...Sustainability Challenges of Immigrant Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations in Buffalo, New York Sustainability is often a challenge experienced by many service provider organizations. In the United States, often regarded as a nation of immigrants, the number of immigrant community-based organizations are steadily increasing around the country. Accordingly, with the growth of immigrant communities, immigrant community-based nonprofit organizations are typically organized to assist the increasing civic participation and empowerment of these diverse immigrant communities. During the post resettlement period of the immigrants, these organizations play an important role in delivery of assistances culturally and linguistically. At this point,...
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...traditional business practices that degrade the environment and compromise worker wellbeing, and resulting pressure from consumers and nonprofits on the private sector to reform itself. Instead of simply complying with government regulation, a company that is “socially responsible” adopts more stringent self-regulation ensuring that it is acting to minimize negative impact on the environment, its employees, its customers, and the community. The attitude that the corporate world should be responsible for adverse production effects has expanded into a broader conception of its responsibilities. It is now common to expect corporations not only to be accountable for their actions, but to contribute to solving the world’s problems. That is, corporations are now pressured to contribute to the creation of public goods like a healthy environment and poverty reduction as well as to absorb their own production externalities. Combined with the growing demand for “green” products, the private sector’s newfound conscience has caused many companies to build or redefine their goals to produce only socially responsible, environmentally friendly products that satisfy, or appear to satisfy, the goals of externality absorption and public good creation. This translates into the for-profit world’s engagement in issues that are traditionally left to nonprofits. This doesn’t just refer...
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...Corporate Social Responsibility and Nonprofit Organizations Darin Leedy December 2009 Senior thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics at the University of Puget Sound Introduction Corporate social responsibility has taken on an increasingly prominent role in the business world in recent years. CSR has grown so popular that nearly every major company in the U.S. now integrates a significant commitment to social and/or environmental programs into its business model. CSR can be loosely defined as the adoption of socially beneficial and environmentally sustainable practices by corporate actors. The rise of CSR can be attributed to growing public disenchantment with traditional business practices that degrade the environment and compromise worker wellbeing, and resulting pressure from consumers and nonprofits on the private sector to reform itself. Instead of simply complying with government regulation, a company that is “socially responsible” adopts more stringent self-regulation ensuring that it is acting to minimize negative impact on the environment, its employees, its customers, and the community. The attitude that the corporate world should be responsible for adverse production effects has expanded into a broader conception of its responsibilities. It is now common to expect corporations not only to be accountable for their actions, but to contribute to solving the world’s problems...
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...Renewable Energy 27 (739-755). Bell, et al 2010. Nonprofit Sustainability: Making Strategic Decisions. Villiers Publication. London (114). Blackwood, et al 2011. The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving, and Volunteering. Washington D.C Urban Institute (53-65). Bowman, et al 2011. Financial Capacity and Sustainability of Ordinary Nonprofits. Management and Leadership 3rd Ed. Oxford University Press (37-51). Brandlow,K. 2007.The Role of Government in Community Development in Aotearoa New Zealand. Victoria University o Wellington (13-42). Bray, Llona 2010. Effective Fundraising for Nonprofits: Real-World Strategies that Work 2ndEd. Macmillan Press Limited (71-90). Bridger, et at 2004. Building the Sustainable Community. University of Texas Press, USA (462-92). Cavallaro, F. 2005. Integrated Multi-Criteria System to Assess Sustainable Energy Option.Oxford University Press (140-154). Chile, L. 2006. Good Development Practice: An Instrument for Building Community SocietyNew York. Orbis Books (400-412). Costanza, R. et al 2007. An Introduction to Ecological Economics. St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, Florida (4-93). Dorothy, A. Johnson 2005. Center for Philanthropy and Leadership 4th Ed. Villiers Publication. London (77-98). Hackler, et al 2007. The Strategic Use of Information Technology by Nonprofit Organizations.Increasing Capacity and Untapped Potential...
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...in as well as continue financial sustainability. When dealing within a corporation there are many levels to adhere to within the financial everyday aspects of the corporation being ran with precision. So what happens when an organization is not ran financially like a corporation yet deals with almost the same kind of aspects? A non-profit organization can be one of the trickiest functions of business as well as be the hardest type to run on the grounds of the underhandedness that it can usually entail. While it may not come with the great financial payday, running a successful non-profit often requires twice the effort, time that it would take, as well as encouragement to run a successful multi-platform business or corporation. Non-profit organizations are for people who are passionate about a specific cause along with willing to sacrifice financial benefits in order to ensure the ultimate goal which usually is assisting the common good of the public. Although like any other businesses, some non-profit organizations have to deal with fraudulent activity as well as money hungry individuals. Non-Profit Organization So what exactly is a non-profit organization? The word non-profit invokes many sentiments that would often turn many inquirers in today’s money hungry society. However, there are many benefits affiliated with a non-profit organization both financial and otherwise. First let us properly define the term non-profit organization. According to UMUC library search...
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...Community-based Organizations and Servant Leadership Abstract This work will examine the framework of community-based nonprofit organizations and explore characteristics and challenges that affect their relevance and sustainability. It will also reference the key tenets of servant leadership as initially described by Robert Greenleaf in 1970 and describe how principles of servant leadership might effectively be applied to community-based nonprofit leadership, board governance and volunteerism. . Nonprofit organizations are an integral part of life; they operate to provide public benefit rather than serving their own special interest. A large percentage of nonprofits are community-based and especially vulnerable to the volatile nature of the economy and labor market, despite providing services and aid to the very segments also affected by those factors. Limited resources also restrict a small nonprofit’s ability to attract and retain talent capable of creating, sustaining and effectively achieving a viable vision for the nonprofit. By utilizing the tenets of servant leadership, community-based nonprofits may have an opportunity to tap into, and effectively develop, local talent that has an innate desire to serve the community. The principles of servant leadership are a natural fit for leadership framework in community-based organizations due to the innate nature of one serving the community in which they reside or work. This work will examine the framework of...
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...Assignment 1 BUS 100 May 16, 2012 The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD, 2010) has identified alarming levels of growth in urbanization and consumption in a new report, and describes the crucial role of business in the transition to sustainability. According to the report, "Business and Development: Challenges and Opportunities in a Rapidly Changing World," published by WBCSD (2010), "The world is experiencing a historic shift of economic and political power from the traditional base of industrialized countries to the emerging economies." As the report points out, by 2050, three of the four largest economies -- China, India, and Brazil -- will be those of countries now described as developing. As development in those and other countries intensifies, their populations will become increasingly urban. By 2050, when the world's population is expected to be about 9 billion, 70 percent of the world's population will live in urban environments, with the great majority living in cities in developing countries. "Urbanization is happening fast," the report observes, "And most of it is being poorly managed, putting hundreds of millions of the urban poor in harm's way."As the economic emergence of developing countries continues, global consumption patterns will become more critical. "Global consumption patterns and trends are putting unsustainable and increasing stress on the Earth's ecosystems, the supply of material resources needed for industrial growth...
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...Communal Social Responsibility ETH-316 September 2012 University of Phoenix Communal Social Responsibility Social responsibility manifests itself in many forms. Volunteerism, monetary donations, and environmental initiatives are examples of activities any person in the community can participate. Corporations that operate within the boundaries of a community, referred to as a Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR. The decisions that a company makes ultimately has an effect on the community and society as a whole; defining the term ‘Corporate Social Responsibility,’ (CSR). As Basil (2009) noted, “Corporations are increasingly being held responsible for the social impact of their organizational priorities,” (p. 387). Furthermore, as Revathy (2012) indicates: “As a part of society, it is in business’ interest to contribute to addressing common problems. Strategically speaking, business can only flourish when the communities and ecosystems in which they operate are healthy,” (Para. 1). With this type of focus on how a company acts on a social level, leadership at larger companies is taking notice and making CSR part of the strategic vision. “Company support for employee volunteerism, (CSEV) benefits companies, employees, and society while helping companies meet the expectations of corporate social responsibility,” (Basil, 2009, p. 387). Several companies can show their effort in different ways and with different programs. Three companies in our community of Tucson...
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...community, the environment sustainability. One way they benefit society is by supporting organic farmers. The government does not subsidize the organic farmer like they do the non-organic farmer making it harder for them to make a profit. The non-organic farmer uses 1.2 billion pounds of pesticides each year. The organic farmer uses no toxic chemicals. By supporting the organic farmer, they are helping to keep the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat clean. This is why they can state in their mission statement that they are “selling the highest quality natural and organic products available.” Whole Foods Market was one of the first American companies to sign on to participate in the Marine Stewardship Council. This Council promotes sustainable fisheries and responsible fishing practices worldwide to help preserve fish stocks for future generations. Whole Foods will only sell fish with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) label. This lets the Whole Foods Customer know that they are supporting seafood sustainability by buying these seafood products. This also lets the customer know that Whole Foods has taken their pledge of quality food seriously. Whole Foods Market gives over 5% of their total net profits each year to the communities in which they are located. They donate food to area food banks and shelters. They hold community giving days where 5% of that day’s net sales are donated to local nonprofit or education organizations. The team members also volunteer...
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...Excellence Program awards up to eighteen public or private United States organizations. The name of the award is the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and it is administered to organizations in the business, healthcare, education, and nonprofit sectors for performance excellence. Each award is given by the President of the United States and awarded to organizations across six categories of eligibility including manufacturing, service, small business, education, health care, and nonprofit. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is named after the former United States Secretary of Commerce Malcolm Baldrige. He served in this position from 1981 until 1987, when Baldrige death in a rodeo accident. During his tenure, he was a strong supporter of quality management and believed that it was imperative to United States wealth and sustainability. Because of this interest, Congress named the award after him. The award was created in response to the leaders of America finally realizing that quality was a key component in the worldwide arena of business and competiveness. The purpose of the award, which came to be as a result of the 1987 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act, was to promote awareness of performance excellence in regards to competitiveness in U.S. business. Since its inception in 1987, the award has expanded to include health care, education, nonprofit, and government organizations. In addition to increasing performance excellence awareness, the award...
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...In today’s world, non-profit organizations can no longer rest on the idea or premise that the work they do is rewarding, or personally fulfilling. While the work that non-profits do is greatly needed, and at times greatly appreciated, it is greatly underfunded as well. In Philip Harvey and James Snyder’s article as well as Bill Gates article all authors clearly outline that in order for non-profit companies to be successful; they have to begin to re-align their organization’s goals, objectives with their financial statements. The question becomes how does a non- profit realign their goals, objectives and financial statements in such a way that they are still able to do their good work, but remain financially viable? Bill Gate’s answer is creative capitalism. Another answer, one that mirrors the idea of creative capitalism is the idea that organizations now more than ever must ensure that they are closely integrating their cause agendas into their business strategies instead of just writing a check. In each of these answers, organizations and corporations can find success. “Charities Need a Bottom Line Too” (Harvey & Snyder, 1987) and “Making Capitalism More Creative” (Gates, 2008) both help to clearly outline what charities, corporations and nonprofits could do differently to be financially more successful and stable. Each of these articles holds several things in common. One of which includes the same observations that Jack Welch endorses. These observations include that business...
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...Without question, "sustainability" is the latest buzzword in many sectors, public and private, for-profit and nonprofit. Is it just the latest fad? This paper, the first phase of a larger research project, agues that sustainability is "creating permanent shift in the very nature of business." Sustainability integrates three spheres--profits, the planet, and people--often viewed as competing or contradictory. How can management integrate them to boost the "triple bottom line?" This study identifies the leadership challenges through a literature analysis and emphasizes that measurement tools often miss the point: the pursuit of an organization's particular brand of success is a journey, not a destination. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction "Sustainability" has come to have many different meanings. It's the latest buzzword among business, government, and nonprofit entities. Business leaders must be wondering if it's just the latest management fad of a concept that will fundamentally change how businesses are managed and measured. This paper is based on the notion that sustainability is more than a fad, but rather is creating a permanent shift in the very nature of business. Since the advent of the paradigm of sustainable development in the 1980s, the private sector has been shifting from a narrow economic conception of responsibility toward a comprehensive approach that attempts to balance economic objectives with environmental pressures and changing societal expectations...
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...Developing a Financial Model (GROUP ASSIGNMENT) Finances in mission-driven organizations are critical because they serve the mission, which means having a financial strategy is integral to organizational survival (Greco, 2011). The financial model below demonstrates how Housing Helpers will support its home improvement work for low socioeconomic status households. Budge Responsibility A key component of financial sustainability is the commitment of board and staff to financial management that includes timely review of financial reports and advance planning. One way that board and staff plan for income and expenses in the future is by creating a budget. Approval of the annual budget is one of the fundamental building blocks of sound financial...
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...Sustainable fashion, also called eco fashion, is a part of the growing design philosophy and trend of sustainability, the goal of which is to create a system which can be supported indefinitely in terms of environmentalism and social[disambiguation needed] responsibility. Sustainable fashion is part of the larger trend of sustainable design where a product is created and produced with consideration to the environmental and social impact it may have throughout its total life span, including its "carbon footprint". According to the May 2007 Vogue appears not to be a short-term trend but one which could last multiple seasons.[1] While environmentalism used to manifest itself in the fashion world through a donation of percentage of sales of a product to a charitable cause, fashion designers are now re-introducing eco-conscious methods at the source through the use of environmentally friendly materials and socially responsible methods of production. There are some organizations working to increase opportunities for sustainable designers. The National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers is one of those organizations. Its purpose is to assist entrepreneurs with growing fashion related businesses that create social change and respect the environment. Sustainable Designers provides specialized triple bottom line education, training, and access to tools and industry resources that advance creative, innovative and high impact businesses. The organization’s mission is to create social...
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...(First Potomac Realty Trust, 2015). First Potomac Realty Trust strives to create lasting partnerships with their tenants, maintain their reputation as trustworthy landlords and to provide their shareholders with profitable returns on their investments. They are known to be an ethical and trustworthy organization and are committed to long-term partnerships with their tenants and brokers. They are also a publicly traded company and have a concentrated portfolio in the Washington, D.C. area (First Potomac Realty Trust, 2015). Energy and sustainability are the center of First Potomac Realty Trust’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. Their decisions are geared to meet social and environmental standards in a positive way (Tesia Vargason, personal communication, April 1, 2015). With the purchases of properties in the DC Metro area, they are frequently improving their buildings to meet LEED or Energy Star standards, which creates better efficiency for lighting and heat and the environment simultaneously. They believe that this approach creates the best value for tenants of the buildings and employees (Tesia Vargason, personal communication, April 1, 2015). Their sustainability efforts are focused on resource conservation and tenant health and productivity. Their resource conservation efforts include initiatives concerning energy, water, and materials. It is stated on their website that almost 60% of First Potomac’s multi-story office portfolio is Energy Star certified and...
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