NGO在公民社會中的公益倫理與責信

The Philanthropic Ethics and Accountability of NGO in the Civil Society

近年來，“公民社會”這個饒負公民治理意義的名詞不斷的被討論，而其中一在“公民治理”議題中扮演主要角色的NGO也因此獲得重視，甚而積極地在公民社會中運作、興起。而這些深涵社會性與公共性的民間組織，泰半在其公益的組織理念下，被社會公眾賦予高度期待後，不僅擁有超乎公部門與私人企業甚高的“道德光環”，也同時獲得了許多資源獲得、運用，以及行為限制上的“特權”。然而，許多實證上的觀察與研究都說明，活躍於公民社會中的NGO並非真的完美無暇，特別是在“公益倫理”層次上的許多問題尚有爭議。本文將在公民社會中“公–私共治”的架構下，探討NGO在從事公共行為上的道德倫理問題，並從中歸結出處理此一問題的若干途徑。

In recent years, the term ''civil society'' which is full of the meaning of citizen governance has been discussed continuously. For the issue of ''citizen governance'', the NGOs play an important role and thus have obtained more attentions. Furthermore, they are actively operating and emerging in the civil society. These civilian organizations which is deeply full of the characteristics of society and publicity, are mostly under the organizational idea of philanthropy, and are endowed with high expectation by the society. They not only surpass public sector and private business by having a higher degree of ethics, but also obtain more resources and behavior-limited privileges. However, many evidence-based observations and researches have explained that NGOs which being active in the civil society are not flawless; especially there are many disputes in the level of philanthropic ethics. This paper, under the framework of ''public-private co-governance'' in the civil society, will discuss the behavioral issues of NGO philanthropic ethics while engaging in public affairs; and several ways to resolve this issue will be summarized.