Ethical vs strategic partnerships : where to draw the line?

![CDATA[We do not always have free choices in building partnerships for teaching & learning, research, and service. Examples include (but not limited to): when student placement opportunities are decimated by COVID-19 restrictions; when a partnership is politically strategic; when we are requested to support the university's greater agenda; or when an organisation makes an offer we just cannot refuse. Inevitably we have to accept our partner organisations’ nature, philosophy, and preferences when they are not fully aligned with ours, but where do we draw the line? How do we make ethical decisions in partnerships when juggling equally pressing agendas? When aged care placements are hardly available, can we afford to turn down a placement opportunity at a nursing home which does not admit same-sex couples? Should we refuse a generous medical education PhD funding offer from a company whose international partnership portfolio, among hundreds, include an overseas tobacco company? Would we lend our support to a desperately needed health screening service for homeless people which is run by an organisation with a diametrically opposing view to us in regard to the 2021 Australian Religious Discrimination Bill? This PeArLs will discuss possible solutions to the challenges in making ethical decisions in partnerships, focusing on where and how to draw the line while maintaining our social accountability and without jeopardising anybody’s works.]]