Advancing Nonprofit Stewardship Through Self-Regulation: Translating Principles into Practice
  • 2011/93 pages
  • A Kumarian Press Book

Advancing Nonprofit Stewardship Through Self-Regulation:

Translating Principles into Practice

Christopher Corbett, with a foreword by David Horton Smith
Paperback: $22.00
ISBN: 978-1-56549-408-4

In 2004, Independent Sector, the major trade organization for US nonprofits, convened a panel to recommend actions to strengthen nonprofit governance and ethical standards. The panel's report, some three years in the making, highlighted 33 principles that it recommended nonprofits adopt. The report was overwhelmingly welcomed by the nonprofit sector, but the task of translating principles into practice remains a challenge.

In Advancing Nonprofit Stewardship Through Self-Regulation, Christopher Corbett points the way forward for nonprofits by identifying specific strategies for implementing Independent Sector's principles. Corbett shows how organizations can navigate demands for increased accountability and transparency within a setting of integrity and trust. His book  is essential reading not only for the leaders of US nonprofits, but also for those in NGOs facing similar challenges around the world.

Christopher Corbett conducts research and consults on issues related to the nonprofit sector.