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Voluntary Regulation of NGOs and Nonprofits

Author : Mary Kay Gugerty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139491016
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Voluntary Regulation of NGOs and Nonprofits written by Mary Kay Gugerty and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can nonprofit organizations and NGOs demonstrate accountability to stakeholders and show that they are using funds appropriately and delivering on their promises? Many nonprofit stakeholders, including funders and regulators, have few opportunities to observe nonprofit internal management and policies. Such information deficits make it difficult for 'principals' to differentiate credible nonprofits from less credible ones. This volume examines a key instrument employed by nonprofits to respond to these challenges: voluntary accountability clubs. These clubs are voluntary, rule-based governance systems created and sponsored by nongovernmental actors. By participating in accountability clubs, nonprofits agree to abide by certain rules regarding internal governance in order to send a signal of quality to key principals. Nonprofit voluntary programs are relatively new but are spreading rapidly across the globe. This book investigates how the emergence, design, and success of such initiatives vary across a range of sectors and institutional contexts in the United States, the Netherlands, Africa, and Central Europe.

Regulatory Waves

Author : Oonagh B. Breen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107166853
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Regulatory Waves written by Oonagh B. Breen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the features of both governmental regulation of non-profit organizations and self-regulation by non-profit sectors themselves.

Trust But Verify? Voluntary Regulation Programs in the Nonprofit Sector

Author : Aseem Prakash
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Trust But Verify? Voluntary Regulation Programs in the Nonprofit Sector written by Aseem Prakash and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines how information problems can cause agency slippages and lead to governance failures in nonprofits. Drawing on the principal-agent literature, we provide a theoretical account of an institutional mechanism, namely voluntary regulation programs, to mitigate such slippages. These programs seek to impose obligations on their participants regarding internal governance and use of resources. By joining these programs, nonprofits seek to differentiate themselves from nonparticipants and signal to their principals that they are deploying resources as per the organizational mandate. If principals are assured that agency slippages are lower in program participants, they may be more likely to provide participants with resources to deliver goods and services to their target populations. However, nonprofit regulatory programs are of variable quality and, in some cases, could be designed to obscure rather than reveal information. We outline an analytic framework to ex ante differentiate the credible clubs from the “charity washes.” A focus on the institutional architecture of these programs can help predicting their efficacy in reducing agency problems.

Regulation of the Voluntary Sector

Author : Mark Sidel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134096704
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Regulation of the Voluntary Sector written by Mark Sidel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-10-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have we gone too far in enacting laws, promulgating regulations and announcing policies that threaten freedom of association, either now or ‘in waiting’ for the future? Regulation of the Voluntary Sector focuses on the legal and political environment for civil society in an era in which counter-terrorism policy and law have challenged civil society and civil liberties in a number of countries. The ways in which counter-terrorism law and policy affect civil society can and do differ dramatically by country and region. Through the lens of developments since September 11th, Mark Sidel provides the first comparative analysis of state responses to voluntary sector activity. Comparing the situations in the UK and the US, as well as in Australia, Canada, India and within the European Union, he surveys the increasing efforts to delimit and restrict voluntary sector activities – such as fundraising and grant-making – as well as opposition to them.

Governing Nonprofit Organizations

Author : Marion R. Fremont-Smith
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674037298
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (372 download)

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Book Synopsis Governing Nonprofit Organizations by : Marion R. Fremont-Smith

Download or read book Governing Nonprofit Organizations written by Marion R. Fremont-Smith and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nonprofit sector is a vital component of our society and is allowed the greatest freedom to operate. The public understandably assumes that since nonprofit organizations are established to do good, the people who run nonprofits are altruistic, and the laws governing nonprofits have reflected this assumption. But as Marion Fremont-Smith argues, the rules that govern how nonprofits operate are inadequate, and the regulatory mechanisms designed to enforce the rules need improvement. Despite repeated instances of negligent management, self-interest at the expense of the charity, and outright fraud, nonprofits continue to receive minimal government regulation. In this time of increased demand for corporate accountability, the need to strengthen regulation of nonprofits is obvious. Fremont-Smith addresses this need from a historical, legal, and organizational perspective. She combines summaries and analysis of the substantive legal rules governing the behavior of charitable officers, directors, and trustees with descriptions of the federal and state regulatory schemes designed to enforce these rules. Her unique and exhaustive historical survey of the law of nonprofit organizations provides a foundation for her analysis of the effectiveness of current law and proposals for its improvement.

The Promise and Limits of Collective Action for Nonprofit Self-Regulation

Author : Mark Sidel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Promise and Limits of Collective Action for Nonprofit Self-Regulation written by Mark Sidel and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-regulation is a new mandate in American nonprofit life, both for the nonprofit sector itself and for its government overseers. In the United States, this new self-regulation imperative is the product of oversight and hearings by the Senate Finance Committee on nonprofit and philanthropic accountability and malfeasance, the rise of strengthened self-governance among highly networked and occasionally threatened nonprofit sector industries, the rapid strengthening of voluntary and educational efforts at the state level, and other factors. The National Principles on Self-Regulation drafted by an advisory committee of the Panel of the Nonprofit Sector are the most visible new product of collective action within the nonprofit sector toward self-regulation. But the new self-regulation drive is not limited to the United States. Self-regulation is the product of collective action by the nonprofit sector that can have many and often overlapping motivations, and it is emerging throughout Asia as a means to defend against encroaching and increasing state pressures expressed through law, policy, and politics; to strengthen the quality of governance, services, financial management, and fundraising in the sector; to improve an public, corporate, media and other perceptions of nonprofits and charities; to organize an unruly sphere and marginalize lower-quality actors or other outliers; to access governmental or donor funding; as a market mechanism to exclude competitive or unproductive actors; and as a learning opportunity for nonprofits and their networks at state and national levels, a means to clarify and strengthen shared identity in particular parts of the nonprofit community. This working paper reviews the history of nonprofit self-regulation in Asia and discussions of it in the academic literature, and discusses and analyzes the various forms of nonprofit self-regulation and private governance in Asia, emphasizing developments in India, Cambodia, the Philippines and Pakistan where nonprofit collective action toward self-regulation is most active. The paper analyzes the initial successes of this collective action in formulating standards and mechanisms for self-regulation, as well as the difficulty that the nonprofit sector has in collectively moving toward implementation, enforcement, and scale-up of these self-regulatory systems - a problem that occurs in the United States as well.

Nonprofits Daring to Be Different as Moral Dark Energy Improving the World

Author : David Horton Smith
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004446486
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Nonprofits Daring to Be Different as Moral Dark Energy Improving the World written by David Horton Smith and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reviews historical impacts of some Deviant Voluntary Associations (DVAs) as moral dark energy. Dissenting DVAs, like the American Anti-Slavery Society (mid-1800s) and National Woman’s Party (early 1900s), worked effectively fostering U.S. socio-cultural progress and ethical evolution in global rights revolution.

Third Sector Policy at the Crossroads

Author : Helmut K. Anheier
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134614144
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Third Sector Policy at the Crossroads written by Helmut K. Anheier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nonprofit sector occupies an ever more central role in economic and social policies, from the redesign of welfare system in the U.S. or UK, to fostering democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. At the same time, non-profit organizations face increased public scrutiny, and calls for more 'efficiency' and greater 'accountability'. Against this background, this revealing book explore keys policy issues such as: * Is the nonprofit sector in crisis? * What are the common themes and patterns in current policy debates concerning the future of the nonprofit sector? * What policy models are being discussed, and what are their implications? * How can nonprofit organiztions negotiate a course between commercialization and tighter government regulation? As this sector is confronted with often conflicting demands of new public management, tight budgeting, and greater competition, it arrives at a crucial crossroad in its development. Through the detailed investigations presented in this key book, postgraduate students of business and politics can fully explore this significant sector and analyze it's position in today's society.

Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector

Author : Susan Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136853928
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Governance and Regulation in the Third Sector written by Susan Phillips and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-01-25 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together scholars and experienced practitioners from different countries to investigate the relationship between regulation and relational governance for the third sector in a comparative context.

Global Standard NGOs

Author : Grant B. Stillman
Publisher : Grant B. Stillman
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Standard NGOs written by Grant B. Stillman and published by Grant B. Stillman. This book was released on 2007 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Advancing Nonprofit Stewardship Through Self-regulation

Author : Christopher Corbett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565494084
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Advancing Nonprofit Stewardship Through Self-regulation written by Christopher Corbett and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, Senators Grassley and Baucus requested that Independent Sector, the major trade organization for nonprofits in the US, convene a panel to recommend actions to strengthen nonprofit governance and ethical standards. They expressed concern that current laws and guidelines failed to hold tax-exempt organizations accountable. After embarking upon an industry collaborative, Independent Sector’s advisory panel issued a report in October 2007, highlighting 33 principles it recommended nonprofits adopt. The report was overwhelmingly welcomed by the nonprofit sector, but the daunting challenge of implementing these principles remains. Advancing Nonprofit Stewardship Through Self-Regulation points the way forward for nonprofits by identifying specific strategies for implementing Independent Sector’s principles. It also urges other researchers and practitioners to create competing strategies of implementation to give nonprofits choice. This lucid and brief guidebook shows how organizations can navigate demands for increased accountability and transparency through constructing and executing improved bylaws while creating a setting of integrity and trust. It is essential reading not only for all US nonprofits but for NGOs facing similar challenges around the world.

Nonprofits and Government

Author : Elizabeth Boris
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442271795
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Nonprofits and Government written by Elizabeth Boris and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofits and Government provides students and practitioners with the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary, research-based inquiry into the collaborative and conflicting relationship between nonprofits and government at all levels: local, national, and international. The contributors—all leading experts—explore how government regulates, facilitates, finances, and oversees nonprofit activities, and how nonprofits, in turn, try to shape the way government serves the public and promotes the civic, religious, and cultural life of the country. Buttressed by rigorous scholarship, a solid grasp of history, and practical ideas, this 360-degree assessment frees discussion of the nonprofit sector’s relationship to government from both wishful and insular thinking. The third edition, addresses the tremendous changes that created both opportunities and challenges for nonprofit-government relations over the past ten years, including new audit requirements, tax and regulatory changes, consequences of the Affordable Care Act and the Great Recession, and new nonprofit and philanthropic forms. Contributors include Alan J. Abramson, Elizabeth T. Boris, Erica Broadus, Evelyn Brody, John Casey, Roger Colinvaux, Joseph J. Cordes , Teresa Derrick-Mills, Nathan Dietz, Lewis Faulk, Marion Fremont-Smith, Saunji D. Fyffe, Virginia Hodgkinson, Béatrice Leydier, Cindy M. Lott, Jasmine McGinnis Johnson, Brice McKeever, Susan D. Phillips, Steven Rathgeb Smith, Ellen Steele, C. Eugene Steuerle, Dennis R. Young, and Mary K. Winkler.

Defining the Nonprofit Sector

Author : Lester M. Salamon
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719049026
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Defining the Nonprofit Sector written by Lester M. Salamon and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growth of the non-profit, voluntary or third sector has been widely recognized throughout the world. This text seeks to provide a definition and a common classification of the non-profit sector, while recognizing the great diversity of voluntarism internationally.

A Voice for Nonprofits

Author : Jeffrey M. Berry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815796080
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book A Voice for Nonprofits written by Jeffrey M. Berry and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonprofit organizations are playing an increasingly important role in delivering basic government services. Yet they are discouraged by federal law from participating in legislative lobbying efforts—even on issues that affect their clients directly. Without the involvement of nonprofits in the governmental process, the vulnerable populations they serve are left without effective representation in the political system. A Voice for Nonprofits analyzes the effect of government restrictions on the participation of nonprofits in the policymaking process and suggests ways to address the problems. The relationship between nonprofits and the government is ideal in many respects, according to Jeffrey M. Berry and David F. Arons. By underwriting operating budgets and subcontracting the administration of programs to nonprofits, governments at all levels are able to take advantage of nonprofits' dedication, imagination, and private fund-raising skills. However, as nonprofits assume greater responsibility for delivering services traditionally provided by government, that responsibility is not matched by a congruous increase in policy influence. Berry and Arons believe the lobbying restrictions should be eased so that nonprofits may become more involved in public policymaking. Their recommendations are designed to ensure that nonprofit organizations—and the constituencies they serve—are effectively represented in the American political system.

Regulating Charities

Author : Myles McGregor-Lowndes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780367242916
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Regulating Charities written by Myles McGregor-Lowndes and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume charity commissioners and leading charity policy reformers from across the world reflect on the aims and objectives of charity regulation and what it has achieved. Regulating Charities represents an insider's review of the last quarter century of charity law policy and an insight for its future development. Charity Commissioners and nonprofit regulatory agency heads chart the nature of charity law reforms that they have implemented, with a 'warts and all' analysis. They are joined by influential sector reformers who assess the outcomes of their policy agitation. All reflect on the current state of charities in a fiscally restrained environment, often with conservative governments, and offer their views on productive regulatory paths available for the future. This topical collection brings together major charity regulation actors, and will be of great interest to anyone concerned with contemporary third sector policy-making, public administration and civil society. public administration and civil society.

Doing Good Well

Author : Willie Cheng
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118799437
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book Doing Good Well written by Willie Cheng and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does a deserving charity struggle to make ends meet while another which squanders money, thrive? Because there is a structural disconnect between revenue and expenses in the nonprofit world. Is continuous growth the hallmark of a successful charity? No, it’s just the opposite – the ultimate aim of a charity is to be extinct. Would you use volunteers if it actually cost more than hiring paid skilled staff? Yes, if engagement with the community is crucial. Call these examples, ironies, paradoxes or simply insights into why the charity sector is what it is. Doing Good Well is a thinking man’s guide to the nonprofit world. It is replete with nonprofit paradigms. It provides a different twist to what one might regard as straightforward notions such as mission, staff compensation, governance and corporate social responsibility. And it surprises and challenges even as it seeks to explain charity-specific issues such as charitableness, bridging the rich/poor divide, informed giving and social entrepreneurship. And as he deconstructs existing paradigms, Willie Cheng creates new ones. Through an easy writing style, hearty anecdotes and thought-provoking perspectives, Cheng engages the readers with a strategic review of not just the status quo but also the enormous potential in the nonprofit world. The theme of the book is change. Inasmuch as charities are about changing society for the better, this book seeks to set the stage for interesting introspection. Whether you are a volunteer, business executive, nonprofit worker, governor or regulator, it’s time to start asking the questions that would help the charity sector itself change for the better. In Cheng’s words, charity is no longer simply about "Just Doing Good" but "Doing Good Well."

Nonprofits & Government

Author : Elizabeth T. Boris
Publisher : The Urban Insitute
ISBN 13 : 9780877667322
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Nonprofits & Government written by Elizabeth T. Boris and published by The Urban Insitute. This book was released on 2006 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past several decades have seen unprecedented growth in the scope and complexity of relationships between government and nonprofit organizations. These relationships have been more fruitful than many critics had feared and more problematic than many advocates had hoped. Nonprofits and Government is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary exploration of nonprofit-government relations. The second edition of this important book is fully updated and includes two new chapters. The authors address a host of important issues, including nonprofit advocacy, direct regulatory and tax policy, the conversion of nonprofits to for-profits, clashes in government interaction with religion and the arts, and international nonprofit-government relationships. Practitioners, researchers, and policymakers alike will benefit from the authors' wide-ranging discussion.