Ethical Leadership Challenge: Firing Volunteers

The term “firing volunteers” can be a loaded one and create challenging ethical dilemmas for Leaders of Volunteers. Many say that their biggest challenge is dealing with “difficult volunteers” and that they are not comfortable in situations related to dismissing them. This Ethics article by Reva Cooper, a volunteer management ethics expert, provides an ethical lens to this challenge and supports leaders who must determine and carry out the most appropriate and grounded course of action for all involved.