Mrs. Givinings is the director of the Community Outreach Center at Jarrow University, which prioritizes outreach to the local impoverished urban community. A successful businessman wants to donate $50,000 to the center but requires that the money also be used to include the suburban community where his children attend school. This poses a dilemma for Mrs. Givinings as accepting the donation would compromise the center's mission of serving only the urban community. The document discusses this case study through the lenses of different ethical frameworks and the potential impacts of whichever decision Mrs. Givinings makes.

1. A Dilemma of
University-
Based
Community
Service
MISSION OR MONEY
BOUND:
Marcus D’lorio, Tabetha Maly, Matt Merlene, & Kedron Taylor

2.  Jarrow University
 Large urban institution
 Reputation for community service
 The Community
 impoverished
 has built a reputation of community involvement for itself
 Members have little education and low-paying jobs
 Community Outreach Center
 Dr. Scholar, Dean of Education- oversees center
 Mrs. Givinings, former educator- Director for the center
 Mission: prioritizes community outreach; recruitment within urban
community.
 The Donation
 Successful business owner wants to donate $50,000 to center
 The catch: money must be spread to include suburban community
where the donor’s children attend.
THE CASE STUDY

3. NO!
SHOULD MRS.
GIVININGS ACCEPT THE
DONATION?

4.  Directed Donation
 Legal implications if the money is accepted for both the
center and the donor.
THE ETHIC OF JUSTICE

5.  What does it mean?
 Challenging the status quo
 “discourse should be a beginning”
 “Aimed at awakening us to inequities in society”
 What should Dr. Givinings do?
(Shapiro & Gross, 2013, p. 25)
THE ETHIC OF CRITIQUE

6.  Connection between the university and the urban
neighborhood
 Collaborative between the two neighborhoods?
 Diversity and Social Justice
 Opportunities without those finances?
 Connection and loyalty from the suburban neighborhood
 Focus on caring and concern for the urban neighborhood
 Mrs. Givinings
 Strengthen/Lose connections/trust/loyalty
 Equitable compromise to show care of both neighborhoods?
 Focus on diversity and listening to all entities involved
 What will help the urban community most in the long-term?
THE ETHIC OF CARE

7.  “And yet, she struggled with compromising the core mission of
the center by accepting the funding” (Shapiro & Gross, 2013,
p.160)
 What will happen if she challenges Dr. Scholar’s suggestion?
 Clash of ethics between administrators
 Clash of ethics between person and community
 How will this decision affect her professionally in the future?
 Mrs. Givinings should:
 Consider the standards of the community in which she works.
 Consider the mission of the university
 As acting Director of the Community Outreach Center, Mrs.
Givinings’ top priority is to uphold the mission of the center;
even if it goes against her own professional ethics.
THE ETHIC OF THE PROFESSION

8.  Level of Turbulence: Light/Moderate
 Depending on the constituents of the university the issue is
geared toward:
 University as a whole: Light
 Community Outreach Center: Moderate
 Positionality: Personal vs. Professional identities
 Cascading: By accepting the donation, what other factors can
be affected?
 Stability: University itself is stable, but the decision could
affect its level of stability.
 Regardless of Mrs. Givinings’ decision, the university may
receive some backlash.
TURBULENCE THEORY

10.  Shapiro, J.P., and Gross, S. J. (2013) Ethical
educational leadership in turbulent times:(Re)Solving moral
dilemmas (2e) New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
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