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Smoke and Mirrors

By Alana Conner

British American Tobacco Malaysia has won the favor of the Malaysian government and people by making donations to cultural institutions, funding scholarships, and developing youth smoking prevention programs. But can a tobacco company ever be socially responsible?

Where Nice Is Naughty

By Alana Conner

In most parts of the world, strangers helping strangers is strange.

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A Lot of Hot Air

By Alana Conner

A popular Mexico City program for cutting air pollution from vehicles doesn’t work; in fact sales of new cars, used cars, and gasoline have climbed since the program's launch in 1989.

The Problem With Trust

By Alana Conner 1

The most trusted employees cash in on lax internal controls to fleece nonprofits.

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Going Overboard

By Abraham Nachbaur

Are foundations paying trustees too much money?

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The Emotions of Aid

By Jessica Ruvinsky 3

“One death is a tragedy; 1 million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin is supposed to have said. The more people we see suffering, the less we care.