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When your partner's family favoritism conflicts with organizational equity and you're accused of cultural insensitivity

My nonprofit co-director hired her unqualified brother for a key position and when I confronted her she said she was trying to help her family out of poverty and accused me of not understanding her cultural values around family obligation, and now I don't know if I'm upholding standards or being culturally insensitive.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

They're discovering that justice and fairness can be defined differently across cultural contexts, complicating both accountability and forgiveness.

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“Where Are You with Justice and forgiveness — the tension?”

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