The Kindness of Strangers Philanthropy and Higher Education

by Elliott, Deni; Beck & Joseph Murphy, Lynn G.; Payton, Robert L.; Cook, W Bruce; Buchanan, Allen; Levy, Neil

• ISBN13: 9780742507111
• ISBN10: 0742507114
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-10
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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 with academic values; the commercialization of student athletics; and endowment use and investment. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Deni Elliott is Poynter Jamison Chair in Media Ethics and 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 I: PHILANTHROPY IN HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY
Introduction	3	(2)
1 The New Landscape of Higher Education Funding	5	(16)
2 Solicitation, Gifts, and Academic Mission	21	(8)
3 The Business of Giving and Getting	29	(18)
4 What Donors Want	47	(12)
5 What Corporations Buy	59	(16)
6 Recipients as Givers	75	(14)
7 Conclusion	89	(4)
PART II: SELECTED READINGS
Conceptions of Ethics in Educational Administration	93	(16)
Lynn G. Beck and Joseph Murphy
The Ethics and Values of Fund Raising	109	(10)
Robert L. Payton
Toward a Theory of Fund Raising in Higher Education	119	(20)
W. Bruce Cook and William F. Lasher
Justice and Charity	139	(20)
Allen Buchanan
Against Philanthropy, Individual and Corporate	159	(12)
Neil Levy
CASE Statement of Ethics	171	(2)
CASE Donor Bill of Rights	173	(2)
Bibliography	175	(8)
Index	183	(6)
About the Author	189