PHDE661 Leadership: Legal and Ethical Issues in Nonprofit Organizations (3 cr.)

This course explores the role of ethics and values in our lives as philanthropic leaders as well as the legal concepts and principles that regulate nonprofit organizations.  The course also explores the leadership skills and attributes critical for today’s nonprofit leader.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Articulate the role of ethics in organizational settings.
2. Apply a values-based approach to leading and managing fundraising programs.
3. Connect the importance of the Donor Bill of Rights and International Statement of Ethical Principles in Fundraising to best practices.
4. Apply basic legal concepts and principles that regulate nonprofit organizations.