethics in Program Operations -- The protective guardian -- Dealing with noncompliance in Syracuse -- Putting nationals in harm's way -- Another feeding program begins -- What could go wrong? -- Land title woes in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Microfinance, interest and Islam -- Indian nationalism and the foreign NGO -- Lying to the Police -- Closing the orphanage -- Professorial Malfeasance Abroad?Part 8 Digital, Online and Cyber Ethics -- Archiving a Nation's Text Messages -- Where there are no government-issued ID's -- Political Disinformation, Community Outreach and Vaccine Drives -- Election Season and Viral Online Videos -- Revealing the Location of Vulnerable Women -- Child Porn, Revenge Porn and Non-Fungible Tokens -- Appendix I: Discussion-Leader Tips -- Appendix II: Structuring an Ethics Discussion -- Appendix III Evaluating Ethics Argumentation -- Appendix IV: Examples of good and bad case analyses -- Appendix IV: Discussion Guides to each Case.

This textbook explores ethical issues for not-for-profit and non-governmental organizations, providing discussion-oriented cases for NFP and NGP practitioners. The book begins with an introduction to professional ethics as practiced in industry, not-for-profits and NGOs. Attention is paid both to classical ethical theories and contemporary variants. Then, combining that theory with an introduction to the morally unique facets of the NFP and NGO landscape, it offers a series of cases which pertain to the underlying theoretical substrate. The reader will find a blend of theory and application within the text as well as guided assignment prompts. Themes covered include board relationships, staff management, work with vulnerable populations, financial transparency, Human Resources ethics and ethical dilemmas unique to international operations. Craig Hanson, Ph.D. currently serves as Associate Professor and Director of the International Development program at Palm Beach Atlantic University, USA. He is an applied scholar and researcher with expertise at the intersection of philosophical ideas and the economy of human behavior. Using this expertise, he has engaged in a career of articulating new solutions to old problems in international development. He has lent his expertise to a large number of projects throughout the world from Latin America to Southeast Asia ranging from small faith-based endeavors to large public-private initiatives. A guiding principle of these activities has been the conviction that development requires more than just one focal point, be it religious, governmental, or in the private sector. Only through the effective intersection of these often competing sets of interests can forward progress be made in those places that need it most. He has lectured at institutions across the United States as well as Europe and Africa. He speaks, lectures, and writes in French and English and has conversational competence in a variety of other languages from Spanish to tribal languages of West Africa. He is currently engaged in a variety of projects related to the intersection of the public sector and private interests as well as the ever changing landscape of American Philanthropy.

Challenging nuclearism explores how a deliberate 'normalisation' of nuclear weapons has been constructed, why it has prevailed in international politics for over seventy years and why it is only now being questioned seriously. The book identifies how certain practices have enabled a small group of states to hold vast arsenals of these weapons of mass destruction and how the close control over nuclear decisions by a select group has meant that the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons have been disregarded for decades. The recent UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will not bring about quick disarmament. It has been decried by the nuclear weapon states. But by rejecting nuclearism and providing a clear denunciation of nuclear weapons, it will challenge nuclear states in a way that has until now not been possible. Challenging nuclearism analyses the origins and repercussions of this pivotal moment in nuclear politics.

Introduction: Thinking about it -- Nothing stays the same -- Mephitic air -- Right place, wrong time -- The nth degree -- Strange bedfellows -- The bare necessities -- Move -- Adapt -- Evolve -- Take refuge -- Pushing the envelope -- Surprise, surprise -- That was then, this is now -- Conclusion: Everything you can.

First published in 1969, Planning and the Politicians is a collection of essays on political subjects, which ranges from a study of the British House of Commons, through a discussion of decentralization in various countries, to an examination of the problems of economic planning in a new' state. They are arranged in four sections, entitled Parliament, Administration, Development, and Principles. As the book's title implies, there is a constant preoccupation throughout the essays with the practical issues of politics and public administration, and with the more general problems of political choice that face the individual in the modern world. An introductory essay explains the author's personal approach to political studies. The book will be of interest to students of political science, governance, administration, and economics.

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think that the first truly smart robots will be brain emulations or 'ems'. Robin Hanson draws on decades of expertise in economics, physics, and computer science to paint a detailed picture of this next great era in human (and machine) evolution.