After the withdrawal of former Virginia Republican Governor Jim Gilmore from the presidential race, America’s always brilliant and satirical national newspaper The Onion put it best. When asked to comment about Gilmore’s bowing-out, a man-in-the-street commentator replied, “Well, I guess the ‘nobodies no one’s ever heard of’ vote is up for grabs again.” This issue
The Whistle-blower: Policy Challenges For Nonprofits
See also Rick Cohen’s sidebars to this article, titled “Whistle-Blowers by the Numbers,” and “Does the Law Protect Whistle-Blowers? “
NOT a Spin-Free Zone: Reflections on the Utility and Price of Nonprofit Spin
AN NPQ CLASSIC:
The nonprofit sector uses spin routinely, and while ours generally does less harm, we would do well to own up to our tendencies and to consider both the utility and the price of our most frequently told half-truths.
Peak Performance: Nonprofit Leaders Rate Highest in 360-Degree Reviews
A study conducted by Community Resource Exchange (CRE), a nonprofit social-change consulting firm, and Performance Programs Inc. (PPI), a consulting firm that specializes in leadership and organizational assessment, showed that nonprofit leaders received higher ratings than for-profit leaders based on feedback from direct reports, managers, peers, and a category called “others.”
Is it easier to steal from a nonprofit organization than from a business? That’s what some researchers have speculated. To identify how people steal from nonprofits and how to prevent it, we turned to the biannual surveys of fraud examiners.