“Ethics as a Strategic Asset for Nonprofits” (Nov. 30)
Register for “Ethics as a Strategic Asset for Nonprofits” (Nov. 30/26)
PhilanthroThink: “Ethics as a Strategic Asset for Nonprofits,” with Dr. Isabel de Bruin Cardoso
An online MPNL event on Monday, November 30, 2026 (11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time).
Dr. Isabel de Bruin Cardoso is an Affiliate of the Global Philanthropy Initiative, at Green Templeton College, at the University of Oxford. She’s the founder of the Nonprofit Ethics Lab, which examines the ethical opportunities and risks associated with nonprofit organisations. Central to her work is the question of what a nonprofit’s mission means for ethics, and what ethics means for mission.
She also studies other types of mission-driven organisations, such as philanthropies, social enterprises and international organisations, examining how a focus on mission shapes their moral positioning, conduct and management.
Her work straddles academia and practice. She’s worked with and advised international NGOs, philanthropic organisations, religious congregations and international organisations, such as the UN and the World Bank, in 22 countries. Nearly 20 years of experience in ethics, integrity and safeguarding shapes the questions she researches and the training and tools she develops for practitioners.
Banner photo is courtesy of Omid Montazami.