Ethics in the Nonprofit Sector Nataly Schwartz Nonprofit and Association Organizations and Issues University of Maryland University College Jennifer J. Wood March 30‚ 2011 “When governmental and nonprofit organizations are good‚ they are very good. And good they must be‚ because we entrust them with society’s most important functions- educating our minds‚ uplifting our souls‚ and protecting our health and safety…But when governmental and nonprofit organizations are bad
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Case 3.3 1. Identify and briefly describe fundamental and cost-effective internal controls that charitable organizations could implement to reduce their exposure to theft losses. Fraud has been on the rise over the past decades‚ and America’s charitable communities have not been immune to these acts. With the tremendous expanding‚ charity organizations have controlled a lot of financial and nonfinancial resources. While it is common that many small and medium-size volunteer organizations have lack
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cost-effective internal controls that charitable organizations could implement to reduce exposure to theft losses. I am confused by the shear disregard for internal controls at many charitable organizations as described in the United Way case. Cost minimization is a factor for nonprofits‚ but losing millions of dollars to fraud seems foolish when they could have just spent a fraction of that to put proper internal controls into place. Outlined below are several fundamental internal controls that are also
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Introduction The United Way of America and United Way International are part of a federation of nonprofit organizations formed by caring people to serve the needs of their communities. They bring neighborhoods together and facilitate measures toward making a difference to better the world. They have over 1‚300 local United Ways in the United States and over 3‚000 United Way organizations operating in 45 countries. They raise funds and distribute them to the most effective local service providers
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Introduction The nonprofit sector is made up of over 1.5 million tax-exempt organizations in the United States (NCCS‚ 2016). These tax-exempt organizations consist of public charities‚ private foundations‚ and other types of nonprofits. In 2014‚ nonprofit share consisted 5.3 percent of the GDP (NCCS‚ 2016). The tax-exempt organizations that receive the greatest share of charitable contributions were religious organizations‚ followed by education institutions‚ and the human service organizations
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United Way of America is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving communities across America. They bring neighborhoods together and facilitate measures toward making a difference to better the world. An obstacle that United Way needs to overcome is how many people want to have their donation used in a specific manner. Some people are not interested in giving their money for a general charitable purpose but want to specifically state how they want their money to be spent. If there was
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UNITED WAY: A CEO BATTERS A GIANT NONPROFIT United Way and the Impact of William Aramony’s Actions Discussion Question 1: Position Regarding Aramony’s Compensation and Perks There are a couple of different ways to analyze William Aramony’s compensation package. The United Way‚ a large nonprofit organization‚ considerably increased its charity contributions under Aramony’s leadership. At the peak of Aramony’s tenure‚ the organization’s contributions reached $3 billion. Aramony contributed
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Abstract This case study is covering the controversy surrounding the “gay issue” surrounding the Boy Scouts of America and United Way regarding donation and funding issues. While United Way does have antidiscrimination policies‚ organizations such as The Boy Scouts of America did not ultimately have to follow their model; thus continuing their discrimination within the group for its leaders and members based solely on sexual orientation. Case Study #1 This case study covers the major controversy
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United Way and the Boy Scouts of America Background The United Way of America is an organization which takes in donations from people and businesses and distributes the funds to programs across the nation to help serve the community. One of the organizations which receive funds from the United Way‚ is the Boy Scouts of America. In 1990‚ an assistant scoutmaster was found out to be gay and was expelled from the Scouts as consequence. This went to the courts with the final verdict being that
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The United Way of America‚ based in Alexandria‚ Virginia‚ is a non-profit organization that works with more than 1‚200 local United Way offices throughout the country in a coalition of charitable organizations to pool efforts in fundraising and support. The focus of United Way is identifying and resolving pressing community issues‚ as well as making measurable changes in the communities through partnerships with schools‚ government agencies‚ businesses‚ organized labor‚ financial institutions‚ community
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