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Journal articles on the topic "Non-profit social service"
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Lewis, Harold. "Ethics and the Private Non-Profit Human Service Organizations." Administration in Social Work 13, no. 2 (May 24, 1989): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j147v13n02_01.
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Kong, Eric. "The development of strategic management in the non-profit context: Intellectual capital in social service non-profit organizations." International Journal of Management Reviews 10, no. 3 (September 2008): 281–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00224.x.
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Mostafa, Salama A., Aida Mustapha, Palaniappan Shamala, Omar Ibrahim Obaid, and Bashar Ahmed Khalaf. "Social networking mobile apps framework for organizing and facilitating charitable and voluntary activities in Malaysia." Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics 9, no. 2 (April 1, 2020): 827–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/eei.v9i2.2075.
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Numerous non-profit driven establishments depend on volunteers to help achieve their administrative targets. Despite the fact that volunteers work side-by-side or now and again substitute representatives in delivering services, inputting volunteer work into non-profit ventures of delivering services presents remarkable difficulties. Understanding these difficulties provides a significant fundamental building step in comprehending the influence these challenges have on service developmental plans and operations when utilizing volunteers. In this study, the paper brings forward a Charity Fundraising Information System (CFIS) framework and presents the modelling and evaluation of a plan and operational variables applicable to volunteer fulfilment in non-profit driven organizations. Discoveries indicate that fulfilled volunteers are bound to stay longer with the same establishment, give monetarily to the non-profit driven organization, and prescribe the volunteer involvement to other people. Every one of these results guarantees the continuous sustenance of the non-profit driven establishment.
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Melnikova, Julija. "Leading complementary schools as non-profit social entrepreneurship: Cases from Lithuania." Management in Education 34, no. 4 (August 4, 2020): 149–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0892020620945331.
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The article explores the topic of leading complementary schools as models of non-profit social enterprises, reflecting the way the sector has developed in Lithuania. Complementary schools in Lithuania provide educational services often related to language and cultural education focusing on different groups such as minorities, immigrants and people with disabilities. They use client-focused activities to achieve social goals and maintain financial self-sufficiency. Therefore, the leadership of these organizations is of major importance. Group discussions were conducted with 32 heads of complementary schools to explore their perceptions of the entrepreneurship competencies they need to meet the challenges they face in establishing and sustaining their non-profit organizations. Viewing complementary schools as non-profit social enterprises and their leaders as social entrepreneurs contributes to the understanding of them as organizations and the wide range of competencies and practices needed to lead such schools effectively with implications for pre-service and in-post leadership development.
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Dumalanede, Constance, Kavita Hamza, and Marielle Payaud. "Improving healthcare services access at the bottom of the pyramid: the role of profit and non-profit organisations in Brazil." Society and Business Review 15, no. 3 (September 18, 2020): 211–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sbr-10-2018-0118.
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Purpose This study aims to highlight the processes that private organisations implement to improve access to health care services for low-income communities in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research based on a comparative case study was conducted in São Paulo. A for-profit organisation and a not-for-profit one were compared to scrutinise how they adapt themselves to the social context they are embedded in; while improving their service accessibility. Findings Both kinds of organisations have succeeded to reach their goal of improving the access and reducing the time frame of health care services to low-income populations. Their initial business model (BM) makes them face their own challenges that they face with different strategies. It affects their way of communicating, their organisational culture, the patients’ expectations and their level of inclusiveness. Research limitations/implications The research is context-dependent because of the specific conditions of the health public system in Brazil. When shaping health care BMs, the national context must be taken into account and the service marketing components should be used to enhance patients’ value co-creation in the health care service delivery process. Practical implications The research gives insights to organisations that seek to adapt their BM to improve health-care access to low-income populations. Social implications Health-care access plays a key role in improving populations’ living conditions and reach one of the sustainable development goals of the United Nation. Originality/value Health care services access at the bottom of the pyramid remains under-studied. The paper brings value by comparing for-profit and non-profit organisations, which have the same social goal of improving health-care access to low-income populations while developing different practices to deal with their own challenges.
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Kong, Eric, and Gaby Ramia. "A qualitative analysis of intellectual capital in social service non-profit organisations: A theory–practice divide." Journal of Management & Organization 16, no. 5 (November 2010): 656–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1833367200001796.
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AbstractThe paper contributes to debates on non-profit strategy, first by arguing that intellectual capital (IC) can be utilised as a non-profit strategic management conceptual framework and second by highlighting nuances in the meaning and significance of IC. In responding to the public management agendas of government, non-profit organisations (NPOs) have had to commercialise their strategies. On the basis of data from in-depth interviews with 35 senior non-profit managers across 22 large Australian social service non-profit organisations (SSNPOs), the analysis confirms that IC assists SSNPOs in managing the social–commercial divide, but that managers' understandings of the IC concept are often different to those contained in the IC literature. IC scholars suggest that IC is synergetic with its components being inter-dependent. The managers perceived that very few inter-relationships existed between IC components. Implications of the theory—practice divide for non-profit strategy are discussed. Research limitations and future research direction are presented in the paper.
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Kong, Eric, and Gaby Ramia. "A qualitative analysis of intellectual capital in social service non-profit organisations: A theory–practice divide." Journal of Management & Organization 16, no. 5 (November 2010): 656–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/jmo.2010.16.5.656.
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AbstractThe paper contributes to debates on non-profit strategy, first by arguing that intellectual capital (IC) can be utilised as a non-profit strategic management conceptual framework and second by highlighting nuances in the meaning and significance of IC. In responding to the public management agendas of government, non-profit organisations (NPOs) have had to commercialise their strategies. On the basis of data from in-depth interviews with 35 senior non-profit managers across 22 large Australian social service non-profit organisations (SSNPOs), the analysis confirms that IC assists SSNPOs in managing the social–commercial divide, but that managers' understandings of the IC concept are often different to those contained in the IC literature. IC scholars suggest that IC is synergetic with its components being inter-dependent. The managers perceived that very few inter-relationships existed between IC components. Implications of the theory—practice divide for non-profit strategy are discussed. Research limitations and future research direction are presented in the paper.
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Gewirtz-Meydan, Ateret, Idit Weiss-Gal, and John Gal. "Social Workers’ Policy Practice in Non-Profit Human Service Organisations in Israel." British Journal of Social Work 46, no. 7 (March 12, 2016): 1890–908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcv138.
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Borja, Alexandra Medina, and Konstantinos Triantis. "A conceptual framework to evaluate performance of non-profit social service organisations." International Journal of Technology Management 37, no. 1/2 (2007): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2007.011808.
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Panchenko, Olga L. "Quality of Social Capital of a Region as a Factor in the Development of Civil Society (the Case Study of the Non-Profit Sector)." REGIONOLOGY 27, no. 1 (March 29, 2019): 156–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.15507/2413-1407.106.027.201901.156-173.
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Introduction. The article considers the non-profit sector as an important agent of the emerging civil society in modern Russia. It plays an important role in the social space of civil society, since it is based on the activity of the citizens being actors themselves. The purpose of the study is to scrutinize the impact of social capital on the development of civil society in the regional context. Materials and Methods. The object of the research is the practices of providing social services to the population by socially oriented non-profit organizations. The study employed the following qualitative and quantitative methods: focus group and mass survey of social service recipients. Results. The article has identified the features of social capital in the non-governmental sector in the field of providing social services; the main feature is “the level of trust”, expressed through the intentions and actions of citizens receiving social services in relation to socially oriented non-profit organizations. The research has revealed that there is confidence in the activities of socially oriented non-profit organizations at the micro level of the society: recipients of social services are satisfied with the quality of the services provided and are ready to continue to interact with such institutions. Discussion and Conclusion. The study has confirmed the author’s hypothesis: the quality of social capital at this stage of social relations is a deterrent to the institutionalization of the practices of the non-profit sector. The article will be useful for the target groups - non-profit organizations as agents of civil society, public services that provide social services to the population, as well as all researchers working in the conceptual field of civil society development in the regional dimension. The promising areas of further research are the ways and directions to increase confidence in the non-profit sector as a translator of the civil society values.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Non-profit social service"
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Fletcher-Gordon, Lynda. "Privatization and gaming : the impact upon the non-profit social service sector." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26117.
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The demise of Keynesianism and the advent of monetarism has had a profound impact on the Canadian 'welfare state'. In British Columbia, as in other provinces, monetarist policies have included a 'down-sizing' of government, and a resurrection of a strategy of privatization in the social service sector. In some instances, privatization has meant abandonment; that is, the government has both shed its responsibility for providing many public sector social services and either reduced or eliminated funds which were directed into the non-profit sector through the system of 'contracting-out'.
With the loss of revenue, many non-profit social service agencies have been forced to seek alternative sources of funding. The contents of newspaper stories and other articles indicated that some had turned to gaming in order to raise funds. Therefore, recent developments in the gaming industry in British Columbia were explored in order to provide some insight into their relevance for, and impact on, the non-profit social service sector. In addition, a survey was undertaken in order to determine the impact of these developments on a sample of non-profit social service agencies in the Greater Vancouver area. The results indicate that certain trends are emerging across the non-profit sector. Agencies reported an increased demand for services and, for some, the proceeds from either bingos or casinos have been crucial in both maintaining current levels of services and providing other benefits. The implications of this development are explored; for example, in some agencies, fund-raising has reduced the staff hours spent in direct service while otherwise increasing workloads; some agencies are becoming more 'entrepreneurial' in order to provide necessary social services; and, it may be that certain client groups are paying for their own social service programs.
While non-profit social service agencies are turning to gaming in order to provide programs and services which the government will no longer support, the government's public statements regarding the future of the gaming industry, and its actions in this area, have been ambiguous. On the one hand, policy-makers have made public statements to the effect that there will be no extension of legalized gambling beyond that which is provided by non-profit groups. On the other hand, the government is moving to increase its gaming revenues through direct means, such as establishing casinos, and indirect means, such as increasing licence fees levied on non-profit organizations wishing to conduct gaming events.
It is contended that neither privatization nor gambling are 'immoral'. However, what is perhaps problematic is the recent marriage of the two phenomena. By reducing direct services, as well as curtailing funding to the non-profit sector, the government has restrained its expenditures. When non-profit organizations turn to gaming, they become a source of revenue for the government while simultaneously providing the vital social services which the government has abandoned.Arts, Faculty of
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Nefdt, Wendy Muriel. "The transforming roles of management boards in non-profit social welfare organisations." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53690.
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Thesis (M Social Work)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.Some digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Universally social welfare organisations are under considerable pressure to perform in new and demanding ways. Continual change in one form or another is an inescapable part of both social and organisational life. After the political transformation of 1994, all South African non-profit social welfare organisations were called upon to participate in the development of an equitable, people-centred, democratic and developmental social welfare system. The process of reconstruction and development which is currently underway in South Africa requires non-profit social welfare organisations to transform their governance structures and approach in keeping with the new social developmental approach to service delivery such as the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997), the Non-profit Organisations Act (1997), the Public Finance Management Act (1999), the Codes of Good Practice for South African Non-profit Organisations (2001) and the Code of Corporate Governance - King II Report (2002). The political reforms in South Africa and the dramatic change in socio-economic policies and legislation such as the promulgation of the White Paper for Social Welfare (1997) illustrates how the external environment could impact on the provisioning of social welfare services in the non-profit sector. Social welfare organisations are therefore challenged to transform their governance structures to reflect the legislative changes in the country. In order for social welfare service providers to implement a developmental approach to social welfare, management boards of non-profit social welfare organisations need to adopt a proactive role in facilitating the transformation process. The management board is a policy making body of the organisation with a legal duty to ensure that the organisation's actions are consistent with the its goals and objectives. The motivation for the research study is to explore whether management boards of non-profit social welfare organisations had transformed their governance structure and practice in keeping with the transformed social welfare legislation and codes of practice. The literature review demonstrates that management boards of social welfare organisations have clearly defined roles and responsibilities. A more progressive perspective on the roles and responsibilities is linked to the management board's ability to respond to changing environments. According to theorists on modern governance (Carver, 1990, Abels and Murphey, 1981, and Herman, 1989), management boards should initiate, plan and manage the change process in order to improve the operational effectiveness of the organisation and to strive towards what ought to be for the creation of a just society. The White Paper for Social Welfare (1997) describes a just society as being one that facilitates the development of human capacity and self-reliance within a caring and enabling environment. The findings of the study conclude that the majority of management boards of social welfare organisations have transformed their governance structure however, they should be more informed about contemporary governance practices and social welfare transformation processes. Management boards need to develop an agenda for social transformation in order to respond more proactively to the call for a transformed social welfare practice in the country. The legislative framework of the South African Government makes provision for the formulation of principles and regulations that guide transformation practices in the non-profit social welfare sector. In order to ensure that transformation takes place within the sector, the government has mandated the Department of Social Development with the responsibility to monitor the process. The challenge that exists for the Department of Social Development is to create a structure for dialogue and feedback between the various role players in order to share the responsibility for the transformation of social welfare practice.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Oor die algemeen is daar 'n redelike mate van druk op welsynsorganisasies om op nuwe en uitdagende maniere dienste te lewer. Voortdurende verandering in die een of ander vorm is 'n onvermydelike deel van beide die sosiale en organisatoriese lewe. Na die politieke transformasie van 1994 is daar 'n beroep gedoen op alle nie-winsgewende maatskaplike welsynsorganisasies in Suid Afrika om deel te neem aan die ontwikkeling van 'n gelyke, mens-gesentreerde, demokratiese en ontwikkelende maatskaplike welsynsisteem . Die proses van rekonstruksie en ontwikkeling wat tans in Suid-Afrika aan die gang is, vereis van nie-winsgewende welsynsorganisasies om hulle bestuurstrukture en benadering in ooreenstemming te bring met die nuwe maatskaplike ontwikkkelingsbenadering tot dienslewering soos vervat in die Witskrif vir Maatskaplike Welsyn (1997), Die politieke hervorminge in Suid-Afrika en die dramatise veranderinge in sosio-ekonomiese beleid en wetgewing, soos byvoorbeeld die uitvaardiging van die Witskrif vir Maatkskaplike Welsyn (1997), Wet op Organisasies sonder Winsoogmerk (1997), Wet op Openbare Finansiële Bestuur (1999), Kodes vir Goeie Praktyk vir Suid Afrikaanse Nie-Winsgewende Organisasies (2001) en die Kode vir Korporatiewe Bestuur- King II Verslag (2002), illustreer hoe die eksterne omgewing die voorsiening van maatskaplike welsynsdienste in die nie-winsgewende sektor kan beïnvloed. Maatskaplike welsynsoganisasies staan daarom voor die uitdaging om hulle bestuurstrukture sodanig te verander, dat dit 'n weerspieëling sal wees van die wetgewende veranderinge in die land. Om die maatskaplike welsyns-voorsieners in staat te stelom 'n ontwikkelings -benadering te implimenteer, moet bestuursrade van nie-winsgewende organisasies 'n pro-aktiewe rol speel om die transformasie proses te fasiliteer. Die bestuursraad is die beleidmaker van die organisasie en het 'n wetlike verpligting om seker te maak dat die organisasie se optrede in ooreenstemming is met die organisasie se doelstellings. Die motivering vir die navorsing is om ondersoek in te stelof bestuursrade van nie-winsgewende maatskaplike welsynsorganisasies hulle bestuursstrukture en praktyk aangepas het om in ooreenstemming te wees met die veranderde maatskaplike welsynswetgewing en praktyk kodes. Die literatuurstudie toon aan dat bestuursrade van maatskaplike welsynsorganisasies duidelike gedefinieerde rolle en verantwoordelikhede het. 'n Meer progressiewe perspektief op die rolle en verantwoordelikhede is gekoppel aan die bestuursrade se vermoë om te reageer op veranderende omgewings. Volgens skrywers oor moderne bestuur (Carver, 1990, Abels en Murphey, 1981, en Herman, 1989), moet bestuursrade die veranderingsproses inisieer, beplan en bestuur ten einde die operasionele effektiwiteit van die organisasies te verbeter en om te streef na wat behoort te wees vir die totstandkoming van 'n regverdige samelewing. Die Wit Skrif vir Maatskaplike Welsyn (1997) beskryf 'n regverdige samelewing as een wat die ontwikkeling , van die kapasiteit van die mens en sy vermoë tot selfstandigheid fasiliteer binne 'n ondersteunende en bemagtigende omgewing. Die wetgewende raamwerk van die Suid Afrikaanse Regering maak voorsiening vir die formulering van beginsels en regulasies wat die transformasie proses in die nie-winsgewende maatskaplike welsyn sektor begelei. Om te verseker dat transformasie wel plaasvind binne hierdie sektor, het die regering 'n mandaat gegee aan die Departement van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling om hierdie proses te monitor. Die uitdaging vir die Department van Maatskaplike Ontwikkeling lê daarin om 'n struktuur daar te stel vir dialoog en terugvoering tussen die verskillende rolspelers sodat hulle gesamentlik verantwoordelikheid kan neem vir die transformasie van die maatskaplike welsyn praktyk.
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Meier, Stephanie, and Kelly Nash. "Diggin’ Independence: Women Working Toward Self-Sufficiency." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2011. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/24.
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Women with young children are a growing population experiencing homelessness. Transitional housing services provide shelter and educational programming aimed at fostering the development of skills necessary to attain and maintain basic needs.
Adagio Health’s transitional home, Healthy Start House (HSH) served as a case study in which to explore the intersection of design, service and social innovation. The metrics of success outlined by the county for HSH include attaining permanent housing and employment or education. Using a co-creative process, exploratory and generative research uncovered that the service had no clear route to assist the women to develop core competencies to meet the county’s metrics of success.
Rather than create a new extension of the current service, this design solution focuses on amplifying the resources and infrastructure already in place to improve the current service delivery. The solution includes an ideal plan for the HSH staff to work with the clients to comprehensively develop their core competencies, and an expanded view of how a money management system helps the clients meet the county’s metrics. We hypothesize, through this system, clients will re-enter society smoothly, armed with the skills and knowledge needed to provide for themselves and their children. While the design generated much enthusiasm from all stakeholders, the concept would benefit from further testing and iterations over a longer length of time to understand if it can, indeed, improve learning and performance outcomes and create sustained behavior change.
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Wagner, Andre. "The impact of an organisational capacity assessment on non-profit organisations in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7706.
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Magister Economicae - MEconThe research study investigated the potential impact that organisational capacity assessments can have on the long-term sustainability of non-profit organisations (NPOs). The researcher employed longitudinal research design as the main instrument in the collection of data. Data was collected from four local non-profit organisations in the Cullinan and Bronkhorstspruit areas of South Africa. These organisations were evaluated by means of a questionnaire, which was developed by the researcher. NPOs can only play a pivotal role in community and social services if management, leadership, governance and other elements of organisational capacity are well developed and continuously strengthened. This is critical for attracting local and international donors who provide crucial running costs and relieve national, provincial and local government departments of the financial burden. Currently, the South African government supports NPOs in South Africa. The legislative and registration aspects of NPOs are regulated by the NPO Act (Act 71 of 1997) and the Income Tax Act (Act 58 of 1962). The State of South African Registered NPOs Report 2010/2011 indicated a growth of the number of registrations to have increased by 8.3%. However, in the same financial year a total number of 468 NPOs were deregistered; 98% of these lost their registration due to non-compliance of regulatory requirements. According to the State of South African Registered NPOs Report (2016) the total number of applications received for the financial year was 16 726 (53.7%), however 4 421 (46%) did not meet the requirements of sections 12-13 of the NPO Act, an issue that would definitely affect the existence of non-compliant institutions.
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Emtfelt, Maja, and Madeleine Johnsson. "Till vilket pris : En kvalitativ studie om socialtjänstens och ideella organisationers arbete mot prostitution och människohandel." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-85713.
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Syftet med denna studie var att belysa olika delar av prostitution och människohandel inom svensk socialtjänst och ideella organisationer. Dessutom kan denna studie bidra till att uppmärksamma samhället om fenomenet prostitution och människohandel samt bidra till vidare diskussion kring ämnet. För att uppnå syftet användes en kvalitativ metod där åtta intervjuer genomfördes med yrkesverksamma inom socialtjänst och ideella organisationer. Intersektionalitet, empowerment och social mobilisering var studiens teoretiska utgångspunkter. Den insamlade empirin analyserades med hjälp av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultatet av studien visade att det finns en begränsad kunskap kring prostitution och människohandel inom socialtjänst och samhället generellt. Det påvisades att det är ett komplext fenomen där det finns behov av att utöka resurser för att kunna bedriva ett effektivt arbete och ge utsatta bästa möjliga förutsättningar att få tillgång till rätt stöd och skydd. Vidare framkom att det krävs en ökad medvetenhet kring fenomenet då det förekommer i alla kontexter och grupper vilket föranleder att stödet behöver bli mer differentierat för att inkludera alla. Studiens slutsats visar att prostitution och människohandel är ett komplext fenomen som det finns en bristande kunskap och förståelse kring. Det är av vikt att arbetet mot fenomenet utvecklas samt att medvetenheten kring fenomenets förekomst ökas.The purpose of this study was to shed light on various parts of prostitution and human trafficking within Swedish social service and non-profit organizations. In addition, this study can help to draw society’s attention to the phenomenon of prostitution and human trafficking, as well as contribute to further discussion on the subject. A qualitative method through interviews with eight workers within social service and non-profit organizations was used to reach the purpose of this study. The theoretical basis of the study was intersectionality, empowerment and social mobilization. A qualitative content analysis helped to analyze the collected data. The result of the study showed limited awareness about prostitution and human trafficking among social service and non-profit organizations. It also showed that this is a complex phenomenon where there is a need to expand the resources in order to conduct an effective work and provide vulnerable people with the best possible conditions for gaining access to the right support and protection. Furthermore, it shows that awareness needs to be greater about the phenomenon as it occurs in all contexts and groups which means that the support needs to be more adapted for each individual to include everyone. The conclusion of the study shows that prostitution and human trafficking is a complex phenomenon of which there is a lack of knowledge and understanding. It is important that the work against the phenomenon is developed and that awareness about the phenomenon's occurrence is increased.
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Fortin, Amanda Michelle. "Exploring Communicative Aspects of Client Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Retention in a Private, Non-profit Organization: A Qualitative, Interview-Based Study of Catholic Charities." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1695.
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This thesis focuses on Catholic Charities (Hereafter CC), a non-profit agency that provides pregnancy and adoption support to families in times of crisis. Research and agency data reflect a positive association between the amount of time clients engage in services and the resolution of crises. Both theoretically and empirically, a key determinant of the depth and breadth of clients' engagement with both for-profit and non-profit services is their satisfaction with such services. In 2009-2010, CC's in-house, client surveys reported a decreasing level of client engagement with services. One clear trend was that clients discontinued services after thirty days or less. Against this trend, CC aims to provide social services for an extended period of time (i.e. longer than thirty days) in order to insure that clients have fully recovered from crises. In order to understand possible reasons for clients' low or short engagement rates, this thesis analyzes clients' satisfaction with CC services. Using a grounded-theory approach, twenty semi-structured interviews with former and current CC clients were analyzed for communication-based themes involving clients' satisfaction with services. Four macro-themes emerged: (1) Positive Caseworker Personality, (2) Feeling Emotionally Supported, (3) Feeling Helped, and (4) Positive Counseling Environment. Findings have implications for both theories of satisfaction and the offering and practice of CC services.
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Kirchnerová, Eliška. "Financování rozvoje nízkoprahového zařízení pro děti a mládež v roce 2009." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-16189.
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This thesis concerns financing and development of the non-profit organization Jahoda. This organization was created as a civil association and it's main purpose is to help and protect by the social exclusion threatened children and young people. The first part of this thesis, called as a theoretical part, is formed by an analysis of specialized literature and related resources and findings. The second part of the thesis, called as a practical part, is focused on the analysis of non-profit organization's past financing and development. This chapter is devided into two periods (1999 -- 2003 and 2004 -- 2008). The special chapter is formed by an analysis of organization's fund-raising in the year 2009. The main purpose of all analyses is to research organizations's previous funding (e. g. finances from the public budget, philantropy of the companies, individual donators, foundation's allowances). This information is considered to be a backgroud for indicating some of foresighted changes and occasions in the future. The final part of the thesis is formed by the current fund-raising activities which are related to the particular projects. Some of actual project's application forms are described in this part of the thesis and completed applications forms are enclosed to the thesis.
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Toth, Michele Veronica. "Exploring a Relationship between Worker' Perceptions of Leaders and Workers' Self-Efficacy in Social Services." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1333397023.
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Šedivý, Jan. "Nová média v komunitní komunikaci." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-19206.
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Opening part of this paper is dedicated to the ongoing shift in social communication paradigm. An introduction to the subject of new media, web 2.0 concepts and social network sites phenomenon is followed by a discussion of integration possibilities of particular web 2.0 services. Some concerns about privacy, security, legislative framework and general openness of such system are discussed afterwards. A real case study of community virtualization process is introduced in the second part of this thesis. The case takes place in community of local non-profit club of youth and children. First, it is carried out an analysis of the communication receiver groups and the message types. We also describe the ongoing project of launching a new web site (made from several integrated web 2.0 services) and partial results of pilot implementation. Finally, the plan of the next integration steps is designed.
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Saunier, Paul-Laurent. "Qualité et contrôle dans les services : le cas des services à la personne." Phd thesis, Université d'Orléans, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00824183.
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Les activités de services à la personne incarnent un important potentiel de création d'emplois et de réponse à des besoins sociaux. Elles présentent comme principales caractéristiques une forte dimension relationnelle qui influence leur qualité, ainsi qu'une distance spatiale qui complique le contrôle de cette qualité. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'analyser les pratiques de contrôle de la qualité des organismes offreurs, ainsi que les représentations des différents acteurs en matière de qualité de service.L'approche qualitative retenue donne lieu à la réalisation de deux études empiriques, l'une concernant les services à destination de personnes dépendantes (SAD), l'autre ceux à destination des autres publics (SAP). Au total, 38 entretiens sont réalisés auprès de dirigeants et responsables qualité d'organismes offreurs, 169 avis de bénéficiaires et 318 avis d'intervenants sont collectés sur Internet, ce dispositif étant complété par une phase d'observation participante. Les données recueillies font l'objet d'une analyse de contenu.Ces études permettent d'identifier les critères de qualité perçue des bénéficiaires et des intervenants, trois approches de la qualité des organismes offreurs, sept étapes du processus de production associées aux trois phases du processus de contrôle, les objectifs assignés ainsi que les mécanismes de contrôle mobilisés lors de ces étapes. Les résultats montrent l'influence du régime juridique retenu (prestataire ou mandataire) sur les pratiques de contrôle de la qualité. Ils soulignent également la nécessaire cohérence entre la représentation de la qualité du manager et les mécanismes de contrôle mobilisés pour influencer la qualité.
Books on the topic "Non-profit social service"
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Massachusetts. State Office of Minority Business Assistance. SOMBA-certified non-profit organizations. Boston, Mass: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dept. of Commerce, State Office of Minority Business Assistance, 1985.
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Regina, List, ed. A dictionary of civil society, philanthropy, and the non-profit sector. London: Routledge, 2005.
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Austin, Michael J. The changing relationship between non-profit organizations and public social service agencies in the era of welfare reform (U.S.A.). Jerusalem: Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2001.
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Rekart, Josephine. Voluntary sector social services in the 1980s: A preliminary study of the impacts of economic changes and shifts in government policy on non-profit agencies providing family and children's services in British Columbia. Vancouver, B.C: Social Planning & Research Council of British Columbia, 1988.
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US GOVERNMENT. An Act to Provide that Certain Volunteers at Private Non-profit Food Banks Are Not Employees for Purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. [Washington, D.C: U.S. G.P.O., 1998.
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Osborne, Stephen P. The voluntary & non-profit sector & the provision of social welfare services in Britain. Birmingham: Aston Business School Research Institute, 1997.
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Toronto, Social Planning Council of Metropolitan. Merchants of care?: The non-profit sector in a competitive social services marketplace. Toronto: SPC, 1997.
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Immigrazione e integrazione sociale nel Mezzogiorno: Ruolo delle strutture pubbliche e del mondo non profit. Napoli: Giannini, 2009.
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Osborne, Stephen P. Collaboration between non-profit organizations in the provision of social services in Canada: Working together or falling apart. Birmingham: Aston Business School, 1998.
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Orr, Shannon. Exploring alternatives: Government social service policy and non-profit organizations. Canada West Foundation, 1999.
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Lyons, Valerie. "Justice vs Control in Cloud Computing: A Conceptual Framework for Positioning a Cloud Service Provider’s Privacy Orientation." In Palgrave Studies in Digital Business & Enabling Technologies, 79–104. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54660-1_5.
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Abstract The continued rise in frequency and magnitude of cloud-based privacy breaches brings to the fore the challenges experienced by cloud service providers (CSPs) in balancing the need to maximize profit with the need to maintain data privacy. With a backdrop of the ineffectiveness of regulatory approaches to protecting privacy, this chapter explores privacy from a non-regulatory perspective—instead exploring a CSP’s approach to privacy as dynamics of control and justice. We apply control theory to represent the CSP’s compliance with privacy legislation and power over data, and we apply justice theory to represent the CSP exceeding compliance. Control theories, such as social contract theory, have frequently been applied to explore privacy challenges between organizations and consumers, as too have justice theories e.g. procedural and distributive justice. However, few studies have combined these theoretical concepts to provide a balanced view of these tensions in the cloud computing landscape. Integrating concepts from these theories, we construct a framework that can help to explain and position a CSP’s privacy orientation. Four key privacy orientations emerge in our framework, namely: Risk Managers, Integrators, Citizens and Warriors. We discuss the implications of each privacy orientation for CSPs. Our framework will enable future research to further understand, explore and compare the impact and effectiveness of each privacy orientation.
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Malin, Maili. "Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Finnish Citizens Abroad." In IMISCOE Research Series, 177–91. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51245-3_10.
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Abstract With 1.6 million Finnish-origin individuals abroad, the focus in Finland has traditionally been on Finnish cultural associations and educational programmes over any other type of engagement with this population. This chapter provides an overview of Finland’s diaspora policies, with a focus on social protection. It shows that Finland does not have a specific global policy of supporting Finns abroad, but rather a regional approach with Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden). Similarly, this chapter shows that Finland has a somewhat decentralized approach to diaspora engagement by which its strong network of non-profit organizations abroad perform a role traditionally given to public authorities in the area of social protection and consultation. The diaspora policy of the Finnish Government could be characterised as reactionary, since Finnish missions increasingly help Finnish tourists abroad. A strong Nordic cooperation in the field of social protection has widened after huge immigration of Finnish people to Sweden, and bilateral social agreements have been established with countries where Finns have immigrated historically like the United States and Australia.
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Gutierrez, Oscar. "Issues and Recommendations for Community-Based ICT Implemantation in the Social Sector." In ICT Management in Non-Profit Organizations, 110–32. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5974-2.ch007.
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Complex Information and Communication Technology (ICT) applications dedicated to support the provision of community-based services can rarely be implemented by single social services agencies. Technical and funding requirements make it almost prohibitive for such agencies to undertake them in isolation. Furthermore, in the social sector the degree of service interdependence within a community makes it almost necessary that such complex systems be implemented in collaboration as a community-based initiative. But implementations in this context are filled with challenges not normally found in single institutional ICT projects, making community-based ICT initiatives paradoxical and difficult to manage only with conventional project management techniques. This chapter compares ICT management in various sectors. Using the case of Homeless Management Information Systems in the United States, the chapter presents some complexities involved. It then presents a model for understanding the contrasting opposing forces at play in the social sector and offers implementation management recommendations to increase the likelihood of their success.
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Oyelami, Oyekunle. "Re-Branding Community Organizations for the Actualization of Development Goals in the Rural Communities in Nigeria." In Effects of Information Capitalism and Globalization on Teaching and Learning, 274–83. IGI Global, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6162-2.ch023.
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Community organizations, also known as community-based organizations, are civil society and non-profit social organizations based in the community with the main thrust being benefiting their members and the community at large. Community organizations have their roots in the community members organizing themselves for needs identification and realization of development goals. They are a subset of the wider group of non-profit organizations. Community organizations operate with the locality to ensure the community with sustainable provisions of community-service and action. This chapter highlights some measures for making community organizations more active and alive in the community of operations.
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Baines, Donna. "Moral Projects and Compromise Resistance: Resisting Uncaring in Non-Profit Care Work." In Working in the Context of Austerity, 279–300. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529208672.003.0014.
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This chapter assesses how non-profit/voluntary sector care workers resist in ways that reflect their positioning within the social relations of austerity, the market, and the gender order. It analyses qualitative data collected in non-profit organizations to develop a theorization of unpaid work as lying at a crossroads of self-exploitation and resistance. Using direct quotes from voluntary sector care workers, the chapter shows that they assign oppositional meaning to the after-hours work that they do to resist the 'uncaring' of funders and larger society. These workers frequently also develop a shared critical analysis with co-workers and sometimes undertake workplace resistance strategies aimed at improved conditions for each other and service users. The chapter argues that these dynamics represent a form of compromise resistance in which the workers express their personal values as ethical people through doing unpaid labour in their paid workplaces.
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Sadeghi, Leila, Steve Ressler, and Andrew Krzmarzick. "Using Web 2.0 to Reconceptualize E-Government." In Public Service, Governance and Web 2.0 Technologies, 153–66. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0071-3.ch010.
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This chapter examines the growing literature on e-government and Web 2.0 with particular attention to online collaborative platforms, such as GovLoop, that complement government. The authors present a thorough background to the topic of Web 2.0 in e-government and present numerous examples of how these technologies are used across government both in the U.S. and globally. This chapter explores two main areas: first, how Web 2.0 and social media are being used as a vehicle to enhance e-government, and second, to present a case study of GovLoop, which is a collaborative social media platform designed to complement the work of government. GovLoop provides those working within and external to government—citizens, government employees, academics, non-profit professionals and contractors—with the ability to share information and collaborate on issues of public benefit. The chapter presents a starting point for future research on how Web 2.0 is changing the very nature of e-government and service delivery, and how governments are in a unique position to utilize these tools to expand collaboration and openness with their communities.
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Titmuss, Richard M. "Blood and the law of the marketplace." In The Gift Relationship, 132–44. Policy Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447349570.003.0009.
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This chapter discusses the application of the values of the marketplace to human blood. American and British economists are making an economic case against a monopoly of altruism in blood and other human tissues. They wish to set people free from the conscience of obligation. Although their arguments are couched in the language of price elasticity and profit-maximisation, they have far-reaching implications for human values and all ‘social service’ institutions. However, the moral issues that are raised extend far beyond theories of pricing and the operations of the marketplace. They involve the foundations of professional freedom in medical care and other service relationships with people; the concept of the hospital and the university as non-profit-making institutions; and the legal doctrine in the United States of charitable immunity.
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Abramovitz, Mimi, and Jennifer Zelnick. "The Rise of Managerialism in the US: Whither Worker Control?" In Working in the Context of Austerity, 193–216. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529208672.003.0010.
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This chapter investigates the impact of managerialism on the work of non-profit human-service workers in New York City, drawing on survey data to paint a portrait of a sector that has been deeply restructured to emulate private-market relations and processes. It uses the Social Structure of Accumulation (SSA) theory to explain the rise of neoliberal austerity and identify five neoliberal strategies designed to dismantle the US welfare state. The chapter also focuses on the impact of privatization, a key neoliberal strategy; shows how privatization has transformed the organization of work in public and non-profit human-service agencies; and details the experience of nearly 3,000 front-line, mostly female, human-service workers in New York City. It argues that austerity and managerialism generate the perfect storm in which austerity cuts resources and managerialism promotes 'doing more with less' through performance and outcome metrics and close management control of the labour-process. Closely analysing practices for resistance, the chapter concludes that in lower-managerial workplaces, workers had fewer problems with autonomy, a greater say in decision making, less work stress, and more sustainable employment, suggesting that democratic control of the workplace is an alternative route to quality, worker engagement, and successful outcomes.
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Busso, Sandro, and Joselle Dagnes. "The non-profit paradox after the 2008 financial crisis: How to survive within a changing scenario." In The Foundational Economy and Citizenship, 73–102. Policy Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447353355.003.0005.
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The chapter explores the Italian market for social welfare, focusing on the key features and main changes of the nonprofit sector within this field. The nonprofit sector has undoubtedly played a pivotal role in welfare systems over the last thirty years for economic and political factors, but its growth and marketization has provoked tension and threatened its potential in advancing citizenship. Tensions have been further exacerbated by the economic crisis: resource constraints and the growing uncertainties have indeed endangered citizens’ rights, triggering workers’ exploitation and value extraction. These effects are common across the market and the nonprofits are not immune. Specifically, the model of value extraction that has spread in this sector is based on low intensity mechanisms rather than on large scale “predatory” strategies, and on a prevalent redistribution, rather than appropriation, of the economic value. Despite its lower visibility, we show that such a model has profound implications for citizenship, affecting the quality of service offered and lowering labour standards and rights for workers.
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Dulik, Tomas, Michal Bliznak, and Roman Jasek. "Best Practices in Designing Low-Cost Community Wireless Networks." In Social and Economic Effects of Community Wireless Networks and Infrastructures, 215–35. IGI Global, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2997-4.ch012.
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The Czech Republic (CR) has been ranked the 1st among the countries of the European Union (EU) countries in the growth rate of broadband access. The Internet penetration rate has increased by 48 percent between 2005 and 2011. This high growth rate is driven by the entry of new operators and the proliferation of Community Wireless Networks (CWNs). The CR holds the first place in EU in the number of newly entered operators. There are 1150 companies providing Internet access in 601 Czech towns and 5645 villages. In addition, a number of community wireless networks have emerged as an alternative of these commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs). Their main purpose is to increase the affordability and penetration of broadband Internet in the country. This chapter discusses the contribution of CWNs to the proliferation and affordability of broadband access in the CR, focusing on the reasons for their success and popularity. Their key success factors include obtaining a non-profit status, engaging academics, and cooperating with government entities. They formed the CZFree.net forum for experts and volunteers to exchange information and best practices with respect to new technologies, design considerations, and technical and social issues. It also articulates on technology options and best practices for building low-cost CWNs. Furthermore, the chapter discusses the role of the Netural czFree eXchange association in aggregating their technical, financial, and personal resources of individual CWNs. Thanks to this association and the CZFree.net forum, CWNs in the CR have become influential competitors in the local telecommunication industry.
Conference papers on the topic "Non-profit social service"
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HWANG, Yuan-shie, and Li-hsin CHUANG. "Strategies for Activating Public-Private Partnerships of Social Service Provision of Indigenous Regions in Taiwan." In Current Trends in Public Sector Research. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9646-2020-5.
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Compared with the mainstream society, the distinctively geographical, social and cultural environment of Taiwan's indigenous regions has caused many difficulties in social service provision. The model of public-private partnerships (PPPs) has been regarded as a main strategy to alleviate the difficulties. By adopting the qualitative research method and collecting data through individual in-depth interview (18 peoples) and focus group (2 groups with 11 peoples), this study aims to explore the operation and interaction of public sectors, non-profit organizations and grassroots groups in the indigenous regions, and to identify their internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats (SWOT analysis) that affect social service provision, and further, to propose strategies related to activating PPPs. Based on the findings, we propose six discussions and suggestions for activating PPPs of social service provision of indigenous regions in Taiwan.
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Bataveljić, Dragan. "USLUGE HUMANITARNIH ORGANIZACIJA." In XVII majsko savetovanje. Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Kragujvcu, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/uvp21.431b.
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The author of this work point to the fact that humanitarian organizations are the part of non-profit sector which are established and work in order to achieve general welfare of the individuals, particular social groups or society in whole. What is important to emphasize is that they belong to so called, voluntary sector whose work is transparent and is based on the laws of the country in which they operate. Each humanitarian organization has its own strategic plan, which as a written document, is aimed at achieving basic program goals. The monitoring of the implementation of adopted projects and the control of the management process are the mandatory (final) phases of their work. Humanitarian organizations as the part of non-state sector today play increasing role in offering services in various fields of social life to a wide range of beneficiaries. 0 It is interesting to note that these organizations are more present in developing countries and the countries in transition, particularly in the field of social services. The grounds for this situation can be found in the decentralization process and new, modified apprehension of the role of the state in the work of the growing number humanitarian organizations and movements. Namely, decentralization allows the delegation of powers and tasks from the central to local government levels and this is the main reason for rapid expansion of non-government sector on the global level and increasing participation of non-government sector in service providing.
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Pei, Le. "On Paths for Non-Profit Organizations Participating in Family Services and Supports in China." In 2014 International Conference on Social Science (ICSS-14). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icss-14.2014.26.
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Chreneková, Marcela, Adriána Klapková, and Veronika Svetlíková. "Potenciál rozvoja sociálneho podnikania v treťom sektore na Slovensku." In XXIII. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách / 23rd International Colloquium on Regional Sciences. Brno: Masaryk University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p210-9610-2020-56.
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The development of social entrepreneurship in Slovakia was accelerated by the adoption of a new law on its support in 2018. Most of the 123 registered social enterprises have the legal form of a business company, they are of integration enterprises type and the founders are mainly municipalities. Third sector organizations are not active enough in setting up social enterprises. The aim of the paper is to find out what are the barriers and potential for the development of social entrepreneurship in the third sector. Primary and secondary data sources were used in the work. The survey method was used for characteristic of social entrepreneurship, the awareness of municipalities and third sector organizations about the social economy and barriers to the establishment of social enterprises in third sector organizations. The biggest barrier to the development of social entrepreneurship in the third sector is unsystematic funding, the complexity of compliance with rules and regulations and the absence of mapping the needs of disadvantaged groups. There are 2 types of entities with the potential to establish a social enterprise, namely non-profit organizations providing services of general interest and civic associations. They are prerequisites for the establishment of a social enterprise because they employ a relatively high number of disadvantaged and vulnerable persons and are engaged in public benefit activities that can be the subject of generating profits in social enterprise. The awareness of third sector organizations about social entrepreneurship is much higher compared to municipalities, but they feel barriers to the establishment of a social enterprise.
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Yadav, Abhishek, Ashok K. Das, Ram Babu Roy, Archana Chatterjee, Janet K. Allen, and Farrokh Mistree. "Identifying and Managing Dilemmas for Sustainable Development of Rural India." In ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2017-67592.
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In this paper, we present a method for identifying conflicts (Dilemmas) that have zero-sum solutions among the three aspects (Drivers) of sustainability, namely, social (people), environment (planet), and economic (profit) values. We develop the value proposition that is anchored in sustainable rural development by converting these zero-sum solutions to positive-sum solutions. Rural development is difficult, and it must be initiated from within the communities with the involvement of local people. We hypothesize that social entrepreneurs can serve as the proverbial lynchpin between the rural population and other agencies (government, non-government, banks, and industry). Hence in this paper, we use the constructs of a dilemma triangle and spheres of sustainability to propose a method to identify and manage dilemmas associated with creating a sustainable eco-system. We use example of a village in India to illustrate the method and to develop the value proposition for the village. The focus in this paper is on the method, rather than the results per se.
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Richmond, Deborah. "Empowered Mobility: Supply Chain Thinking for Youth in Foster Care." In 2016 ACSA International Conference. ACSA Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.intl.2016.29.
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The application of global container logistics to high mobility children, such as those in foster care, asks designers to consider an empathic, human-centered approach to an institutionalized system of involuntary mobility, which can result in as many as 3-4 family “placements” per year for some children. In spite of grim statistics for youth in foster care related to graduation, teen pregnancy, drug use and imprisonment, these children develop many positive resiliencies around adaptability, emotional intelligence, empathy and efficiency. Working with a non-profit serving youth in foster care in Watts, Los Angeles, called Peace4Kids, whose motto is “community as family,” the concept of a “mobile village” was born. Following their lead, paired with a deep understanding of consumer culture’s collective intelligence around moving goods through cities, an innovative strategy was used to create a literal delivery platform for educational programming, in partnership with other non-profits, around food equity, social justice and eventually other vocational skills such as apparel arts, machine arts, fine arts and early education.
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Bao, Han P., and Sundeep Bodapati. "Development of Sustainable Indicators for Products and Processes." In ASME 2011 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2011-48273.
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Sustainable development is only a lofty goal as long as there is a lack of standard metrics and benchmark values to measure the performance of sustainable development. Measurement of sustainability has been articulated by researchers in several ways, but most definitions are based on the so-called Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach i.e., with Economic (Profit), Environment (Planet) and Social welfare (People) objectives. Individual measures were proposed by many researchers for these dimensions of sustainability using various indicators. The focus of this paper is on manufacturing processes and products, as opposed to services and organizational entities, it is meant to test the hypothesis that there is a concise subset to the wide range of indicators so far identified in the literature which could be applied to manufacturing processes and products. We wanted to address three issues: 1- What kinds of indicators can be used; 2- How often have they been used or, in other words, how relevant are they? and 3- Are there other indicators which may have been missing? Our primary approach was to look for real case studies in which the authors clearly intended their products to be officially declared as sustainable. All together we found 106 case studies which fit the purpose of our study in the Environmental Product Declaration (E.P.D., http://www.environdec.com). EPD is an organization which provides relevant, verified and comparable information to meet various customers and market needs. The categories of products in EPD range from food and beverage products to textile, wood, chemical, non-metallic mineral, basic metals, fabricated metal, machinery and equipment, and office machinery and computers. Each case study in EPD was carefully assessed with regards to the three issues indicated above, and the final result was the formation of a new set of indicators which will be more suitable for manufacturing processes and products. This new set of indicators, perhaps better described as a filtered set of indicators, was used in a case study to compare the sustainability of a Cathode Ray Tube (C.R.T.) and a Liquid Crystal Display (L.C.D.) desktop computer. Both of these products have been extensively documented by Sony Corporation and the EPA. They provided substantial quantitative data which enhance the validity of our own study. One other tangible result of our study was the determination of a “Sustainable Threshold“ for various products based on the 106 case studies indicated above. We wanted to submit the proposition that an aggregated score determined as indicated in our work can serve as a reliable measure for sustainability.