Isabel de Bruin Cardoso

Isabel de Bruin Cardoso is a Visiting Fellow at the Rotterdam School of Management within the Department of Business-Society Management. Her research focuses on the interplay between moral goodness and unethical behavior in NGOs, particularly the 'NGO halo effect.' She holds a Doctoral Thesis from 2024 and has published extensively on nonprofit ethics and decision-making processes.

Research Interests:
Her work examines topics such as:

• Unethical behavior in NGOs driven by moral licensing
• Decision-making frameworks in turbulent organizational environments
• Conceptualization of moral foundations in nonprofit operations

Publications Highlight:
Her recent work emphasizes empirical evidence of how NGOs' moral missions can paradoxically enable unethical actions. This is explored through case studies and theoretical frameworks in journals like Journal of Philanthropy and Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.