Broken Trust : Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust

Broken Trust Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust

Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the largest landowner and richest woman in the Hawaiian kingdom. Upon her death in 1884, she entrusted her property--known as Bishop Estate--to five trustees in order to create and maintain an institution that would benefit the children of Hawai'i: Kamehameha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Samuel P. (-)
Other Authors: Roth, Randall W.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press 2006.
Subjects:
Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate > Trials, litigation, etc.
Charities > Corrupt practices > Hawaii.
Hawaiians > Legal status, laws, etc.
Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations > Hawaii.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009431221006719
Table of Contents:
  • Princess for a new Hawai'i
  • A culture suppressed
  • "Where are all the Hawaiian-looking ones?
  • Newfound wealth, cultural rebirth, seeds of discontent
  • The trust plays politics as activism grows
  • Shell-shocked lottery winners
  • The "black and blue" panel
  • Five fingers, one hand
  • The education trustee
  • "We must march!"
  • A tinderbox waiting for a match
  • Time to say, "No more"
  • Like investigating the CIA
  • Mistrust and paranoia
  • A world record for breaches of trust
  • "That's just the way you do it"
  • Public pressure forces a political shift
  • Trustees surrounded End of the line
  • "Healing" and "closure"
  • Eternal vigilance.

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