I hear a lot about conflict of interest at the board and executive level. Is it an issue below that? Conflict of interest is possible and serious throughout all levels of staff. The Code of Conduct for staff, and staff...
Call to order! The chair has called order for the regular monthly meeting of your nonprofit board. You’re asked to speak to an item that you placed on the agenda - board assessment - a matter that’s been on your...
Donors and agencies, who evaluate nonprofit performance, often look to see that most of your organization's funds are being used for core programming purposes. However, different sources recommend differing practices and policies for allocating disbursements among the functional categories. As...
I see bad people get away with stuff all the time. Those they report to look the other way, or are equally bad, or seem so gullible. Does anything bad ever happen to nonprofit staff or volunteers who behave unethically?...
The numerous corporate failures and director scandals of recent years have brought financial literacy to the forefront of board governance issues today. Literacy signifies the ability to read and understand fundamental financial statements as well as the ability to ask...
I sit on two nonprofit boards. One treats everything as secret, so even the staff do not know what got discussed or decided at board meetings except what the Executive Director chooses to tell them. Occasionally, an outvoted board member...
The federal government recently came out with policies on whistle-blowers. Working in a nonprofit organization, who protects whistle-blowers? I have encountered staff who work in nonprofits who feel that if they cannot go to the executive director, there is no...
Everyone in our society takes part in consumption. It doesn't matter if it's the regular Joe who buys a slice of pizza at lunchtime or the CEO of a multinational who buys a rival business to leverage his economic position....
"What difference do boards really make to organizations? What is governance anyway? How can boards add value to organizations? How can we evaluate their performance?" These are questions about boards many of us have asked or heard in recent years....
Since June 2005, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has had the power to impose penalties on charities for breaking certain rules which stop short of revoking the charity's registered status. These intermediate penalties range from a $500 penalty for not...
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