Winter 2007 Table of Contents E-mail
Written by Tim Lyster   

The Nonprofit Ethicist
by Woods Bowman
Church shenanigans -- a tax avoidance scheme.

Features

Not a Spin-Free Zone: Reflections on the Utility and Price of Nonprofit Spin
by Jeanne Bell
Internalized spin is something that nonprofits excel at and it gets in the way of effectiveness!

Peak Performance: Non-Profit Leaders Rate Highest in 360-Degree Reviews
by Jean R. Lobell and Paul M. Connolly
Sit down and take a deep breath. In this groundbreaking study, nonprofit leaders are rated more highly by their managers, peers, direct reports, and others compared to for-profit leaders.

What Makes Powerful Nonprofit Leaders
by Jim Collins
The world-renowned author of the classic management books, Built to Last and Good to Great explains why nonprofit leaders may be perceived as more capable than for-profit leaders by those with whom they work.

How to Steal from a Nonprofit: Who Does It and How to Prevent It
by Janet Greenlee, Mary Fischer, Teresa Gordon, and Elizabeth Keating
What do we really know about fraud in nonprofits?

Assessing Fraud Risk
by Joseph T. Wells and John D. Gill
The authors present questions that every organization should ask when determining fraud risk.

The Whistle-blower: Policy Challenges for Nonprofits
by Scott Harshbarger and Amy Crafts
Can you depend on a whistle-blower policy to encourage people to question practices that may put the organization or clients at risk?

Special Supplement
Ensuring a Successful Consulting Engagement
by Ruth McCambridge and Lissette Rodriguez
What do you need to know when engaging a consultant?

NPQ Consulting Services Directory 2007

Departments

Planning and Evaluation
The United Way’s Way or Bust
by Rick Cohen
One of the nonprofit sector’s flagship organizations and a cultural icon has another new strategy. Will it work?

Governance
Government Funding and Community Representation on Nonprofit Boards: The Bargain We Strike
by Chao Guo
Government funding changes the composition of boards and the way nonprofits function. What can you do about it?

Culture
Organizational Culture Checkup: An Interview with Erline Belton
by Lissette Rodriguez
When an organization’s culture needs to be revitalized, the starting point needs to be each member’s own behavior.

ARNOVA Abstracts
ARNOVA Abstracts
In collaboration with the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), NPQ presents a selection of recent, potentially useful, research abstracts.

The Take-Away
by the editors
Here we summarize the articles in this issue.

Classifieds

Satire
Spoiled by Democracy
by Phil Anthrop
Phil digs deep as a lobbyist for the universities of his state and comes out smelling like roses.

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