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When organizations face ethical dilemmas about funding sources

Our nonprofit board is split on whether to accept a large donation from a company whose practices some of us find morally questionable. Half of us think we can't afford to be purists when we desperately need funding, the other half thinks taking the money compromises our mission, and we're deadlocked with real financial pressure mounting.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Competing moral frameworks about pragmatism versus ideological purity are paralyzing decision-making when the stakes are genuinely high.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined moral life?”

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