Can I serve on the board of one charity while I work for another? They are located in the same city, but have quite different missions. You probably can, but you have to take some care. It is quite a...
How do I do ethical procurement for my charity? I recently became Executive Director and have little experience with major purchasing. That's a big topic! Purchasing has become professionalized for those who specialize. I suggest you read the Purchasing Management...
I am an independent consultant serving businesses in my community. I would like to help some nonprofits too. Can you tell me about some ethical ways to help? Thank you for wanting to help local nonprofits. Most business consultants have...
My executive director is not managing professionally or treating me with respect. I am a hard-working, productive employee. Don't staff members who work in charities, for less than market rates in most cases, deserve better? Poor human resource management practices...
I am secretary to an executive director of a medium-sized charity. Although I am very busy, he keeps asking me to handle his personal correspondence, completely unrelated to the charity. He knows how to use his email and the fax...
As a board member and senior manager of a nonprofit you are responsible for creating and participating in the development of your organization's strategic direction and implementing the change associated with delivering upon that strategy. While there are few ethical...
Few topics generate more heated discussion in non-profit organizations than whether development professionals (staff or consultants) should be paid a percentage of the money raised, receive commission-based compensation, or be paid a performance bonus. Perhaps because it is a practice...
"Accountability" has become an important watchword in fundraising. The need for it has always been a legal requirement in fundraising, but what it meant and the public’s awareness of it have developed in recent years. Our next few columns will...
"We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice - that is; until we have stopped saying "It got lost", and say, "I lost it." - Sydney...
Why has the issue of the morality of charitable gaming become topical in the Boardrooms of Charities? In 1970, an amendment to the Criminal Code of Canada made it possible for charitable and religious organizations to conduct lottery schemes pursuant...
