Ethics – Page 6 – Critical Fundraising

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – beneficiary framing and poverty porn

This is a collection of blogs exploring the ethics of how beneficiaries are portrayed – ‘framed’ – in charity fundraising.

KNOWLEDGE: Fundraising ethics blogs – miscellaneous

This is a collection of blogs covering miscellaneous issues in fundraising ethics.

KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest March 2017

Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good argument.

KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest February 2017

Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought. Inclusion in this digest does not indicate that Rogare agrees with any arguments presented, only that we thought they made a good argument.

KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest January 2017

Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought.

NEW IDEAS: The fundraiser’s duty to ask – a philosophical rationale

It’s often heard that fundraisers have a ‘duty’ to ask for donations. Cherian Koshy argues that duty is grounded in the ethics of the specific role of the fundraiser.

KNOWLEDGE: Blog digest December 2016

Each month, the Critical Fundraising blog presents a digest of the best fundraising-related blogs and articles that have adopted a critical fundraising mode of thought.

OPINION: You have nothing to fear from asking – or being asked – the right questions

Fundraisers are being called on to make changes but they’re also being told not to think too much about how they do it. Ian MacQuillin wonders if there’s an anti-intellectual undercurrent in fundraising.

NEW IDEAS: The philosophical dispute between fundraising and data protection

Fundraisers and data protection experts appear to have very little common ground on which to talk about ICO’s recent enforcement action. Ian MacQuillin suggests the gulf between the two could be down to different philosophical approaches.

OPINION: Does the ICO have ‘unreasonable’ expectations about wealth screening?

The UK’s data protection regulator has fined two charities over how they have ‘wealth screened’ current and future donors. Ian MacQuillin ask whether the Information Commissioner’s Office is treating charities differently to companies.