1st Edition
Non-Profit Organizations Real Issues for Public Administrators
Packed with case studies and ripped-from-the-headlines examples, Non-Profit Organizations: Real Issues for Public Administrators introduces critical issues commonly encountered when managing non-profit organizations and gives you the tools to develop policies and procedures to meet the challenges that arise when these issues occur. The authors use the case study methodology to explore decision-making issues and provide potential solutions. It provides an applied framework to use when managing a non-profit organization.
The book provides case studies that range from unethical behavior to poor operational decisions to illegal activities in non-profit organizations. The authors discuss the events in phases and then identify what issues should concern the administrator and potential solutions to each phase of a case study. In addition, many of the case studies address more than one issue that threatened an organization’s finances and its credibility to its stakeholders and the public.
Using the information in this book, you can create a checklist of issues that will help you and your organization avoid scandals or alleged criminal activity, and better defuse fallout if an incident occurs. It gives you a "safe" environment in which to "live" through a case study without suffering the consequences of lost resources, assets, or worse, public trust, for your organization in reality.
Introduction
Basic Concepts and Issues of Nonprofit Organizations
What Is a Nonprofit Organization?
History of Nonprofit Organizations in the United States
Recorded Policies and Procedures
Proper Documentation for 501(c)(3) Status
Controls over Financing
Financing
Mission
Vision
Organizational Framework
Membership and Client Documentation
Recruitment/Marketing Drives
Donors
Infrastructure Needs
Size of a Nonprofit Organization
Volunteers
Appointed Positions
Financial Reserves
Conference Planning
Controls over Personnel
Public Relations Issues
Boy Scouts of America — Atheist Court Case — 1990
Boy Scouts of America — Gay Scoutmaster Court Case — 2000
Alcoholic Anonymous — Midtown AA Scandal — 2007
United Network for Organ Sharing — Falsifying Lists of Patients
Needing Organs — 2008
World Health Organization — Vaccine Scandal — 2009
Susan G. Komen for the Cure — Planned Parenthood — 2011
Lance Armstrong Investigated by Federal Prosecutors — Public Relations Damage — 2011
Mismanagement of Funds and Embezzlement
American Cancer Society — Embezzlement — 2000 and 1980s
United Way — Misuse of Funds by Executives — 1992
NAACP — Misuse of Funds Question — William F. Gibson —1995
American Red Cross — Hurricane Katrina — 2005
Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club — 2005
Oral Roberts University Scandal — Ethical/Financial Corruption — 2007
TOEIC Scandal in Japan — Nepotism, Mismanagement of Funds — 2009
Republican National Committee — Misuse of Funds — 2010
Criminal or Unethical Acts on Nonprofit Organizations
Jimmy Hoffa — Corruption of Unions — 1970s
Tailhook Association — Alleged Sexual Harassment and Molestation — 1991
New Life Children’s Refuge — Child Adoption Scandal during the Haiti Earthquake — 2010
Second Mile — Sexual Predator — Penn State University —2011
ACORN — Voter Fraud — 2011
Catholic Church — Sex Abuse Scandal — Ongoing
Illegal Business Transact Ions and Financial Fraud in Nonprofits
LDS Church — Buying Document Scandal — 1981–1987
Gandhi Memorial International Foundation — Fraud
United Nations Oil-for-Food Scandal — 1996
Tampa Bay Lowry Park Zoo — Salisbury Scandal — 2008
The Bernie Madoff Scandal — 2008
Renewing American Leadership — Gingrich Nonprofit Organization Paying to His For-Profit — 2011
Bribery in Nonprofit Organizations
International Olympic Committee — Bribe for Location —1998
Fiesta Bowl Scandal — Bride for Seeding — 2010
Election Fraud in Nonprofit Organizations
LULAC — Alleged Election Scandal/Public Funds
North Carolina Democratic Party — Election Scandal — 2012
Government Act ions against Nonprofit Organizations
Greenpeace — Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior by French Government — 1985
Conclusion
What Do We Take Away from These Case Studies?
References
Index
Biography
Nicolas A. Valcik currently works as the Director for Institutional Research and as a Research Associate Professor in the Eberly School of Arts and Science – Public Administration department at West Virginia University. Formerly Nicolas was an Associate Director of Strategic Planning and Analysis for the University of Texas at Dallas and served as a clinical assistant professor for Public Affairs for the University of Texas at Dallas. Nicolas received a doctorate degree in public affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2005, a master’s degree in public affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1996, a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1994, and an associate’s degree in political science from Collin County Community College in 1994.
Prior to 1997 Nicolas worked for a number of municipalities, across different of departments, as well as for Nortel. In 2013 Nicolas authored Hazardous Materials Compliance for Public Research Organizations: A Case Study and in 2012 Nicolas co-authored with Paul E. Tracy Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management, both books were published by Taylor and Francis. In 2011 Nicolas co-authored with Ted Benavides Practical Human Resources Management for Public Managers: A Case Study Approach published by Taylor and Francis. Prior to 2011 Nicolas authored Regulating the Use of Biological Hazardous Materials in Universities: Complying with the New Federal Guidelines, which was published by Mellen Press in 2006. Nicolas has served as editor for three volumes of New Directions for Institutional Research (Volumes 135, 140, 146 and co-edited 156) in addition to writing numerous articles and book chapters on institutional research topics and homeland security issues. Nicolas specializes in several areas as both a researcher and a practitioner: higher education, information technology, human resources, homeland security, organizational behavior, and emergency management.
