10 Simple Ways to Protect Your Career From Ethical Slip-Ups

8. Leave what’s not yours.

This is like what you learned in kindergarten. When you leave an organization, it is tempting to take the list of donors you have worked so hard to develop to your next organization. Don’t do it! If you have developed a list for your old organization, the list belongs to it. If you want to contact some of the donors who might be interested in your new organization, get permission from the old organization first. Otherwise, you’re not being fair, and you’re asking for trouble.