Entrusted: The Moral Responsibilities of Trusteeship

"Entrusted provides a much needed contribution to the literature on ethics in the healthcare arena." —Health Progress

"A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read." —Richard Chait, Center for Higher Education Governance and Leadership

"... thoughtful essays on the morality, obligations, practice, and virtues of trusteeship.... Smith presents intriguing arguments for governance grounded in a broader sense of organizational and public stewardship." —ARNOVA News

"[Smith’s] contribution breaks some new and difficult ground by helping us to think beyond the routine and mundane dimensions of trusteeship." —Academe

"... essential reading for trustees." —Ethics

"Entrusted should be required reading for trustees of any not-for-profit." —Advancing Philanthropy

"Entrusted provides a much needed contribution to the literature on ethics in the healthcare arena." — Health Progress

"A splendid and invaluable book, one every trustee with an active conscience would want to read and one every trustee with a dormant conscience ought to read." — Richard Chait, Center for Higher Education Governance and Leadership

"... thoughtful essays on the morality, obligations, practice, and virtues of trusteeship.... Smith presents intriguing arguments for governance grounded in a broader sense of organizational and public stewardship." — ARNOVA News

"[Smith's] contribution breaks some new and difficult ground by helping us to think beyond the routine and mundane dimensions of trusteeship." — Academe

"... essential reading for trustees." — Ethics

"Entrusted should be required reading for trustees of any not-for-profit." — Advancing Philanthropy

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Smith (religious studies, Indiana U.; director, the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions) focuses on the moral aspects of trusteeship and looks at issues such as the necessity of a board of trustees, trustees' major duties, and common problems. Case studies of proper trusteeship and trusteeship gone bad include the SMU football scandal and Robert Mapplethorpe's controversial exhibit at the Corcoran Art Gallery. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

DAVID H.SMITH is the Director of the Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions and Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. He is the author of Health and Medicine in the Anglican Tradition: Conscience, Community, and Compromise.