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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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How Boards Can Confidently Assess Executive Pay

NonProfit Quarterly

Boards must contend with a variety of factors, from applicable state and federal laws to the nonprofit’s financial constraints to competitive pay practices to organizational values and the salaries of the rest of its staff. There’s also literally a law within the Internal Revenue Code that prohibits it.

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Reclaiming Heritage: The Global Push for Repatriation of Looted Artifacts

NonProfit Quarterly

In 2022, the Smithsonian voluntarily returned 29 of the bronzes to Nigeria as a result of adopting a new ethical returns policy earlier that year. A lot of people do act ethically, but we don’t hear a lot about that,” she notes, highlighting how people’s moral understanding of this situation is leading to more successful repatriations.

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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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WATCH: Nonprofit Compliance: What You Need to Know & Do Now

NonProfit Leadership Center

Is your nonprofit following the crucial policies and best practices to remain in good legal and ethical standing? In this this free on-demand webinar, you’ll explore the shifting landscape of nonprofit compliance and what you need to know and do now.

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The Future of Fundraising: 3 Tips to Leverage Nonprofit AI

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Data ethics to ensure AI-processed information is accurate and collected with proper consent. Legal compliance to remain aware of and abide by applicable AI laws and regulations. To inform your nonprofit’s guidelines for leveraging AI properly, use the Responsible AI Framework (developed by the Fundraising.ai

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Using AI, Maintaining Trust: 3 Key Strategies for Nonprofits

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

Collaborative, can be incorporated into your organization’s operations to ensure you’re getting the most out of your AI tools while maintaining a high standard of ethical use. Data Ethics: Ensure any data used is accurate, relevant, and collected with consent. Legal Compliance: Be aware of and abide by applicable AI laws.

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