At Nintendo, corporate social responsibility hinges on making everyone smile—employees, customers, suppliers, everyone. Do you buy it?
Sex, Gender Stereotypes, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Should use of gender stereotypes in advertising count against a company’s CSR score?
Nonprofit Mergers Around the Nation: Are They Really a Trend?
Are nonprofit mergers really a trend? The spate of merger announcements in recent weeks suggests that a lot of mergers are happening, but for a wide variety of reasons.
Providing Insurance to Volunteer Drivers Who Chauffeur the Elderly
Remember the problem of reimbursing volunteer drivers’ mileage for charitable purposes? It’s not just mileage, but insurance, too. Illinois is trying to fix the problem.
Does $141 Million in Philanthropy Outweigh Social Costs of Casino?
A casino foundation in Illinois is proud of its accomplishments and its philanthropy. Is the Grand Victoria Foundation typical for casinos, or should Grand Victoria’s peers and competitors step up their commitments to the nonprofit sector?
Catholic Detroit Buys a D.C. Cultural Center that Tanks – Who Takes the Loss?
Did you know that the Archdiocese of Detroit built a center in Washington, DC, honoring Pope John Paul II? The center has been a money pit ever since it opened and as it is sold – who takes the loss?
When Freedom of Religion Intersects with Municipal Zoning
In tiny Village of Newport, New York, the zoning board has denied a land use permit to a faith-based nonprofit on the grounds that its new program focus—Christian-based activities—is no longer worthy of a variance, unlike its previous program of adult daycare services.
Social Innovator Youth Villages Receives Grant of $42 million
Big money follows innovation. Foundation lays down $42 million challenge grant in aid of Youth Villages expansion.
Relationship Lesson: In Midst of Move Nonprofit Must Remake Case to Neighborhood
After purchasing space in a downtown business section in one of Washington, D.C.’s fastest growing neighborhoods, a social service nonprofit runs into problems.
Alabama Immigration Law Deemed Unholy by Catholic Church
A group of religious leaders in Alabama have joined the Federal government and other groups in legally challenging the state’s new stringent immigration law.
New York Gov. Announces Nonprofit Compensation Review
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is the latest big state governor to cast a jaundiced eye at the salaries of CEOs at nonprofits doing business with state agencies. The Governor was prompted by a state review of nonprofit service providers to the disabled who had 1,926 employees with salaries over $100,000.
Nonprofits Targeted in the World’s Biggest Hacking Campaign
Be afraid . . . be very afraid: the world’s largest organized cyber-attack is now a five-year-old campaign going after nonprofits in addition to governments and corporations.