Ethical Nonprofit Management

Jeavons, Thomas H.

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“…We also observe with some surprise how little attention has been focused on the study of ethics in nonprofit governance. Ethics receives regular attention in the press, and moderate attention has been paid to organizational management (e.g., Jeavons, 2016) and problems with inappropriate board decision-making (often, failure to honor fiduciary duties). There is little in the research literature on ethics in governance except as related to general frameworks of accountability (e.g., Ebrahim, 2016)—related yet certainly not the same.…”

Section: Looking To the Futurementioning

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The Evolution of Nonprofit Governance Research: Reflections, Insights, and Next Steps

Renz

Brown

Андерссон

2022

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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The literature on nonprofit governance and boards has grown substantially during the past 50 years as researchers from a variety of disciplines and fields have studied governance systems and processes to examine how they are organized, the practices they employ, and their relations with and impacts on nonprofits. This essay offers a domain-based narrative review of the research on the governance of nonprofit organizations and how it has developed over these 50 years. Building on literature reviews and a Delphi study, we summarize the progression of nonprofit governance research, employ a multi-dimensional framework to summarize and assess the state of the field, and offer recommendations for future study. We find the increasingly multinational and multicultural literature of the field has become more rich, nuanced, and increasingly inclusive of contingency, complexity, paradox, and the diverse theoretical perspectives that will enhance our understanding of nonprofit governance.

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Section: Looking To the Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

The Evolution of Nonprofit Governance Research: Reflections, Insights, and Next Steps

Renz

Brown

Андерссон

2022

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

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“…Scholars make assumptions about and estimate the effect of the following five environmental aspects: Stakeholder expectations : Research shows NPOs are confronted with and motivated by transparency expectations of the society in general (Rey‐García et al, 2012) and stakeholders in particular (Dhanani & Connolly, 2012; McConville, 2017; Vaccaro & Madsen, 2009). Society's transparency expectations are particularly salient for the nonprofit sector, because society expects NPOs to follow the highest ethical standards because of their charitable mandate (Becker, 2018; Jeavons, 2016). In addition to addressing society's expectations, NPOs confront the information needs of stakeholder groups, such as private donors who wish to know how effectively organizations are achieving their missions (McDowell et al, 2013; Saxton & Zhuang, 2013; Zhuang et al, 2014).…”

Section: Toward An Integrative Framework Of Npo Transparencymentioning

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“…Although fraud damages the image and reputation of any type of organization, it is particularly deleterious to NPOs because of the higher ethical standards they are expected to follow (Sisco, 2012). Breaches of trust endanger NPOs in such a way that they risk losing their legitimacy as servants of society (Jeavons, 2016) and even may face their demise (Hager & Searing, 2015; McDonnell & Rutherford, 2019). Also, because of the negative spillover effect (Ortmann & Schlesinger, 2003), mismanagement of one specific NPO threatens the viability of NPOs as a whole (Archambeault & Webber, 2018; Ko, 2012).…”

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Transparency of nonprofit organizations: An integrative framework and research agenda

Dethier

Delcourt

Willems

2021

Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing

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Over the past 20 years, as the study of transparency has evolved into a burgeoning multidisciplinary field, nonprofit scholars have developed an impressive body of research on the antecedents and outcomes of the transparency of nonprofit organizations (NPOs). From both theoretical and practical purposes, it is necessary to develop an overall picture of such antecedents and outcomes, to allow scholars and NPOs to understand why, when, and how transparency should be implemented. Current studies provide a fragmented view, focused on specific elements of NPO transparency; with a systematic literature review of 76 articles, this article offers both an integrative framework of the antecedents and outcomes of NPO transparency and an agenda for research, based on a critical analysis of the integrative framework. Four relevant research orientations emerge: (1) direction of NPO transparency, (2) distinguishing actual from perceived transparency, (3) the dark side of NPO transparency, and (4) NPO transparency contingency factors. Research along these four orientations could add nuance to existing knowledge of transparency and provide key insights with regard to why, when, and how transparency works.

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“…At the operational level, the lack of human and material resources can have consequences on the daily life of these organizations. But it is at the social level that NPOs' legitimacy is strongly dependent on their communicative efforts to maintain high ethical standards as "servants of society" (Jeavons, 2016).…”

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Introducing Nonprofit Communication and Mapping the Research Field

Gonçalves¹,

Oliveira²

2022

The Routledge Handbook of Nonprofit Communication

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In the famous book Bowling Alone (2000), Robert D. Putnam explained the disintegration of civic tradition in modern society because of a diminishing sense of community. He observed that despite technological developments -or because of them -people have fewer interpersonal relationships, which renders collaboration difficult to establish and maintain. As people have become isolated, they do not participate in clubs and associations, but instead, they bowl alone. The declining informal collaboration corresponds to less civic engagement, political equity, solidarity, trust, and tolerance as well as associational life (Putnam, 2000).The NGO-ization of society (Lang, 2013), visible in the increasing number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) at the national and transnational level, tend to somewhat contradict Putnam's thesis. On the other hand, the number of NGOs is not per se revealing of the quality of citizen participation in those organizations. In the course of history, NGOs have been involved in different issues, namely humanitarianism, environment, gender equality, human rights, and peace (Davies, 2019). NGOs are growing faster than any other type of organization in the world, and their economy represents from 7 to 12 percent of the total workforce in some regions. The estimated number of NGOs in the world is 10 million, with India and the United States the countries with the largest numbers (Ferguson, 2018). The Yearbook of International Organizations estimates that there are more than 30,000 NGOs worldwide. 1 According to the Urban Institute report in 2019, the number of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) formally registered rose up to 1.54 million in 2016 just in the USA alone. These comprise a diverse range of sectors, including art, health, education, and advocacy; labor unions; and business and professional associations. 2 Furthermore, we can also consider foundations, aid organizations, charities, and social economy actors, like mutual and cooperatives as nonprofits -the aggregator of the typology is in fact the nonprofit-driven distinction. However, it might be useful to pursue a differentiation between civil society organizations that search for the common good and other organizations with private interests, even if they strive for the benefit of the collective.The terms NGOS and nonprofit can be applied to the same organizational forms -some authors tend to consider the former as a type of nonprofit. Interestingly enough, in the diversity of approaches, and even definitions of this object, there is a common use of the excluding element to classify it: nongovernmental and nonprofit. This implies they are not part of the market, nor of government entities. Or, at least, they shouldn't be -NGOs that are state-controlled or that serve hidden interests, or that even defend causes that oppose human rights or democracy, should not be framed as such. How can we consider a radical group with ideologies like the Ku Klux Klan to be a

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Ethical Nonprofit Management

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

The Evolution of Nonprofit Governance Research: Reflections, Insights, and Next Steps

The Evolution of Nonprofit Governance Research: Reflections, Insights, and Next Steps

Transparency of nonprofit organizations: An integrative framework and research agenda

Introducing Nonprofit Communication and Mapping the Research Field

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