Charities, cold-calling and the nature of giving: just how charitable is it?
By Eunice Minford ~ MA FRCS Ed Consultant Surgeon with an interest in current affairs, transparency, responsibility and accountability in all spheres of life. Last year in the UK we saw how a number of large charities, including… Read More
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Nonprofit Explore is interested in the very big question to do with charity, namely: does it work? This article presents some of the ins and outs of philanthropy – and in doing so highlights some of the forces at work that make it all far less straightforward than it otherwise could be.
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Big philanthropy generates positive responses from recipients and communities, but critics say it also serves to highlight the enormous gap between the haves and the have nots.
At the very least this incident reveals nonprofits are no less immune from the worst instances of human behaviour than any other type of organisation or institution. We can certainly mitigate damage and harm done (somewhat) by having all the right processes and procedures in place, as well as the responses of the appropriate regulatory bodies, but do these measures actually prevent or change anything? Responsibility for one’s impulses and actions has to occur at the individual level. Organisational culture or HR processes might be able to support this, but not necessarily prevent harmful conduct taking place. Only self-awareness can do that.
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