Y-M-C-A! A Business Overview of a Non-Profit Organization Crystal Hunter American Intercontinental University Abstract A semi-detailed business overview of the non-profit organization known as the YMCA or Young Men’s Christian Association is discussed. A brief history of the origins of the company is detailed along with the definition or explanation of the company’s mission statement. The organization’s basic legal‚ social‚ and economic environment is described. Likewise the YMCA’s management
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Social Responsibility versus Profit Maximization Introduction Nowadays‚ many large multinational corporations which occupy increasing shares in the market and high statues in the society are usually powerful in having both positive and negative effects on the public to a great extent. As a consequence‚ today‚ the concept of Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) draws much more public attention. Social responsibility goes beyond profit making and social obligation. CSR is a business intention focusing
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matter in nonprofits?” written by David Simms shows that leadership in one of the most important things to nonprofit organizations( the other two being strategy and capital). David’ s key point is leadership can help non profit organizations to effectively achieve its desired goals. People’s common sense that good leaders and their teams are expensive to acquire and keep. Compared with non profit organizations‚ those people prefer to work for profits organizations. However‚ there are some other people
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I chose the mission statement of a non-profit organization which is to summarize the good that the organization brings to the world. PANPHA is the non-profit organization I chose to talk about. It stands for “Pennsylvania Association for Non-Profit Homes for the Aging”. The organization is located in Pennsylvania. “PANPHA’s goal for the Center for Innovation is to elevate the expertise and innovation of PANPHA members by cross-pollinating outstanding programs and actions to improve care” (PANPHA
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Is it possible for large‚ profit focussed organisations to be both profitable and “fair”? Over the past year there have been an increasing number of issues which have risen on how businesses such as Amazon‚ Thames Water‚ Google‚ Facebook and Starbucks have made vast amount of profits but haven’t been fair-minded. For example Starbucks made £400m sales in the UK but paid no corporation tax. According to Milton Freidman the main objective of a business is to increase profits so long as it stays within
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There are four different forms of a business organization. They are a joint-stock company‚ limited liability company‚ partnership‚ and sole proprietorship. These forms of a business organization were started to help business owners with valuable support to make them profitable and successful. The first form of a business organization is a joint-stock company. Joint-stock companies are comprised of entrepreneurs that will raise the company’s wealth by selling stock shares to investors. There are
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mine and I are going to try and open a business doing accounting and bookkeeping but are having a hard time choosing if the form of business organization we will operate as will be joint stock‚ limited liability‚ partnership‚ or a sole proprietorship. A joint-stock company is where business owners raise capital by issuing stock certificates of its ownership. This means selling stock to investors that guarantee them a certain percentage of the company’s profit. This form looks good from the outside
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to the hope of a bright and successful future by studying and learning. This valued tool is not free‚ considering the increasing tuition fees and rising debts of students‚ hence the need for college to be as productive as possible. College Expectation versus Reality College gives a lot of advantages but not all students are prepared for college.
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Business ethics- impact of the stakeholders As we all know stakeholders have a huge impact on the business but it works both ways. The business and its ethical behaviour also affect the stakeholders and the business itself. Today I am going to evaluate the impact of Sainsbury’s ethical behaviour on its stakeholders and the business. In 2007 Sainsbury has acted very unethically. They sold around 20‚000 cotton bags made by well-known designer. They wanted to make it fashionable to use cotton
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Basic Definition of Nonprofits In the United States‚ a nonprofit organization refer to “a group organized for purposes other than generating profit and in which no part of the organization’s income is distributed to its members‚ directors‚ or officers.” Nonprofits are must be designated as such upon creation and can include churches‚ schools‚ charities‚ political organizations‚ arts organizations‚ professional organizations‚ and more. For federal tax purposes‚ “an organization is exempt from taxation
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