Management Tips » Ethics
Ethics are the underlying rules that guide the conduct of a nonprofit’s employees. All nonprofits will have a code of ethics that their employees must follow, or risk termination. Ethics are especially important for nonprofits because they rely so much on the public. If there is a breach of trust between the organization and the public, it can spell big trouble. Donors are much more likely to give to an organization they trust than one that they don’t trust. A good way for any nonprofit to start doing this is to have a culture of transparency. Confidentiality is also a big issue in nonprofit ethics.
Read more about ethics and why they are important to every nonprofit organization in the articles below.
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- Susan G. Komen Spokesman Quits
- Fewer Criminals Trying To Volunteer/Work At Nonprofits
- Mortenson To Pay $1 Million In Restitution To Charity
- Failing Grade
- Credit Card Scams Targeting College Online Donations
- Director Less Than Invisible In Underwear And Is Hospitalized
- Personal and Professional Identity: Social Media Policies for Nonprofits
- Investigators: Nonprofit Faked Job Placements
- Donor Can Sue Johns Hopkins
- Horse Feathers: Komen Out At The Derby
- Pink Ribbon Gets Black Eye
- Perp Walk: Finance Director Sentenced
- Scout Organizations Get Unwanted Notice
- Opinion: Komen’s Brinker Must Go
- FDA Fines Red Cross $9.6 Million
- Former Exec: Komen Was Trying To Move To ‘Neutral Ground’
- Komen Senior VP Quits
- Another Bookkeeper, Another Arrest
- Komen Apologizes, Reverses Decision
- Politics Charged In Plan To Pull Planned Parenthood Funding
- New Year, New Problems
- Supreme Court’s Ministerial Exception Leaves Room For Debate
- Former Girl Scouts Finance Exec Pleads Guilty
- Tarnished Second Mile Charity Starts Layoffs
- Kids’ Charity Is Damaged By Penn State Scandal
- William Aramony Dead At 84
- Charity CEO Forced Out In Wake Of Penn State Scandal
- Penn State Board Fires Iconic Coach
- Few Officials Talking As Sex Scandal Hits Penn State, Charity
- Fiesta Bowl's Board Fumbled Oversight
- Who The Heck Is William Alexander?
- Ousted Feed The Children Founders Continue Fight
- Montana’s AG Wants ‘Tea’
- Nonprofit Staff Say Groups Don’t Match Diverse Communities
- Insiders Stole Computers From Council On Foundations
- Talk Costs NPR Execs Their Jobs
- Trial Set In Nonprofit Execs Child Porn Case
- Accountability Following
- Hairy Situations
- Scouts To Appeal 18.5 Million Dollar Abuse Award
- Feed The Children Faces More Litigation
- Financier Bogeys the St Jude Tournament
- Indefensible
- Madoff Fraud Sparks Investigations, Policy Revisions
- Charities Closing Because of Stock Fraud
- North Dakota AG Investigating The Grant Institute
- Complaints Filed Against Grant Institute
- Skeletal Remains
- Nonprofits Cash In On Questionable Contributions
- Charity Scammer Bennett Gets Out Of Prison
- IRS Warns Of Scam Targeting Charities
- IRS To Keep Eye On Exec Compensation
- Salvation Army Scammers To Serve Time
- Sex Scandal Clean-Up Continues At American Red Cross
- Scandal Ensnares Red Cross CEO
- More Lawsuits Filed
- Governance Scandal Brings Change At Smithsonian
- Even In Death, Lay's Gift Stirs Controversy
- Special Report: Deciding When Not To Accept A Big Gift
- Ex New Era President Seeks Early Prison Release
- Non Cash Gifts Targeted
- Privacy Grows Into A Hot Nonprofit Topic
- Old Battles and New Challenges
- Nonprofits Face Regulation
- Articles Rattle Jerusalem Ys Vestige of Peace
- Live Nude Fundraising
- Passing the Plate
- WBAI is Latest Pacifica Storm
- Web Sites grab More Than Cookies From Kids
- Special Report: Registration Fees and Taxes Kept Legal Eagles Very Busy
- Mismanaged Financials
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