Philanthropy
Next to Godliness
People are more likely to engage in moral behavior when they are in a clean-scented room.
Tag: Psychology
Environment
Evil Green
New research shows that buying green products makes people more likely to cheat and steal.
Philanthropy
The Charitable Giving Market is Efficient After All
Donors are getting exactly what they want from their charitable giving—the market is efficient, even highly so.
Review
Measuring Social Impact
Survival of the Deviant
The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World’s Toughest Problems by Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, & Monique Sternin
Government
Receiving Aid, Receiving Respect
How people experience government programs directly affects their levels of civic engagement.
Health
The Value of Free
People are more likely to use products that they pay for, but when it comes to malaria-preventing bed nets in Africa, the opposite holds true.
Social Entrepreneurship
Lagging Imperialists in Social Entrepreneurship and How to Avoid Them
We need more good examples and fewer good intentions in social entrepreneurship and humanitarian design.
Social Entrepreneurship
Minding the Gap
How do you inspire people, from your CEO to rural farmers to consumers, to change their ways to do good (or at least better) for society?
Nonprofits
Why We Love Social Media
Could findings from a study on oxytocin be applied to social media?