Patricia Illingworth

Online creators, led by MrBeast and Mark Rober, want to raise $40 million for clean water access

“Ideally, you would not use philanthropy simply to take away the symptoms of whatever is the problem,” said Patricia Illingworth, a Northeastern University philosophy professor who writes about ethics in philanthropy. “But, rather, you would want to address the root cause.”

Patients still discriminate against health care workers of color. Why don’t more hospitals ban it?

Patricia Illingworth, a lawyer and professor of philosophy and business with the Ethics Institute at Northeastern University, says hospitals should have a zero-tolerance policy for accommodating race-based patient requests, with the exception of patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or some other kind of trauma. Having served on ethics committees for Boston hospitals, she concludes […]

TechCrunch

The nonprofits accelerating Sam Altman’s AI vision

“When donors give, and then benefit from their donations, arguably they are not promoting the public good, but rather their own good,” says Patricia Illingworth, a philosophy professor at Northeastern University and author of Giving Now, a book about the ethics of philanthropy.

MarketWatch

How to be financially ethical even when things are tight

“The connection between sweatshops and fast fashion is a good example,” says Patricia Illingworth, a professor at Northeastern University and author of “Giving Now: Accelerating Human Rights for All.”

Marketplace

Russian artists and donors prompt a reckoning at arts institutions

“The default position is the donation is good, the donor is good. And so what you don’t get is much vetting at all,” said Patricia Illingworth, a researcher of philanthropy and ethics at Northeastern University.

Crunch time at PepsiCo for a friend of the workers

Patricia Illingworth, a philosophy professor and philanthropy expert at Northeastern University, acknowledged that “as head of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker has been a moral leader who has improved the lives and wellbeing of countless people”. Yet, she added, as a PepsiCo director, “Walker confers moral legitimacy on the very injustices that he has worked […]

Carnegie Hall Stands By Its Chairman, Despite Tax Violations

But some experts in philanthropy and corporate governance questioned whether he should remain chairman, including Patricia Illingworth, a professor at Northeastern University and the editor of “Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy.”

Inside Philanthropy

In Past Ties Between Leslie Wexner and Jeffrey Epstein, Troubling Questions About Elite Philanthropy

Wexner engaged in ethically questionable behavior by failing to conduct due diligence into Epstein’s background—and lack thereof, says Patricia Illingworth, a professor in the department of philosophy at Northeastern University’s school of business and law school, and senior fellow of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

‘Childhood ruined’: Scientologists reportedly behind Neopets

While this doesn’t seem that odd considering most businesses have hierarchy structures in place, Patricia Illingworth, a professor at Northeastern University and a Senior Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government’s Carr Center for Human Rights at Harvard, told the publication that “the model is less ethical than it appears.”

Outside Magazine

Should our morals determine our gear purchases?

Professor Patricia Illingworth, who teaches business ethics at Northeastern University, says that “an argument could be made that customers do have a moral responsibility to stop buying [Vista Outdoor] brands.”