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Archive for the ‘Accountability’ Category

October 12th, 2007

The Curse of the Higher Bar

Few are surprised at corporate sleaziness, but when ethical lapses hit the nonprofit world, they get more attention. I believe that nonprofits are held to a higher standard when it comes to avoiding conflicts of interest and sticking to the mission. Whether that’s fair or not is a topic for another post, but having been […]

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October 8th, 2007

It’s Nothing Personal. Actually, Maybe It Is.

A nonprofit effort with an intimate connection to a specific person can run into trouble once that person passes on, as a couple of recent news stories illustrate.
The Aspen Times reported yesterday that the Windstar Foundation, cofounded in 1976 by John Denver, is only now back on its feet — and just barely at that […]

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