The Haunted House of Ethical Nightmares: Navigating Nonprofit Ethical Dilemmas

A cold chill grips the air. Disembodied whispers echo down the hall. These are not the bad dreams of children; these are altogether more terrifying: the ethical nightmares of nonprofit workplaces! Donor issues, reporting requirements, and ethical conundra of years past have resurrected themselves to rise again to haunt Kansas City’s nonprofit professionals!

Join members of the Association of Fundraising Professional Kansas City (AFPKC), Kansas City Society of Association Executives (KCSAE), and Nonprofit Connect for bone-chilling storytelling about the difficult moral problems your peers have encountered and roundtable discussions on specific areas of concern. These macabre roundtables will include ghost stories of mission creep, onerous gift stipulations, problematic funders, as well as managing stakeholder privacy.  

Venture into this twisted realm on Tuesday, October 13 from 4-5:30 p.m. at Nonprofit Connect. There you can enjoy refreshments and a unique opportunity to talk with other nonprofit professionals about navigating ethical dilemmas that are not for the faint of heart. Join us . . . if you dare!

Key Learning Objectives

1. Recognize common ethical dilemmas in nonprofit work.
2. Apply ethical decision-making strategies to analyze complex nonprofit scenarios, balance competing stakeholder interests and identify appropriate courses of action.
3. Develop practical approaches for responding to ethical challenges by drawing on peer experiences, resources and perspectives from across the nonprofit and association sectors.