Here is an interesting article ‘The Dark Side of the NGO Halo: Exploring moral goodness as a driver for NGO unethical behavior’, in which Dr Isabel de Bruin “found that people in charities can glorify their charities’ noble goals, noble values, and noble people, which can lead to unethical behaviour, termed by de Bruin as the “NGO halo effect””. Or as one Canadian senator once said – ‘all because you are on the side of the angels, does not make you an angel’.
‘NGO halo effect’ associated with unethical behaviour in & by charities, research finds