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...
Introduction There is an ongoing discussion or debate about "policy governance" and "administrative governance" and which one is better than the other. This discussion sometimes misses the point; rather than deciding which is better, the focus should be on what...
Further to the substantive analysis of the policies and principles imbedded in the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (hereinafter referred to as 'PIPEDA'), the purpose of this follow-up paper is to examine the rather comprehensive remedial sections...
Fifteen years ago, my husband and I had a dream of making our little commercial sector stronger by bringing together isolated businesses in our field into a new national association. Since then, we have put thousands of hours into this...
Application of Privacy Schemes Other than to meet statutory requirements, organizations can view the implementation of a privacy scheme as a useful tool to build trust amongst employees and consumers. Readily available and transparent systems will likely raise the confidence...
Many organizations view strategic planning for their organization as a linear process that is the responsibility of the Board of Directors and therefore is determined by the Board and communicated to the staff to implement. According to the report, "Building...
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...
As the nonprofit sector evolves, and with government funding in decline, more and more organizations are finding that a fundraising board is now a necessity. Realizing this, they then face the challenge of involving their board in fundraising, not always...
