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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
How Lifestyle Figures in an Appropriate Mentor Match
There is a fine line between gathering the necessary information for making the appropriate match and infringing on the privacy of all parties involved. Yet, the parents’ right to set limits on who they feel is an acceptable match for...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices, Youth Protection and Child Safety
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Grievance Procedures and Internal Dispute Resolution
Practical Tips for Resolving Internal Disputes Peaceably The following text is excerpted from Section 3 of NRMC’s book: Taking the High Road: A Guide to Effective and Legal Employment Practices for Nonprofits. Having an internal mechanism for resolving disputes is like...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Set the Story Straight with a Financial Dashboard
Take yourself back to college math class; perhaps you studied statistics or calculus. You may have been one of the lucky few who aced every exam, but more likely, you had trouble staying awake during lectures. Numbers can be boring,...
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight, Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
The AFL-CIO Split: What it Means to Non-Union Nonprofits
At the end of July 2005, during the AFL-CIO's annual convention in Chicago, four of the largest AFL-CIO unions - the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, UNITE-HERE and the United Food and Commercial Workers...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
The Audit Committee and Its Expanding Role in Risk Management
The National Association of Corporate Directors and The Center for Board Leadership have just published Audit Committees: A Practical Guide.” It is the work of a Blue Ribbon Committee on Audit Committees and will have a major effect on the...
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight, Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Setting Your Sites: Fraud Resources on the Web
This month we profile several websites that offer helpful information on fraud prevention. American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) website: www.aicpa.org AICPA sells a number of publications that provide very specific guidance on the topics of fraud and fraud investigations....
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Sexual Harassment
Nonprofits are not exempt from sexual harassment claims like those recently in the news for business firms and public agencies. For example, a legal secretary in California received a multimillion dollar verdict against a law firm. A trial in the...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Relocating Risks: A Primer for Nonprofits on the Move
The lease you negotiated 5 to 10 years ago is sweet in today’s market. However, the renewal price per square foot is likely to cause more than sticker shock. The monthly rent could wipe out your reserves or seriously strain...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Think Again: What You Don’t Know but Should About Interviewing & Reference Checking
“Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.” — Katharine Hepburn Walking into an interview is like walking into a pressure-cooker. As an applicant, you sense that the interview is your best chance at winning a job. Most nonprofit...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
Risk Management Strategies for Nonprofits Serving Young Adolescents If youth is the season of hope, it’s often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us; for no age is so apt as youth to think its...