Do no harm   

"First do no harm" is famous from the Hippocratic oath sworn by doctors, but it has other important applications.

In international development and crisis relief, for example, NGOs and aid agencies can potentially do serious damage. See Good intentions, disastrous outcomes.

Mary Anderson's work on NGOs examines this - see Development assistance and humanitarian aid in conflict and Article Summary of "Humanitarian NGOs in Conflict Intervention" by Mary Anderson.

This page is a "stub" - it needs more content. You are invited to add your knowledge. No registration needed - just edit. We monitor for spam and to keep these pages improving.