Given how much time board members give to their charity, is it ethical to also expect them to donate? Jane Garthson explains why it’s not only ethical, it’s necessary.
A reader wonders whether providing member lists to fellow members is a breach of privacy.
This article addresses how staff and board members can help the charismatic founder of an organization to gracefully move away from a leadership position.
This Q&A article advises readers on how they can ethically deal with a disruptive member at an annual general meeting.
Since we value honesty, but donors and funders don’t want to support administration costs, how can we ethically define and report on administration costs?
Many organizations require staff to charge expenses to their personal credit cards, reimbursing them at a later date. But if the employee collects loyalty points on their cards, is it ethical for the employee to keep them rather than donate them back to the organization?
A reader wonders whether it is ethical for a nonprofit organization’s board of directors to recommend candidates to fill vacancies.
Can my nonprofit make me serve another organization without my consent?
Our bylaws do not define a “member” and we have no membership fee. Is it ethical to just let all adult attendees at the upcoming annual general meeting vote? Or all volunteers and staff?
Some of the directors of my nonprofit want to be paid a per diem for board and board committee work. Is this ethical?
