Some of the best advice I ever received was to not waste my passion in arguing with someone who is starting with an entirely different set of precepts.
Introducing the Cohen Report (Mar 07)
The Nonprofit Quarterly is proud to present the Cohen Report.
Welcome: Why Youth Development Is Our Business
A welcome to the Youth Development issue.
Community Building in Hawai’i
The Hawai’i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development has been experimenting with strategies that both Alperovitz and Cohen would find worthwhile.
Exploring the Puzzle of Board Design: What’s Your Type?
Many boards are just a set of accumulated practices that don’t necessarily follow a governance design. This article is an exciting approach to what the primary design principles in nonprofit governance are, and how they should be considered in the development of boards.
Do You See What I See?
Why do some community-based nonprofits sound more like each other than the diverse communities they serve? This article, addressing a core issue of nonprofit accountability, is based on research originally printed in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
The Whistle-blower: Policy Challenges For Nonprofits
Why are many employees, at every level, and even in “compassionate” nonprofit organizations, reluctant or fearful to report anything up the ladder that is not positive? If they do and subsequently face adversity, what is the remedy? What can we suggest to these employees and to organizational leaders?
Whistle-Blowers by the Numbers
The nonprofit sector does not record statistics on many accountability indicators, but it should. One vital statistic to track would be the treatment of whistle-blowers and the disposition of their complaints.
The Nonprofit Ethicist | Winter 2007
Shady spousal dealings, complicated board loyalties, and the IRS, all in this edition of the Ethicist!
Does the Law Protect Whistle-Blowers?
Despite everything you’ve read and heard about the applicability of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to nonprofit whistle-blowing, the 2002 law’s protections appear to offer flimsy protection from employer retaliation against nonprofit employees who identify misconduct.
Welcome to Winter 2007
The cover image of this Winter edition of the Nonprofit Quarterly is a little dark and stark, as befits the winter solstice before we light the lights and candles to cheer us. NPQ hopes you are safe and warm, but it wants to contribute its own bright moment to those who work in the nonprofit
What Makes Powerful Nonprofit Leaders
Business leaders face a very different power structure than do social-sector leaders.