fundamental and 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
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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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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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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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Case Study: United Way and the Boy Scout of America. The United Way realized that the national Boy Scout of America policy that allowed discrimination against avowed gays goes against its own antidiscrimination policies. However the national UW permits local UW chapters to determine their own antidiscrimination policies. And that is how Larry Norvell (local head of the UW of Columbia) had to face the issue of allocations to the local BSA organization -- Cascade pacific Council of the Boy Scouts
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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 Case Study Judson University United Way Case Study The United Way is a long established company that is known for helping build stronger communities. Many people may have first been introduced to this organization through their successful commercials featured during professional football games. The ads made many viewers aware of the needs experienced through different areas‚ and how football players were volunteering to make a difference. This was a great introduction to the United
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United Way was established essentially as a financial intermediary‚ providing fund-raising activities‚ primarily through donor organizations’ employee payroll deductions‚ and distributing the funds to agencies that could actually deliver services to clients in a target community. They raised and distributed funds to the most effective local service providers‚ built alliances and coordinated volunteer support among charities‚ businesses and other entities. This case profiled United Way and the trials
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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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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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