title: Practical ethics. What would you do?
abstract: Your hospital receives a $1 million donation from a tobacco company executive. The money will be used to make a much-needed technology upgrade that will enable the hospital to report quality data, as well as improve the overall quality of care, a high priority in your community. The donation is from a private individual, but antismoking activists in the community are protesting the gift. The situation is generating a lot of bad publicity for the hospital and is beginning to overshadow recent positive news about improved care. Do you keep the money?
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004991:Ethics, Institutional; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000941:ethics*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D019460:Tobacco Industry / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States