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It’s Not in Your Mind: Addressing Mental Health Through a Social Justice Lens

NonProfit Quarterly

There is good reason to wonder whether collecting all types of suffering into medicalized mental health disorders is the most accurate or ethical approach when it comes to addressing these crises,” says Dr. Zenobia Morrill , a psychology professor at William James College.

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Guarding Trust: Overlooked Factors That Protect Your Nonprofit’s Reputation

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Regular training on ethics, diversity, and inclusion helps align everyone with your nonprofits core principles. Example: Ethical Vendor Selection A sustainability-focused nonprofit decides to switch to an eco-friendly printing company after learning that their previous vendor had committed environmental violations.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

Manifesting Love by **DALL-E 3/ **openai.com/dalle Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Ironically, the technology that promises a more efficient future is also contributing to a great strain on the planets resources.

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Building Community-Centered AI Collaborations

Stanford Social Innovation Review

But as nonprofits consider how to incorporate AI into their work, many look to expertise from tech sector, expecting tools and implementation advice as well as ethical guidance. When mission-driven nonprofits partner exclusively with tech firms, they risk prioritizing efficiency and data over impact, ethics, and the community's needs.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Over that time, I have witnessed an increased emphasis on naming opportunities for buildings and a decreased emphasis on ethical practice in capital fundraising where naming gifts often serve as marketing or reputation enhancing vehicles for donors that overshadow sincere charitable intent. This idea may not be as exaggerated as it sounds.

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The Role of AI Agents in Addressing Global Challenges of Social Enterprises

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

Social enterprises focus on creating measurable social or environmental benefits alongside financial returns. These intelligent systems, capable of performing tasks autonomously and analyzing vast amounts of data, can provide scalable, cost-effective solutions for tackling environmental and social challenges.

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How cross-sector collaboration can create lasting change 

Candid

The challenges facing our communities, whether in workforce development, health care, or social services, are too big for any one sector to solve alone. More than half of Gen Z workers research a companys environmental and social policies before accepting a job, and many have turned down opportunities because of a misalignment in values.