The debate on the 2012 budget and the President’s own history with the nonprofit sector gave me a better understanding as to why the President might have made some of his decisions.
Panelists talk about how two organizations have turned the “buy local” motto into an evolving partnership that is making NGO and corporate cooperation in the supply chain arena work for both parties.
A recent study showed that online game communities provide access to social capital.
The more money a person has, the less generous, helpful, compassionate, and charitable he is toward other people.
In Britain, the social safety net allows people who fall into poverty to pull themselves out. Americans who become poor are more likely to stay that way.
Politically radical social workers didn’t expect to be working in a bank any more than white-collar bankers expected to be holding meetings in a crowded public market.
Private foundations that finance education in developing countries need to be more transparent in their mission and impact.
People tend to perceive organizations as being either warm or competent, not both—and they are much more likely to do business with the competent one.
Habitat International has grown its bottom line using a largely disabled workforce.
