Who will Guard the Guardians? The Social Responsibility of NGOs

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) comprise the sector of society that attempts to hold business and other institutions accountable for their social responsibility. Yet NGOs rarely have established governance mechanisms whereby their members and supporters can hold them accountable for their activ...

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Главный автор: Weidenbaum, Murray L. 1927-2014 (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2009
В: Journal of business ethics
Год: 2009, Том: 87, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 147-155
Другие ключевые слова:B Multinational Corporation
B Transparency
B Social Responsibility
B Accountability
B nongovernmental organization
B Управление
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Итог:Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) comprise the sector of society that attempts to hold business and other institutions accountable for their social responsibility. Yet NGOs rarely have established governance mechanisms whereby their members and supporters can hold them accountable for their activities. In contrast, other major actors in the society – notably governments, corporations, and unions – maintain long established albeit imperfect instruments of governance and responsibility. This article presents a variety of ways in which NGOs could voluntarily strengthen their internal governance and thus become more accountable to their members and supporters as well as society at large. In the process, these important civil society organizations would enhance their effectiveness in achieving improvements in key areas of public policy.
ISSN:1573-0697
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9813-1